纵浪大化——袁运生与壁画梦
主办:中央美术学院
承办:中央美术学院美术馆 中央美术学院油画系
展览时间:2023年9月15日–10月15日
展览地点:中央美术学院美术馆3层B展厅
纵浪大化——袁运生与壁画梦
策展人后记
李垚辰
本次展览策展人
“纵浪大化 ——袁运生与壁画梦”这个展览不是一个日常形式的展览,策展人希望的是观众通过展览走入艺术家的思想。艺术家的作品是艺术家思想的体现,展览中的语录文字来自于袁运生先生自己的话语,策展人希望通过袁运生先生的自述和作品,抽离出袁运生先生作品背后的精神支撑,呈现出一个自传体的展览。这是一次观众与艺术家的直接对话,策展人则退隐到了展览之后。
筹备展览的过程是一个漫长的体会和品读的过程,在这期间我一遍又一遍地体会袁运生先生的作品与他的人格之间的关系。确立、推翻,再次重构,是策划中的常态。
算起来我认识袁先生有二十多年,不仅因为他是中国画坛的一代传奇,也因为他是我上学时学校中的著名导师,他是一个时代的符号。之前,他在我的印象中总是在吸着烟卷在思考,形象是高冷、复杂而又矛盾的,有很多事情我想不清楚。除了在校园中向先生问好之外,我与袁先生没有怎么说过话,始终是远远地保持一颗敬畏的心,保持一种仰望的态度,他是我认同的一位美院先生。
工作的机缘使我可以近距离地接触到袁先生的作品,接触到袁运生先生本人。2021年展览“一段记忆的修复——袁运生毕业创作《水乡的记忆》作品史研究”使我开始深入了解袁先生。袁先生自身记忆力的衰退,使我没有了向他直接讨教的捷径,这迫使我必须认认真真地深入阅读袁先生留下的文本和文献,观看、品读他一生的作品,才能够了解一位我眼前耄耋长者一生的经历。这反而是一种幸运。在这个过程中,我在作品和文字里看到了一个鲜活的、有血有肉的艺术家,带有一些腼腆,也带有牛一样的精神。我逐渐觉得,我理解了一些袁先生,理解了他画面的变化,理解了他人生的追求。不论艺术风格如何,他是一个有历史责任的艺术家,他的作品不是为自己画的,他心中要表达的东西很大很大。他是一个才子,也是一个好学生,善于学习,能够发现艺术的奥妙。他看似不羁却尊重师长、学识,看似严厉,却很少批评多是鼓励,他周围有很多佩服他的好朋友。他总在内心做计划,却表现在世人面前下笔如有神的洒脱。我的很多疑问,解开了。
展览中呈现的是我侧面与袁先生接触所感悟的袁运生先生,我希望用一个线索来描述袁先生,描述他艺术人生中的变化,描述他一生的艺术追求中不变的梦想,做一个不一样的展览,展现出袁先生独特的一面。
回顾历史上的伟大人物,他们的理想都是少年和青年时代树立的,在这个过程中,家庭、导师都十分重要。人会为着幼年的一个理想萌芽而奋斗一生,就像夸父逐日,为着一个理想苦苦追求,而不觉得困苦劳累。在我对于袁先生作品、文字、评论、事迹的了解中,以及与友人的闲谈中,我越来越确定袁先生的理想之所在,他的理想就在于对董希文先生的传承,在于用壁画传承中国的艺术精神。
这也就能够解释他对于1960年没有能够随董希文先生到敦煌考察耿耿于怀,而在1980年头一次拜访敦煌时兴奋的大呼“魂兮归来”。这也能解释,他在美国一直专心自己的实验创作十几年却不屑于迎合西方的口味,遇到机会时可以毅然离开,回到搬迁中的美院,从油画系开始探寻中国传统文化在高等美术教育当中的作用,倡导建立中国传统造型的教育体系,跑遍全国寻找教具的范本,成立中国传统造型研究中心。他一直没有离开自己的理想,走中国自己道路的理想。
袁先生一生极为勤奋,作品量极大,一个小小的展览没有办法展示它的全貌,但是作为袁先生在美院的首次回顾展览,有必要将袁先生的艺术历程完整的展出,“壁画梦”就是我希望藏在展览中的一条线,通过壁画贯穿起袁先生各时期的重要创作,串起他的艺术思考。壁画的平面性、延展性,以及巨幅的性质,一直是袁先生作品中的重要特点。在展览中凸显壁画的宏大,是本次展览的一个目的。
此外,作品是艺术家人性的表现。艺术家人格力量的形成在作品之外,在他的成长之中,在他对于社会的贡献之中。此次展览将袁先生艺术历程中的关键词进行了历史的梳理与展出,试图通过对袁先生人生经历的提炼,深化主题“纵浪大化”在展览中的呈现。
作为一个晚辈,对于有着丰富经历和成就的前辈,这些理解还远远不够,高山仰止。仅希望通过此次展览的劳动,将艺术家的精彩作品和深刻思考呈现给社会,使校园内外的观众有所启迪。
最后祝袁运生先生艺术之树长青。
部分展出作品
哈佛大学壁画 《人类寓言》草图系列之咚咚锵 51×76cm 纸本硬笔 1985 艺术家自藏
纵浪大化 300x1800cm 布面水墨 2011 2023年艺术家捐赠中央美术学院美术馆
纵浪大化(局部)
自画像 168×92cm 布面油彩 1980年代 艺术家自藏
水乡的记忆 243×245cm 1962 布面油彩 2021年艺术家捐赠中央美术学院美术馆
泼水节——生命的赞歌 色彩稿第一稿 33.9×198.6cm 纸本水彩 1979 艺术家自藏
延安写生白描长卷 81×450cm 纸本墨笔 1974 艺术家自藏
