本周日线上对谈预告 | 郑胜天——《Yishu》的故事

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中间美术馆最新一期“中间实践”项目推出“从艺术到Yishu, 从Yishu到艺术”展览(2020.12.19-2021.3.19)，回顾《Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art》（典藏国际版）共100期的出版历程，从抽象的、无所不包的“艺术”概念落实到《Yishu》杂志的观点、编辑、写作、出版等切实的工作本身，以丰富我们对艺术的认知。

本周末，我们荣幸邀请郑胜天先生线上分享他与《Yishu》近二十年的历程。创立《Yishu》并担任总策划的华裔艺术家、学者郑胜天先生自1990年定居温哥华，长期在全球，特别是北美地区引介中国艺术和华人艺术家。创刊初期至2004年，加拿大华裔艺术家林荫庭（Ken Lum）担任主编。此后，加拿大策展人和艺术写作者华睿思（Keith Wallace）接任主编一职至2020年。我们将会围绕展览陆续开展一系列活动，邀请他们和经常为杂志撰稿的写作者们，请他们谈谈为什么会选择写作中国艺术、谈谈他们的写作经历，以及与编辑部沟通磨合的过程等，使我们更全面地了解《Yishu》大家庭的故事。

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郑胜天是居住于温哥华的华裔加拿大学者、策展人和艺术家。现任英文学刊《Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art》(典藏国际版)的总策划,兼任温哥华美术馆亞洲馆总监、西蒙菲沙大学特约研究员和美国亚洲艺术文献库理事。1980 年代曾任中国美术学院油画系主任、美国明尼苏达大学和圣地牙哥州立大学客座教授。1990 年移民后曾任温哥华华人艺术家协会会长、梁洁华艺术基金会秘书长和温哥华当代亚洲艺术中心创会理事。策划过的重要展览包括“江南——中国现当代艺术系列展览”、“上海摩登”、2004 上海双年展、“中国生意”、“艺术与中国革命”和“地标”等。最近策划的“风起扶桑”曾在巴萨迪那的南加大亚太博物馆和墨西哥城的里维拉壁画博物馆展巡回展出。2009-2014 年担任温哥华双年展亚洲资深策展人,并被颁发策展终身成就奖。他的论著也频繁在中外刊物上发表出版,中国美术学院出版社于 2013 年出版了四册《郑胜天艺文选》。他还经常应邀到各处讲学,包括哈佛、哥伦比亚、普林斯顿、斯坦福、麦吉尔等大学和泰特现代美术馆、盖蒂美术馆、旧金山亚洲美术馆、M+等。他的艺术作品自 1960年代以来曾在中国和美国、加拿大、俄国等地展出。2013 年加拿大艾米莉 · 卡美术与设计大学授予他荣誉博士称号。

主持人，此期“中间实践“策展人黄文珑、刘语丝

关于《Yishu》
《Yishu》杂志创刊于2002年，以向英语世界推介有关中国艺术的话语，生产并引领有关中国艺术的话语为志，至今已有近20年的出版历史。《Yishu》设编辑部于加拿大温哥华，由台湾《典藏》杂志社社长简秀枝赞助出版，面向全球发行，是英语世界中第一份以当代华人艺术文化为内容的严肃刊物。2020年11月，《Yishu》出版第100期，迎来了《Yishu》一个意义非凡的历史节点。

Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum “Inside-Out Practice” presents From Art to Yishu, From Yishu to Art (2020.12.19-2021.3.19), a retrospective of the publishing history of one hundred issues of Yishu. From the abstract and all-encompassing concept of “art,” to the practical work of the journal’s viewpoints, editing, writing, and publishing, all of these specific aspects of the journal have enriched our understanding of art.

Mark your calendar! We are glad to have invited Zheng Shengtian to share his nearly 20-year journey working with Yishu this weekend. The Founding Managing Editor of the journal, Zheng Shengtian, is a Chinese-Canadian artist and scholar who has resided in Vancouver since 1990. He has been a leading figure in promoting Chinese and overseas Chinese artists across the world, and especially in North America. Chinese-Canadian artist Ken Lum served as Yishu’s Founding Editor-in-Chief from its inauguration until 2004. Thereafter, Canadian curator and art writer Keith Wallace took over as Editor-in-Chief until 2020. A series of events will follow the opening of this exhibition. We will invite Ken Lum, Keith Wallace, and Yishu's frequent contributors to share their experience: why did they choose to write about Chinese art, what are their writing experiences, and how were their collaborations with the editorial team like? We hope to get a comphrehensive picture of the community Yishu has fostered. 

Zheng Shengtian is an artist, scholar and curator based in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Managing Editor of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, the Adjunct Director of the Institute of Asian Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, a Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University and a Trustee of Asia Art Archive in America. In the 1980s he taught at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou as Professor and Department Chair. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and at San Diego State University. Since immigrated to Canada in 1990 he was the Chairman of Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver, the Secretary of Annie Wong Art Foundation and co-founder of the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A). As an independent curator, he has organized and curated numerous exhibitions including Jiangnan - Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibitions, Shanghai Modern, the 2004 Shanghai Biennale, China Trade, Art and China’s Revolution, Landmark and recently, Winds from Fusang toured to USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena and the Diego Rivera Mural Museum in Mexico City. He was the senior curator for Asia of Vancouver Biennale and won the Lifetime Achievement Award for his curatorial work. He is a frequent contributor to periodicals and catalogues and four volumes of his writing on art and culture were published by China Academy of Art Press in 2003. He has lectured widely at institutions including Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Stanford University, McGill University, Tate Modern, Getty Museum, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, M+ among others. His artwork has been shown in China, USA, Canada and Russia. Zheng received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2013.

Huang Wenlong and Liu Yusi
Moderators and curators of From Art to Yishu, From Yishu to Art

About Yishu

Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art was established in 2002 with a focus on producing and leading discourses on Chinese art for an English-speaking audience; it has now been in print for nearly 20 years. Yishu is edited in Vancouver, Canada, and it is published under the sponsorship of President Katy Hsiu Chih Chien of Art & Collection Group Ltd. in Taiwan and is distributed internationally. Yishu is the premier journal in the English-speaking world devoted to contemporary Chinese art and culture. In November of 2020, Yishu published its 100th edition, marking a milestone in the history of the journal. 

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刘语丝 Liu Yusi

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