This interview was conducted at the Shanghai Writers Association, Shanghai on 4 March 2009. For more information please visit the Materials of the Future website.

此訪談於2009年3月4日在上海作家協會進行。詳情請瀏覽此頁


Biography:

Wu Liang (b. 1955, Shanghai) is an art and literary critic, and Chief Editor of Shanghai Culture (Shanghai wenhua).

In the 1980s, Wu was well known in literary circles for his biting commentary. In the 1990s, as he became increasingly drawn to art and artists, Wu turned his commentary towards the visual arts. Recently, he has resumed his interest in literature and cultural studies.

Some of his notable publications include Literature Selections (Wenxue de xuanze) (1985), Conversations between the Artist and a Friend (Yige yishujia yu youren de tanhua) (1987), Discovering Criticism (Piping de faxian) (1988), Autumn Monologue (Qiutian de dubai) (1988), Notes of a City (Chengshi biji) (1990) and The Past and the Dream (Wangshi yu mengxiang) (1991).


簡歷︰

吳亮,廣東潮陽人,1955年生於上海。文學批評家及藝術批評家,當代文學批評雜誌《上海文化》主編。

八十年代以辛辣文字見稱於學界。九十年代開始由文學轉向藝術,關注中國畫家及其作品。吳亮活躍於文學及文化現象領域,發表了一系列有影響力的批評作品,當中包括《文學的選擇》(1985)、《藝術家與友人的談話》(上海:上海文藝出版社,1987)、《批評的發現》(1988)、《秋天的獨白》(杭州:浙江文藝出版社,1988)、《城市筆記》(杭州:浙江文藝出版社,1990)、《往事與夢想》(上海:上海人民出版社,1991) 等。

Context

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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Fang Wen: Wu Liang

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Interview: Wu Liang (Chinese subtitles), 訪問:吳亮