讲座:“博特罗在中国”——与费尔南多·博特罗对话
Lecture: “Botero in China” - Dialogue with Fernando Botero
时间Time：2015-11-24（Tue）19:00-21:00
地点Venue：中央美术学院美术馆
CAFA Art Museum （北京市朝阳区花家地南街8号）
嘉宾Guests：费尔南多·博特罗、刘小东、隋建国、邢啸声
Fernando Botero，Liu Xiaodong, Sui Jianguo, Xing Xiaosheng
主办：中央美术学院美术馆
内容简介：83岁的费尔南多•博特罗，半个世纪以来以其独特的风格和对体积与色彩地不懈探索而著称于世,是目前世界上最重要的在世艺术家之一。讲座将围绕“艺术风骨作为创作立场”、“民族性审美与世界性接受”、“艺术史演进的偶然与必然”三个主题展开讨论。
与费尔南多·博特罗对话Dialogue with Fernando Botero：
第一部分
嘉宾：费尔南多·博特罗、邢啸声
第二部分
嘉宾：费尔南多·博特罗、刘小东、隋建国 主持人：方敏儿
主题一：“艺术风骨作为创作立场”
在博特罗的艺术世界里，会发现他强大的、基于现实的精神力量，作品里能看到他对世界持续关注、关怀的题材。在他手中，“天灾”与“人祸”都能用独有的绘画手法来表现，悲情的泪水、人为的不公平事件……，他画的是所见，更是所思。他在众人皆“见”的社会中，画出其独有之“思”，用博特罗式艺术语言将其“思”呈现给观众，作品深深地烙刻出他的“艺术风骨”。
每个艺术家，都无可避免受到其所处时代与社会的影响，嘉宾们将从不同视角阐述心中的“艺术风骨”标准，如何借助艺术的语言将其对世界和人生的认识与态度、视象与思想表达和传递给观众。
主题二：“民族性审美与世界性接受”
83岁的费尔南多•博特罗，半个世纪以来以其独特的风格和对体积与色彩地不懈探索而著称于世。他初期的油画和素描作品灵感来自古斯塔夫•多雷的版画以及斗牛表演的海报。他的作品有着宽广的涵盖力，创作主题不仅概括了他自身艺术造诣与背景经历、哥伦比亚的文化艺术、拉丁美洲文化艺术，还象征性地勾勒出世界上一个重要的当代艺术演进轨迹，他对童年时代哥伦比亚及拉美当地风情的描绘更是实现了罕见的普适性。
人们常说“只有民族的才可能是世界的”,每个民族都会有“集体无意识”的共性审美观。当作品符合民族的共同审美观且同时能够被其他民族读懂与欣赏时，则世界性的艺术接受就会产生。在互联网时代语境下，如何能够保持民族性的个性审美与世界各族人民的共性接受更好的连结？什么是民族风格明显的博特罗作品在世界范围内被广泛接受的因素？通过什么方式、手段、形式将优秀的民族艺术盛宴给全世界的人民共同分享而不被同质化？嘉宾们将探讨上述问题对中国当代艺术的借鉴和启示意义。
主题三：“艺术史演进的偶然与必然”
博特罗在绘画和雕塑两个领域从事创作，都取得了举世瞩目的成就。在绘画领域，他深受意大利早期文艺复兴的大师们影响，又结合故乡麦德林的民间传统，尤其是根据自身的特点和追求，以拥抱世界的胸襟但却冷静观察的目光，然后采用略加变形的风格化造型，在普通的画布上以普通的颜料施以薄彩，进行传统意义上的创作。但是，他的画作却具有现代品格。因为他的视象既与古人有别，又不同于今人，只属于生活在现代的这位艺术家。他的雕塑作品用另一种艺术表现形式也证明了这一观点。
能真正载入史册的艺术家，必然是因为其所作的贡献对美术史的演进起到了至关重要的作用。博特罗的艺术作品形成了其独有的样式，从强烈的色彩、极端的体积感、形体比例上完全的自由、边线自如地扩大，到通过现实题材来表达一种体积带来的美感和雕塑性。他的作品从“理式”到“形式”到形成了新“样式”，艺术史会以怎样的角度选择博特罗？这是艺术史演进的必然选择还是博特罗的偶然出现丰富了艺术史？这对当代青年艺术家们的成长有哪些启示？嘉宾们将从各自视角深入分析以上问题。
费尔南多•博特罗
博特罗在1932年（现年83岁）出生于哥伦比亚的麦德林，是目前世界上最重要的健在艺术家之一。他的艺术既深深扎根于西方绘画传统，又带有深刻的哥伦比亚文化的烙印，风格孑然不群，被世界各地的人们所熟知和敬仰。在整个创作生涯中，他坚持对体积和色彩不倦探索，尽情地描绘记忆中的哥伦比亚和拉美地区风情。他深受艺术史上诸位大师作品的影响，尊重并传承优秀艺术传统。50多年的艺术创作生涯，博特罗成为了世界上最多产的艺术家之一，并实验性地利用各种媒介表达艺术理念。他的作品常年在世界各地展出，成为了博物馆展览作品最多、专访最多和录制影视节目最多的健在艺术家。博特罗至今仍然笔耕不辍，积极践行着他的艺术使命。
安格尔《里维埃小姐像》再创作MADEMOISELLE RIVIERE,AFTER INGRES 171cm x 131cm
斗牛士 BULLFIGHTER 120cm x 91cm
凡·艾克《阿尔诺菲尼夫妇像》再创作 THE ARNOLFINI AFTER VAN EYCK 205cm x 165cm
高跷小丑 CLOWNS ON STILTS 186cm x 119cm
山间漫步 A WAIK IN THE HILLS 190cm x 103cm
我的麦德林卧室，梵高作品再创作 MY ROOM IN MEDELLIN, AFTER VAN GOGH 143cm x 98cm
象 ELEPHANT 112cm x 84cm
“Botero in China” — Dialogue with Fernando Botero
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm, November 24th (Tuesday), 2015
Venue: the CAFA Art Museum (Address: No.8 South Huajiadi Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
Honored Guests: Fernando Botero, Xing Xiaosheng, Liu Xiaodong, Sui Jianguo
Moderator (second section): Janet Fong
Descriptions: The academic lecture will center on three themes in terms of “The Vigor of Style in Art as Creation Standpoint”, “The National Aesthetics and International Acceptance”, and “The Contingency and Inevitability in the Evolution of Art History”.
