赛森典藏 || 周春芽：手可摘星辰

1955年生于中国重庆，现于上海、成都生活工作。他于1982年毕业于四川美术学院版画系，1988年毕业于德国卡塞尔综合大学自由艺术系（现更名为卡塞尔大学）。作为中国当代艺术领域标志性人物，他的作品被世界范围许多重要机构收藏，并在众多国际展览中展出。 

1990年代初，周春芽德国留学归来开始创作“石头系列”，他将中国传统文人山石元素赋予西方充满表现性的语言逻辑，形成独特的个人艺术风格。1990年代中期开始的“黑根”和“绿狗”系列，既有个人化的情感诉说，又表达了超越个体情感的对人性和命运的思悟。2005年前后开始的“桃花系列”是艺术家最著名的系列作品之一，它是艺术家对生活的理解，对自然对生命的关注。2011年开始的“园林系列”则用融入当代视角与个体立场的文化身份，对中国园林进行了独特诠释。回望周春芽四十余年的艺术创作，他不断寻求变化与自我突破，始终围绕生命这一根基展开探索。

Zhou Chunya was born in Chongqing, China in 1955 and now lives and works in Shanghai and Chengdu. He graduated from the Printmaking Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1982, and from the Liberal Arts Department of the University of Kassel in Germany in 1988. He is widely known as an iconic figure in the field of Chinese contemporary art, and his works have been collected by many important institutions around the world and exhibited in numerous international exhibitions.

In the early 1990s, Zhou Chunya returned to China after finishing his studies in Germany, and began to create the "Rock Series", in which he developed his original painting language by rendering the mountains and rocks—the typical images in traditional Chinese literati paintings—in the Western expressionist style. The series of "Black Root" and "Green Dog", which started in the mid-1990s, are not only his emotional expressions, but also his reflections on human nature and fate transcending personal concerns. The "Peach Blossom Series", which began around 2005, is one of the artist's most famous series. It showcases his understanding of life and care for nature and life. The "Garden Series", which began in 2011, is a unique interpretation of traditional Chinese gardens, incorporating contemporary cultural perspectives and the artist’s individual cultural identity. Throughout his art career of more than forty years, Zhou Chunya has been devoted to seeking changes and breakthroughs, and committed to a non-stop exploration concerning the foundation subject of life.