展期：2010年8月20日—9月7日

地点：今日美术馆 2号馆2层

摄影和录像，是当代艺术范畴中两种被广泛应用的媒介。西方艺术家对这两个媒介的使用始于1970 年代，到了90 年代形成全球性的高潮。在中国当代艺术中，张培力和朱加是最早涉足摄影和录像的两位艺术家。他们一直深入地参与了中国社会的现实变迁，并充分利用了经济腾飞带来的新媒介可能，发展出高度个人化、充满洞见的艺境与立场。中国艺术圈近年来出产的某些最值得注意的作品就出自他们之手。“南张北朱”是业内对这两位中国录像艺术的奠基者的称谓，他们一南一北生活的中国的杭州和北京两大经济文化重镇。

这次在今日美术馆的展览是中国南北两位录像艺术大师的首次联展，他们之间的对话将为中国当代录像艺术提供一个全新的视角，与大家共同见证并呈献中国社会的变迁和中国当代艺术的发展。

The Exhibition by Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia

Duration: Aug 20th –Sep 7th

Venue: 2nd floor exhibition hall of building 2

Photography and video, the two main media in the contemporary art,was introduced in the 1970s by the western artists and became a worldwide trend in the 1990s.

Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia are among the earliest artists in China to explore photography and video. Actively involved with the shift of China’s reality and taking the advantage of the introduction of new media prompted by the economic boom, they have developed their highly personal and insightful artistic visions and position. Some of the most remarkable works in the recent Chinese art scene are produced by these two artists.

The two founders of China’s video art are usually called "South Zhang and North Zhu"(Nan Zhang Bei Zhu), which refers that Zhang lives in Hangzhou, one of the most important economic and cultural center in South China, Hangzhou, and Zhu lives in Beijing, the economic and cultural center in the North.

This is the first joint exhibition of the two pioneer artists. The communication between them will provide a brand new point of view for China’s contemporary video art. This exhibition will unfold and witness together with the audients the changes in Chinese society and the development of Chinese contemporary art.