HERO！2007-2008 齐文清个展
主办：盛世喜神美术馆 当代艺术沙龙
协办：北京嘉宝国际拍卖有限公司 环铁时代Art美术馆 粉火艺术空间 不同空间
策展人：戴卓群
开幕时间：2008年5月1日下午3点
展览时间：2008年5月1日——5月15日
展览地点：北京大山子798艺术区内
媒体支持：当代艺术网、《当代艺术》杂志、艺术先锋网
一切关乎个人精神的物象在其间肆无羁荡，个人化的表达已经延展到了一个关乎现世价值观的层面。相信这样的物语将对当下浮泛在“太虚幻境”里的人们一个有力的冲击，粗犷的、撒野的、不妥协的，做为意志和表象的世界，这是文清的自我方式。
戴卓群
2008．4
HERO— 2007-2008 Qi Wenqing Personal Exhibition
Hold by：Millennium Hilarity Art Museum；Contemporary Art Salon
Assisted by：JIA BAO Intl Auction Co, Ltd; 798 TIMES Art Museum;Pink Fire Art Space; Varies Space
Masterminded by: Dai Zhuoqun
Opening time: 3 pm, May 1st, 2008
Gallery time: May 1st, 2008—May 15th ,2008
Where: 798 Art Space, Da shanzi Beijing
Theme: All related to an individual spirit surge without limitation, which makes personal expression extend to the word values. Trusted that it’s the concussion to the people who live in the unreal shadow land, straightforward, unmannerly, un- subdued, which are as the symbol of volition and the world of representation---This is Wenqing’s style.
齐文清
1980年生于中国山东
毕业于中国人民大学徐悲鸿艺术学院油画系
现为职业艺术家
现居北京朝阳大山子环铁艺术区
主要艺术活动：
个展；2007年 “风景 作文”齐文清油画作品展 北京
联展；
2008年 “走进纽约”中国当代艺术家提名展 美国 纽约
2008年 “环铁时代 年轻一代”艺术家联展 北京
2007年 2007 Heyri亚洲青年当代艺术节 韩国 首尔
2007年 中国当代艺术邀请展 美国 迈阿密
2007年 首届70后艺术家邀请展 杭州 德国
2007年 中国当代最有潜力艺术家联展 德国 奥地利
2007年 完美生活 新无产者青年艺术家第二回联展 上海
2005年 “视觉惊艳”上海青年美术大展 上海
Qi Wenqing
Born in 1980 from Shandong, China
Graduated from Xu Beihong ART INSTITUTE of RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA, majored in oil-painting
As professional painter now
Live in 798 Beijing Art Place , Chaoyang District
ACTIVITIES
1. VISION AMAZING Youth Art Exhibition, Shanghai China, 2005.
2. PERFECT LIFE, 2nd New Youth Proletariat Art Joint-exhibition, Shanghai China， 2007.
3. China Contemporary Potential Artists Joint-exhibition，Austria Germany，2007.
4. China First 70s Artists Invitation Exhibition，Hangzhou China,2007.
5. China Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Miami USA, 2007
6. Heyri- Asian Youth Contemporary Arts Festival, Seoul Korea, 2007.
7. SCENERY & COMPOSITION— Qi Wenqing Oil-painting Exhibition ，Beijing China，2007.
8. 798 TIMES, YOUTH GENERATION Artists Joint-exhibition, Beijing China, 2008.