Talk 1: Fernando Botero, Xing Xiaosheng
Talk 2: Fernando Botero, Liu Xiaodong, Sui Jianguo
Moderator: Janet Fong
Theme 1: The Vigor of Style in Art as Creation Standpoint
In Botero’s artistic world, we can find his strong spiritual power based on the reality and we also can see the subject matters of his continuous consideration and concern about the world, which are reflected on his works of art. In his hands, he employs his unique painting technique to express natural and man-made calamities, tears of sadness, man-made unfair events……He draws what he sees and what he thinks. He makes his ideas stand out in the commonplace society and shows to the viewers his ideas with the vigor of the style deeply carved in his works.
Every artist is inevitably influenced by the era and the society he lives in. The guest speakers will expound what are the criteria of the vigor of style in their minds from various perspectives and explain as well how to convey to the audience the images and the expression of ideas, their understandings and attitudes towards the world and the life via artistic language.
Theme 2: The National Aesthetics and International Acceptance
The 83-year-old Fernando Botero has been renowned for his recognizable style and continuous exploration of volume and color since the past half century. His early paintings and drawings were inspired by the engravings of Gustave Dore and the posters on bullfight. His works cover a wide range of contents. The subject matters not only summarize his artistic accomplishments and personal background, the Colombian and Latin American culture and art, but also depict symbolically the important evolution of contemporary art in the world. His description of the local scenery and culture in Colombia and Latin America of his childhood has a rare universality.
It is always said that “National uniqueness leads to the path of international acceptance”. Every nation has unconscious collective aesthetic standard. When the works are in conformity with the national aesthetic standard and understood and appreciated by other nationalities as well, the worldwide artistic acceptance will occur. In the context of Internet, how can we maintain the connection between the national individualistic aesthetics and the international acceptance? What factors contribute to the fact that Botero’s works with such a distinctive national style are world widely accepted? With what methods, means and forms are the outstanding national arts shared together with the people all over the world but not homogenized? The guest speakers will discuss how the questions above have a reference and an enlightening significance for Chinese contemporary art.
Theme 3: The Contingency and Inevitability in the Evolution of Art History
Botero has been engaged in painting and sculpture and made remarkable achievements in both fields. In the field of painting, he was much influenced by the old masters of Renaissance in Italy. In combination with the folk traditions of his hometown Medellin and in particular, in accordance with his own features and pursuit, he traditionally created paintings on ordinary canvases with ordinary oils, via a little deformed plastic style, with the intention of embracing the world and to observe it with his cool-headed eyes. However, his paintings are characteristic of modernism, for his visions differ from those of the ancient people as well as today’s people, given that they only belong to this artist who lives in the modern world and who has also proved himself in another form of artistic expression—— sculptures.
The inevitable reason for an artist to be introduced into the annals of history is attributable to his crucial role in the contributions to the evolution of art history. Botero’s works of art have their own unique styles, ranging from strong colors, extremely volumetric objects, completely free physical proportions and flexible expansion of lines to the expression of beauty and sculptural effect brought by the volume through the subject matters of real life. From what angle is Botero selected in the art history, with regard to his works ranging from “idea” to “form” to the new “style”? Is this an unavoidable choice in the evolution of art history or does Botero’s occasional emergence enrich the art history? What enlightenments can that bring to the growth of young contemporary artists? The honored guests will have an in-depth analysis on the above questions from their own perspectives.
FERNANDO BOTERO
Fernando Botero, born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932, is frequently mentioned as the world’s most important living artist. His art works originate from traditional western art but possess strong and positive elements from Colombian culture. With a style that is easily recognized and celebrated in every corner of the world, he has maintained throughout his career consistency and coherence in the exploration of volume and color while depicting scenes from the memories of his childhood in Colombia and Latin America. He is heavily influenced by the works of the Great Masters in the History of Art and prides himself on his respect and love of the artistic tradition that preceded him. Over a career spanning more than 60 years, he is one of the world’s most versatile artists, expressing his aesthetic convictions through the exploration of a myriad of mediums and techniques. At the height of his career, he has earned the honor of being the living artist with the most museum exhibitions and the most books and films made about him. Today, Botero persists in his natural mission of creating.
