30周年 | 周军 - 在红门画廊的推荐下，我在世界各地举办多次个展

今年是中国资格最老的艺术画廊-红门画廊创建三十周年。我同布朗的第一次照面是2000年在上海世贸商城举办的上海艺术博览会上，虽没有交谈，却让我知道有一个布朗和他的红门画廊。05年初，我在《美术同盟》网站上看到红门画廊访问艺术家项目申请的信息，就整理了一份申请材料邮给了红门画廊。不久就接到布朗让我去北京做二个月访问艺术家的邀请电话。

2005年，红门驻地工作室开放日展览现场

6月初到了北京费家村红门画廊的访问艺术家工作室安顿下来后，布朗来看了我并给了三千块钱，告诉我随便拍什么做什么都行，最重要是要多走走看看。我遵照布朗的建议，并且按照红门工作室事先给访问艺术家准备好的艺术地图和外出乘坐公交车的建议指南。除了拜访参观费家村艺术区里的一些艺术家工作室外也会骑着画廊给准备好的自行车去索家村艺术区和798艺术区参观，在工作室有半个月时间待下来后我知道了方向。

周军拍摄的第一件防护网作品《新华门》

期间，有次在经过新华门的公交车上，突然看到整个新华门被防护网包裹着的那个状态让我感受到极大的震撼，就想到要把它拍成一件作品。第二天我就又去了新华门，在其对面把相机架在三脚架上准备拍摄防护网包裹着的新华门时遇到了警察的阻拦没有拍成。离开后我想，要拍成防护网包裹下的新华门只能在拍摄时没有停顿的情况下才有可能。另一个是长安街上来往的汽车非常多，我希望作品的画面尽量干净，解决画面中没有汽车也是个关键问题。其后一天，我就没有带三脚架只带了sinar相机先到了府左街。在路边观察到红绿灯交换的期间，新华门那段会有个非常短的间隙没汽车，我就手提着装好胶片的sinar4x5相机，从步行道上走到了新华门正中对面的位置，用了大概一两秒的时间控制了下相机镜头的角度并按下了快门线后，就又继续往天安门方向走。那是我防护网系列作品的开始。

周军作品在巴黎北京画廊展览的请柬

为了能够在红门画廊给我已经搭好的舞台上继续表演下去，06年的春节过后，我又来到了北京。作为红门画廊合作艺术家，其为我举办过两次个展，同时在红门画廊的推荐下，让我能够在伦敦、巴黎、澳大利亚、香港等地举办多次个展和参加各种群展及艺术博览会。

这三十年来红门画廊和无数艺术家合作并举办了数不清的展览，作为其合作的一艺术家，我只是沧海一粟。同时在我看来，红门画廊前三十年的历程，正在验证着布朗创办其的目的：红门画廊在实现其生命价值的各个阶段的过程中，开了无数茬的花结过无数次的果，并时刻绽放出她的芳香。

2007年，《鸟巢工程》展览现场

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of Red Gate Gallery, the oldest art gallery in China. The first time I saw Brian was at the Shanghai Art Fair held in ShangMart Mall in 2000. Although I didn't approach him, I knew of Brian and his Red Gate Gallery. At the beginning of 2005, I saw the application information of Red Gate residency program on the website of Art Alliance, so I sorted out the application material and mailed it to off. Soon, I received a call from Brian asking me to participate in Beijing for two months.

Red Gate Residency Open Studio, 2005

In early June, after settling down in the studio of Red Gate in Feijiacun village, Brian gave me 3000 yuan. He told me to do whatever I want to do. The most important thing is to look around. I followed Brian's advice and used the art map prepared for Red Gate studio residents. In addition to visiting some artists' studios in Feijiacun Village, I would also ride the studio bicycle to Suojiacun Village Art District and 798 Art District. After two weeks, I knew how to get around!

During this period, on a bus passing through Xinhuamen, I suddenly saw that the whole building was wrapped in a protective green safety webbing. This electrified me and I thought of making it into an artwork. The next day I went to Xinhuamen to photograph it, but the police stopped me. The other problem was the huge number of cars passing by on Chang’an St. It was hard to get a clean shot. However, I found that when the traffic lights turned red there was a chance. I positioned myself directly opposite the middle of Xinhuamen. It took me about a second or two to control the angle of the camera head, press the shutter, but I got it, and then took off without any trouble. That was the beginning of my safety webbing series.

Zhou Jun works at UQ Art Museum

I came back to Beijing after the Spring Festival in 2006 and as a Red Gate artist, I held two solos in 2007 and 2010. With the help of Red Gate, I have been invited to hold many other solo and group exhibitions, and participated in art fairs in London, Paris, Australia, Hong Kong and other places.

Over the past 30 years, Red Gate Gallery has cooperated with countless artists and held numerous exhibitions. As a gallery artist, I am one of many, but like the others we have all shared in the gallery’s history.

Zhou Jun’s photography has documented the tremendous pace of change of China’s urban landscapes. He adapts his large format black and white photographs of historical buildings being restored or new skyscrapers under construction by changing the color of the ubiquitous green safety webbing to red. The clash of the red against the black and white photo is striking and reinforces the challenging impact of China’s mad rush to modernization over the past 20 years. More recently, he has explored China’s history creating cracked ‘Ming’ urns in blue and white porcelain, splashed with the color red and protected by authentic looking scaffolding but actually made from delicate porcelain.

周军的摄影记录了中国城市景观的巨变。他使用大画幅黑白摄影，将建筑工地无所不在的绿色防护网转变成红色，以此展示修复历史建筑或建造新摩天大楼的过程。红色与黑白照片的碰撞引人注目，这种视觉刺激强化了过去 20 年，中国快步迈向现代化所引起的挑战性影响。最近，他开始探索中国历史，在故意做成破碎效果的青花瓷罐外围，搭上脚手架并泼上红色，这些逼真的效果，其实全都是手工烧制的瓷器。

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红门画廊Red Gate Gallery由澳大利亚籍人士布朗·华莱士Brian Wallace创办于1991年，是中国最早经营当代艺术的外资画廊。三十年来，红门画廊始终致力于中国当代艺术推广和国际艺术联络。邀请国际、国内知名策划人在红门画廊策划当代艺术活动，进行高水平的学术交流，向中国观众介绍国内外当代艺术，为中国当代艺术的发展以及中西方的艺术交流做出了巨大的贡献。

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