9. INTO NEW YORK China Contemporary Artists Nominated Exhibition, New York USA, 2008.
艺术先锋网对谈（策展人：戴卓群 艺术家：齐文清 ）
蓝：先请卓群介绍一下为齐文清做个展的原因？
戴：首先是因为他的作品，很看好他的东西。其次，生活中是很好的朋友，有机会促成这样一件事情。
蓝：那文清的作品最吸引你的地方是哪些，比如说手法、理念或者思想？
戴：我觉得最重要的是他的态度，他的出发点。他没有匠气，也没有把绘画看的太玄虚，而是从个人艺术生存状态角度去诠释，因此他的作品特别能反应他个人的状态，包括思想生存状态，以及对社会的看法，也就是他自己说的“草莽”的东西。这次展览主题是“草间英雄”，这一系列是07-08年的一个完整的创作过程，主题明确，有轨迹可寻。
蓝：那您认为，文清与其他你接触的艺术家相比，最大的区别是什么？
戴：作为年轻艺术家，我觉得他最可贵的是能量的释放，无论观念还是其他方面应该带来冲击力，但是现在的年轻一代表现恰恰普遍孱弱，表现在创作上就是疲软，因此文清的作品的冲击力和猛劲就更加难能可贵，我很欣赏能给人以冲击的作品，于是能和文清促成这个展览也就是自然而然的事情。
蓝：文清，你作为艺术家，谈一下举办个人展览对艺术家的目的和意义？
齐：我从大学毕业之前就开始做个展，那时候小打小闹，但我一直认为，每一个阶段的创作都应该做成展览。艺术家的作品画出来，没有展览没有观众，没有从工作室到展地到观众，还不能算为完整的艺术创作过程。我也参加了很多联展，但是，联展很难体现一个艺术家的整体面貌，观众也很难对艺术家及其作品的整体脉络有很好的了解和把握，因此我觉得个展很有必要。虽然做个展也会对艺术家形成有压力，但是我希望无论压力还是信心，能对我以后的发展形成良性的推力。我早就有办个展的想法，而且希望选在视野比较接近的艺术家的中心，像798这种地方，其他地方也想，但还是希望尽量集中。现在的年轻艺术家受收藏家和艺术机构摆布太多，几乎形成一种奴性，这也是我提倡“草莽”的原因，先不管后果，至少是顺其自然的，是从内心出发的，是舒服的事情。这也是我的一种任性和倔强吧，以后还是会坚持这种自由精神。
蓝：展览上少不了会有外界赞扬或者批评，那么个展之后，在创作风格上是否会有变化？
齐：象上次的展览，一些老的艺术家和观众还是给予鼓励的，但是在媒体上也看到有负面评价，比如他们认为精神可嘉但作品欠缺之类的。我觉得这些都是可以理解的，但是从另一方面，年轻人有不足会犯错也是正常的，现在追求至善至美还不是年轻人应有的状态。因此无论评价如何，都会对我有所启发。其实我的作品，几乎每张作品都有变化，我不喜欢雷同和重复，如果没有变化我觉得就什么意思。
蓝：之前也谈到，你的创作有主要的方向和脉络，并且刚才说到你在表现上一直都会有创新，那有没有考虑过内容上的丰富？
齐：下一阶段的创作差不多想好了。艺术家的创作其实是有阶段性的，他可能有很多想法和创作思路，却是现阶段完成不了的或者不在现阶段的兴趣点上的。但每个阶段的创作还是有延续的关联的，一脉相承，下一阶段的创作未必能在现阶段都实现，因此也要时机。内容丰富性上我觉得还是要靠年龄和经历的增长，卓群也建议我作品更加丰富，但我现阶段没有办法考虑那么多。艺术家必须要有独立语言，哪怕人家说你画的很差很粗糙，这就是现阶段自然的体现，不能去掩饰，而要去要承认它。如果看到别人很成功，你去提取那样的语言放到自己的作品里，刻意去模仿他人，即使画面丰富完美，或许在商业上也能够获得成功，但是对于有独立思想的艺术家来说这是很失败的。因此我对负面影响持客观态度，艺术家要有他的前沿性，要探索，我不怕失败，不怕犯错误。
蓝：也就说“草间英雄”这个系列会延续，但也会继续研究和尝试新的东西，这样一来可能会有几个系列同时进行？
齐：应该会这样，但现阶段还不太可能，尤其象我目前准备画展。刚才说个展其实有压力也有动力，压力是我必须拿出自己认为的最好的状态和作品，对自己有个阶段性总结，理一下思路进行下一阶段的创作。
蓝：那对于以后的作品的总结，也都希望以个展的形式呈现？
齐：我希望是这样，个展对艺术家不能太多，但更是不能少的，这是体现艺术家独立面貌和艺术家审视自己的机会。
蓝：你个展的作品创作于07-08一年多时间，那这一阶段完成的作品有多少？
齐：大概在20张左右，大画和小画各约十几张。以前画画不考虑作品数量，但现在有一个大概的规划，有一个总体的预计和想法。更多的作品创作不出来，我觉得现在已经算高产了。我这种风格，虽然不如写实作品创作费时间，但我这种直接表达思维感受的作品，也不是说什么时候都能画。象有些作品不能体现我、或者可能会影响以后的创作思路的，不是我想要的东西就会毁掉。