世事万变不拘 210×1100cm 丝织壁挂 1986 艺术家自藏
夫子琴思 壁画(布面油画) 430X1050cm 2005 香港城市大学
共工触不周山、女娲补天(大兴机场壁画)(局部)300×2000cm 布面炭笔 2019 艺术家自藏
眼睛(纪念林琳)240x360cm 板面油彩 1991 中央美术学院美术馆藏
艺术家简介
袁运生,1937年生于江苏南通,1962年毕业于中央美术学院油画系董希文工作室。1979年参加首都机场壁画创作,先后在中央工艺美术学院、中央美术学院壁画系任教,以云南西双版纳线的线描人物画和首都机场《泼水节——生命的赞歌》大型壁画引起美术界与思想界的关注。1982年应邀访美至1988年并任教于塔夫茨大学、麻省大学、斯密斯学院、哈佛大学,期间创作了大量纸本水墨综合材料作品。1996年9月应邀回国,任教于中央美术学院油画系第四画室,并承担“中国传统雕塑的复刻与当代中国美术教育体系的建立”课题的研究工作,并尝试在中国传统雕塑、壁画、画像石、画像砖等“非书画系统”的视觉空间中寻求灵感和新启发。
展览信息
纵浪大化——袁运生与壁画梦
主办:中央美术学院
承办:中央美术学院美术馆 中央美术学院油画系
展览时间:2023年9月15日–10月15日
展览地点:中央美术学院美术馆3层B展厅
总顾问:高 洪
学术主持:林 茂
艺术总监:邱志杰
展览总监:张子康 韩文超
展览统筹:王春辰 高高
策 展 人:李垚辰
设计总监:纪玉洁
设计协理:闵志伊 刘宇晗
藏品管理:王春玲 崔然然 徐 研 窦天炜 梅 琦 姜 楠 西华伟
资料协助:谭子鸣
展览管理:吴 鹏 马 亮 宿世存 荆 鹏
媒体宣传:何一沙 吴 靖 贺伊飞
官网文宣:王 静
智识中心:肖宝珍
公共教育:任 蕊 姚轶群 梁 雯 王 军
财经事务:杨 柳 门 婧 寇 蕾
行政支持:蒋思妤 岳君瑶 张 倩 郭 旭
后勤保障:孙 炜 陈小华 吕智发
鸣谢:王瑞支持展览使用摄影作品
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(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.
(2) Party B (CAFA Art Museum) is a specialized, international modern art museum. CAFA Art Museum keeps pace with the times, and works to create an open, free, and academic space and atmosphere for positive interaction with groups, corporations, institutions, artists, and visitors. With CAFA’s academic research as a foundation, the museum plans multi-disciplinary exhibitions, conferences, and public education events with participants from around the world, providing a platform for exchange, learning, and exhibition for CAFA’s students and instructors, artists from around the world, and the general public. As a public institution, the primary purposes of CAFA Art Museum’s public education events are academic and beneficial to society.
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(1) Content. The content of images taken by Party B bearing Party A’s likeness include: ① CAFA Art Museum ② CAFA campus ③ All events planned or executed by the CAFAM Public Education Department.
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The applicable geographic scope is global.
The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).
