This interview was conducted at OCAT, Shenzhen on 18 June 2009. For more information please visit the Material of the Future website.

此訪談於2009年6月18日在深圳OCAT當代藝術中心進行。詳情請瀏覽此頁


Biography:

Shu Qun (b. 1958, Jilin Province) is an artist, and in 1984, was one of the founders of the Northern Art Group, along with Wang Guangyi, Ren Jian and Liu Yan, among others.

In 1982, Shu graduated from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang. In the mid-1980s, he helped organize conferences and exhibitions, including the 'Large-Scale Slide Exhibition of New Wave Art' at the Zhuhai Conference (1986) and the Northern Art Group Biennale (Jilin College of the Arts, Changchun, 1987). In 1987, Shu was interviewed by China Central Television (CCTV), and in 1989, he participated in the ‘China/Avant-Garde Exhibition’ at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.

In addition, Shu published numerous articles in the 1980s and early 1990s, such as ‘Form Follows Content’ in Art (Meishu) magazine (no. 7, 1986), ‘A Monologue about Rational Painting’ in Jiangsu Pictorial (Jiangsu huakan) (no. 9, 1989) and ‘Rational Painting’ in Art Panorama (Yishu guangjiao) (no. 5, 1991).

Shu continues to work as an artist in Chengdu and exhibits widely.


簡歷︰

舒群,1958年生於吉林。藝術家,現活躍於成都。

1982年畢業於魯迅美術學院中國畫系。在1984年與王廣義、任戬、劉彥等藝術家組織「北方藝術群體」。八十年代中期,舒群積極參與和舉辦各大型展覽和研討會活動,其中包括參與組織《85青年美術思潮大型幻燈展暨學術研討會》(1986,珠海會議)。1987年,組織《北方藝術群體雙年展》(吉林藝術學院,长春),並接受中央電視台專題采訪。1989年參加《中國現代藝術展》(北京中國美術館)。
 
舒群發表的文章包括:⟨內容決定形式⟩(《美術》第7期,1986),⟨理性繪畫自白⟩(《江蘇畫刊》第9期專欄,1989),⟨理性繪畫⟩(《藝術廣角》第5期專欄,1991)。

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In 2006, Asia Art Archive began a focused archiving project called 'Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990'. This project aimed at developing a comprehensive collection of primary research materials including books, periodicals, newspapers, exhibition brochures, invitations, video recordings, correspondence, and other relevant documents. 

As part of this project, AAA digitised more than 80,000 items of material from personal archives to include artists Mao Xuhui, Wu Shanzhuan, Zhang Xiaogang, and Zhang Peili; curators and critics Fei Dawei, Lu Peng, and Zheng Shengtian; as well as the archives of Tokyo Art Gallery. As part of the research process over 75 in-depth interviews with key artists, curators, and critics were conducted. From a portion of these interviews, AAA created a documentary film about experimental art in South China (Guangzhou) in the 1980s entitled From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s.

AAA’s 1980s archiving project culminated with the launch of a comprehensive website portal called www.china1980s.org in September 2010.

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Interview: Shu Qun (Chinese subtitles), 訪問:舒群