戴：艺术家创作总有一个肯定到否定、怀疑再到肯定的过程，展览也有这样的意义，个展的话要在关键时刻做一阶段性总结。当然也有必要参加联展，联展就是一种日常性的。好的艺术家需要不断地跟好的平台合作，展示自己，交流然后自身获得不断提升。
蓝：刚才文清谈到创作上有一个脉络，那么在沿着脉络前进的过程中，怎样递增价值，不仅仅商业价值，也包括艺术家自身的价值和进步？
戴：其实现在年轻人面临的局面非常好，有一个非常理想的状态，当代艺术不但由以前的地下走上来形成热门话题，而且在体制内部形成了一个相对成熟完整的循环模式。艺术家、策展人、评论家、经纪人、收藏机构、艺术媒体等，已经形成一个链条。艺术家应该处理好在链条和机制中的位置，在这种机制中能够不断推进自己。
齐：现在的确是环境有很大改善，比如以前的艺术家能卖掉作品很不容易，但现在得益于渠道的完善，艺术家的工作就是创作作品，而不用考虑太多不相关问题，这是好的发展趋势。但是他的负面性也是有的，现在艺术家太多太杂，每个人对艺术的态度不同，比如刚才卓群说的“疲软”，当然我自己本身也会疲软，但我希望能自己做好。我希望年轻艺术家大家应该互相欣赏，而不是互相拆台。
戴：这种风气其实是很不好的，现在这种艺术教育系统和行业的骤然升温导致挤上艺术之路的年轻艺术家实在太多了。年轻艺术家很多，但是真正特别出众的也是有数，大家水平差不多，所以不要过多的去攻击别人。年轻就是成长的过程，是一种财富。
齐：我觉得现在好多人太看重这个财富了，我觉得应该有紧迫感，使命感，带着责任感去做。艺术家应该有自我，但是应该是建立在对社会的审视上，而不能陷入唯我独尊的“自我”。我大学里从老师身上学到的，就是他所倡导的独立的人文思想，艺术家应该有独立的思想，因此毕业后我能够迅速的投入创作中去。
戴：说到这儿，文清，你刚毕业的时候在东方美术馆办了小型风景画的个展，那是什么时候在什么样的契机转变创作思路开始创作“草间英雄”的呢？
齐：其实这中间还有另外一个阶段，就是“毕业生”系列。风景实际是大学里面画的，是学校的风景，算是对学校的伤感和留恋，其中有几幅是医院。我最初毕业创作稿子是医院体检，但不是一般的体检，我想体检不光要检查身体，还应该检查思维这些，这才算做总体体检。虽然教育体制好了，但还是有他的框架在，还是有很多要否定的东西，我的设想是要带有一有点灰色，但是被毙掉了，后来改选家庭作为毕业创作。但体检这个草稿我还是留着，那是我一直想表现的东西。到毕业拍学位照仪式的时候，我的思路更加明确，沿着体检的想法，到考研因为英语成绩不合格而失败我的思路越来越明确，我不要得到学位了，艺术家应该拿作品来说话。从毕业就开始收集材料，刚开始是好玩，但看到成千上万的穿西式学士服的，到后来就有点发毛，觉得未必穿上学士服拿到多少成绩你就是合格的，逐渐从这里开始创作。那时候还是刚毕业的学生，有人认为有些不足，但我还是坚持下来创作出来，后来也得到了很多人的认可。进入社会后，我觉得不太使用体制，于是落入草莽，当然有点伤感，但由伤感化为力量。这一阶段翻看了《水浒》，看到每个人鲜明的个性，感想很多，06年底开始了“草间英雄”的创作。刚开始叫做“草莽英雄”，慢慢阅历增长觉得有点不合适，为了从更好的角度来反应，改成现在的名字，把草跟动物，跟人、跟社会元素结合。刚开始画草间老鹰、老虎、猫，也画了人，后来加进去熊猫，并且受别人启发把熊猫作为单独的系列。虽然也有人提醒我会被认为媚俗，但我觉得符合我内省的想法，就坚持把熊猫为主要表现元素来代表我，并且08年最终去掉了草地。我希望以后的语言越来越纯粹，能达到更高的层次。
戴：文清对这次的个展很重视，而且又安排在五一这一黄金时间，通过展览，可能会带给文清更多的想法，他也能更好的调整，总结自己。
蓝：五一既然作为黄金时间，实际也意味着竞争更为激烈，那么卓群，怎么保证有好的呈现呢？
戴：五一期间，而且又选择了798这样的地方，会更多的公众，藏家，媒体会接触到他的作品，对文清来说是机遇，但也有压力。艺术家创作可以是私人的，但拿到公共空间的时候就要面对所有人的目光和检视，这种关注和聚焦会形成压力，但同时文清能接受的信息越多，对他的触动也会越大。
Lan: Would you please introduce the reason why masterminded for Qi Wenqing’s personal exhibition?