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The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.
After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.
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(1) All matters not discussed in this agreement shall be resolved through friendly negotiation between both parties. Both parties may then sign a supplementary agreement, provided it does not violate any laws or regulations.
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(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.
Event participants implicitly accept and undertake all the obligations stated in this agreement. Those who do not consent will be seen as abandoning the right to participate in this event. Before participating in this event, please speak to your family members to obtain their consent and inform them of this disclaimer. After participants sign/check the required box, participants and their families will be seen as having read and agreed to these terms.
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I fully agree to CAFA Art Museum (CAFAM) submitting to CAFA for publication the images, pictures, texts, writings, and event products (such as works created during participation in workshops) related to me from my participation in public events (including museum member events) organized by the CAFA Art Museum Public Education Department. CAFA can publish these materials by electronic, web, or other digital means, and I hereby agree to be included in the China Knowledge Resource Bank, the CAFA Database, the CAFA Art Museum Database, and related data, documentation, and filing institutions and platforms. Regarding their use in CAFA and dissemination on the internet, I agree to make use of these rights according to the stated Rules.
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Article I
This event was organized on the principles of fairness, impartiality, and voluntary participation and withdrawal. Participants undertake all risk and liability for themselves. All events have risks, and participants must be aware of the risks related to their chosen event.
Article II
Event participants must abide by the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China, as well as moral and ethical norms. All participants must demonstrate good character, respect for others, friendship, and a willingness to help others.
Article III
Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.
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Event participants undertake all liability for their personal safety during the event, and event participants are encouraged to purchase personal safety insurance. Should an accident occur during an event, persons not involved in the accident and the museum do not undertake any liability for the accident, but both have the obligation to provide assistance. Event participants should actively organize and implement rescue efforts, but do not undertake any legal or economic liability for the accident itself. The museum does not undertake civil or joint liability for the personal safety of event participants.
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During the event, event participants should respect the order of the museum event and ensure the safety of the museum site, the artworks in displays, exhibitions, and collections, and the derived products. If an event causes any degree of loss or damage to the museum site, space, artworks, or derived products due to an individual, persons not involved in the accident and the museum do not undertake any liability for losses. The event participant must negotiate and provide compensation according to the relevant legal statutes and museum rules. The museum may sue for legal and financial liability.
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Event participants will participate in the event under the guidance of museum staff and event leaders or instructors and must correctly use the painting tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities provided for the event. If a participant causes injury or harm to him/herself or others while using the painting tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities, or causes the damage or destruction of the tools, materials, equipment, and/or facilities, the event participant must undertake all related liability and provide compensation for the financial losses. Persons not involved in the accident and the museum do not undertake any liability for personal accidents.
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According to The Advertising Law of the People’s Republic of China, The General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, and The Provisional Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Some Issues Related to the Full Implementation of the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, and upon friendly negotiation, Party A and Party B have arrived at the following agreement regarding the use of works bearing Party A’s image in order to clarify the rights and obligations of the portrait licenser (Party A) and the user (Party B):
I. General Provisions
(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.
(2) Party B (CAFA Art Museum) is a specialized, international modern art museum. CAFA Art Museum keeps pace with the times, and works to create an open, free, and academic space and atmosphere for positive interaction with groups, corporations, institutions, artists, and visitors. With CAFA’s academic research as a foundation, the museum plans multi-disciplinary exhibitions, conferences, and public education events with participants from around the world, providing a platform for exchange, learning, and exhibition for CAFA’s students and instructors, artists from around the world, and the general public. As a public institution, the primary purposes of CAFA Art Museum’s public education events are academic and beneficial to society.
(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.
II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use
(1) Content. The content of images taken by Party B bearing Party A’s likeness include: ① CAFA Art Museum ② CAFA campus ③ All events planned or executed by the CAFAM Public Education Department.
(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.
(3) Geographical Scope of Use
The applicable geographic scope is global.
The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).
III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use
Use in perpetuity.
IV. Licensing Fees
The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.
After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.
Additional Terms
(1) All matters not discussed in this agreement shall be resolved through friendly negotiation between both parties. Both parties may then sign a supplementary agreement, provided it does not violate any laws or regulations.
(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.
(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.
Event participants implicitly accept and undertake all the obligations stated in this agreement. Those who do not consent will be seen as abandoning the right to participate in this event. Before participating in this event, please speak to your family members to obtain their consent and inform them of this disclaimer. After participants sign/check the required box, participants and their families will be seen as having read and agreed to these terms.
I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.