Dai: At first because of his art, very good works. Meanwhile，we are good friends in the daily life, which makes opportunity to force the cooperation.
Lan: what does Qi Wenqing’s works most attract you? Such as means, concept or idea?
Dai: It’s his attitude to Art most attract me .His starting point, no obvious intention and doesn’t take the painting as illusive thing, however, he explain it in with his existing status, including the surviving status ,and the attitude to the society, that is the wilderness which he has said. The theme of these series of exhibition between 2007 to 2008 is the whole creating course, clear theme and easy to trace.
Lan: Compared with other artists, what do you think is the most difference for Qi Wenqing?
Dai: As youth artist, the most worshipful is energy releasing, no matter on concept or the
shock to other subjects. But most of the youth at present are frail weak, behaved in
their works as weakness. That’s the reason why Qi Wenqing’s works are worshipful
I appreciate the shock from his works very much which makes this exhibition
naturally goes into implement.
Lan: Wenqing, as an artist, would you please talk about the purpose and significance of
this personal exhibition ?
Qi: I did the exhibition from very small in the beginning when I was in the university. But in
my opinion all the works in every step should make in to exhibition. I have attended in
many joint-exhibition ,but it’s difficult to show an artist’s whole aspect and also
difficult for the audience to know about the artist and the work fully, that’s why it’s
necessary to make a personal exhibition. Although there is stress to artists, I hope
no matter stress or confidence could be as the support to my later development.
Meanwhile I prefer the same view artist gathered center, like 798 space, other places
are ok, but I’d like to be more focus. Currently young artists are restricted by collectors
and Art Institute too much, nearly to be their thrall, this is also the reason why I advocate wilderness, no matter the result , at least the course are natural from heart and comfortable thing . This is also the side of my caprice and restiveness , and still will consist this spirit .
Lan: There are critics and praise on this exhibition, will you do a style changing later?
Qi: Take the previous exhibition for example, I got some of the old artists and audience
prasing meanwhile get the negative evaluation from the medias as spirit good but
works not good. I think it’s Ok for me to understand. On the other aspect, young guys t
to make mistakes is inevitable, it’s not the time for young people to pursue perfect. No
matter what ‘s evaluation is ,it will make illume to me. Actually, there are nearly varies
among every of my works, I do not like sameness and repeating, and I take this as
none in life.
Lan: As you said you have the main direction and choroid on your creating, and you do
creating always, do you consider to enlarge of your painting content?
Qi: I have the general idea for the next step creating. The creating for the artists are staged,
maybe he has many ideas and creating methods but which can not completed in current
period or not be interested in current status. However every stage have the link and go
along. The creating in next stage can not be completed now , so the opportune time is
also important. Then content enlarging depend on the age and the experience enlarging
Zhuoqun suggests me to enlarge, and I didn’t consider too much now. Artists must have
their own independent language, even though others said your work is tough and bad , this is the embodiment of the current natural creating, do not to cover but to admit. If you imitate the success to make your scenery to be perfect, even you got the success in commercial, but in independent aspect it’s a failure. So I take the external attitude to the
negative effect. Artists should have their frontier-view and to explore, dare not to lose and make mistakes.
Lan: That’s to say” HERO” will get more series, and you will try new and to study, in this way will bring several series ,right?
Qi: I hope so, personal exhibition can not be too much ,but it’s necessary. This is the way
to reflect their independence and the opportunity to examine himself.
Lan: How many works during personal exhibition which created during 2007-2008?
Qi: Approx 20 pieces, around big size works 10 plus small size 10 . However I have the
general idea about the creating plan. I can not create more works, and this is period
that I create much works. My style painting is not like the painting realistically
consuming time, but can not paint whenever you want since it express your thoughts.
some works can not reflect my thoughts or could affect my creation , I will ruin.
Dai: Artists need a process that from affirmation to deny ,deny to affirmation, exhibition has
this kind of meaning, personal exhibition give you a conclusion in the key period. Surely
it’s necessary to take part in the joint-exhibition which is basic. Good artists need good
platform to be cooperated and to show himself, communicating to promote himself.
Lan: As Wenqing said there is a creating venation , and how to promote the value on both
artist himself and the value in commercial while boost the venation going on?
Dai：Actually young guys face the very good situation, an ideal situation. Current Art comes
from the underground to the popular position , and formed their own relatively mature
complete cyclic model. Artists, mastermind, critic, broker, collection institution and the
the media, formed a chain. Artists should deal with the relation in this chain and the
position in the cyclic model and boost himself always.
Qi: It has a great change for the situation, like it’s not easy to sell paintings before, but with
the channels improvement, the artist’s work is to create the works, no need to worry
about the other issues are not related, this is the good developing trend. But also the
negative affects are existing , with too many artists different attitude to art, like Zhuoqun
said frail weak , of course I will be frail and weak someday, but I hope I will get better. I
hope young artists could appreciate others more, instead of malicious evaluation.
Dai: This ethos is too bad, current art education and this major get popular make much
so called artists jammed on this way. Young artists are more but excellent are few, most
are the same level ,no need to attack others , young is a process to grow and also a
fortune.
Qi: In my opinion, too many people emphasize fortune, I think people should have sense of
urgency ,sense of mission and responsibility to do. Artists should have their own, and
based on the examination to the society, in stead of selfish. I learned the independent
humane thoughts form the university teacher which he sparkplug. That’s the reason I got
into creating swiftly after graduation.
Dai: say Wenqing, you hold a small scenery exhibition in the Orient Art Museum when you
graduated for long, what’s the opportunity to push you to create HERO?
Qi: Actually, before this creating period, there should be an creating period of GRADUATE .
Scenery was created when I was in the university, that’s my expression of sentimental
feeling and hardly leaving feeling to my university, some of those works are about the
hospital in it. My creation works is about body examination in hospital, not only normal
examination, but also the mental examination which could be called total examination.
Although the educational system is good but there is frame existing, still many things
were denied , my design is a little bit grey that was been not pass, and change to
HOMEWORK as creation to finish my academic work, but I keep the draft about Scenery
since it’s still the things that I want to express. Clew got more clear when I took the
graduate photo in the graduation ceremony, thousands of graduates wore baccalaureate
gown and I found it’s not proof that you are good only though this outlook clothing, I
followed my heart and give up the bachelor degree and let the works talk. Most people
thinks it’s not good at the beginning but I insist on and gain more affirmation after I
graduated. When into society , I am not willing to use the frame system and got in
wildness and feel more sentimental and then get these sense into power. During this
period , I read the water margin which is a novel tell the 106 HEROS’ stories and found everyone’s personality and got some thoughts. In the end of 2006, I started to create
HERO IN GRASS ,at first I gave the work as this name , but with the age and experience enlarging , I found it’s not so suitable. For better understanding and expressing I changed the name as HERO and add the element of animal, human being and society. I painted
glede ,tiger, cat and human being , and add panda later, and take panda series as separated series from other’s enlighten. Although someone reminds me will be considered as kitsch , but it’s accordance with my inner thoughts and finally I took panda to represent me, and removal the grass in 2008. I hope my art language will be much more pure and to gain a higher level.
Dai: Wenqing emphasize this exhibition a lot, and arranged it during” Ｍay 1st holiday”.
This exhibition will bring more thoughts , meanwhile he could adjust himself and summarize himself well.
Lan: May 1st holiday is the golden holiday, that means severe competition. So, Zhuoqun,
How could you to guarantee good performing?
Dai: The time of Ｍay 1st holiday and choose and the place of 798 space means more public, collectors ,and medias will touch his works, that’s challenge as well as stress.
Artists’ Creation maybe personal, but will get examination by public when you show out. This attention and focus could form stress, and will get more information to Wenqing, and will be a big shock to him.
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