8月6日下午4点，上海当代艺术馆特别项目《敦煌印象系列——天外之天》在艺术亭台开幕，当代艺术家毛进受邀参与此次展览，并带来了她以敦煌藻井图案为灵感创作的作品《方系列》。
Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai held the opening ceremony of the current pavillon exhibition ‘Dunhuang Impression----Beyond the Sky’ on Aug 6th, 4pm. We invited Contemporary artist Jin MAO to bring her oil painting series ‘Square’ for the exhibition, which was inspired by the Dunhuang Caisson Patterns.
开幕式现场人头攒动
MoCA君：为什么选择敦煌藻井作为您艺术创作的灵感来源？
MoCA：Why did you choose the Dunhuang Caisson pattern designs as your inspiration for this series?
毛进：敦煌壁画是艺术工作者的朝圣之地，多年来一直由衷的喜欢，也多次去膜拜，2006年开始学习研究敦煌壁画藻井里面的元素，想都不敢想把它作为自己的创作元素，在时间累积过程中很自然的成为了创作灵感，欣喜若狂。
JinMao：The Dunhuang mural is the destination of ‘spiritual pilgrimage’ for many artists. I have had a genuine passion for this destination, and had the opportunity to admire the art in person on several occasions. In 2006, I began to study the artistic and graphic elements employed in the caisson designs of the Dunhuang grottoes. I never once imagined that I would able to apply these designs in my own creative work, but after some time those elements began to be naturally integrated in my works; I was ecstatic.
MoCA君：通过这个系列的作品希望传达什么？
MoCA：What do you wish to convey through this series?
毛进：如果能够让观者感觉到愉悦、美好和谦卑，那我会惶恐和兴奋。
JinMao：If I can inspire a sense of pleasure, beauty, and humility within the audience through my work then I would be so flattered and exhilarated.
艺术家毛进与策展人
MoCA君：在《方系列》的创作过程中遇到过什么记忆深刻的故事？
MoCA：What is a memorable moment during the creation of the ‘Square Series’?
毛进：创作初期得到了老师极大的鼓励。
JinMao：I received a lot of encouragement and support from my mentor at the early stages of this series.
艺术家毛进接受记者访问
MoCA君：《方系列》与敦煌藻井有什么相同和不同之处？
MoCA：How are the works in the ‘Square Series’ different from or similar to the Caisson pattern designs at the Dunhuang grottoes?
毛进：首先不能同日而语做比较，我只是在学习敦煌藻井古代壁画，方系列是通过学习中得来的。古代壁画我认为是艺术工作者的希望之光，对我更是。
JinMao：First of all, the two cannot be compared. I am merely learning from the Caisson patternsand the Dunhuang murals, and the ‘Square Series’ is derived from this learning process. I understand the ancient Dunhuang murals as the ‘light ofhope’ for many artists, myself included.
MoCA君：是否还会继续关于敦煌的相关创作？
MoCA：Will you continue creating and learning about the relevant works of Dunhuang?
毛进：这是很自然的，敦煌壁画会是我一直学习的方向，不会刻意的把它当成创作元素，如果能继续，荣幸之至。
JinMao：Yes, of course. Dunhuang Mural will be the direction I keep learning all the time. And it will not be deliberately regarded as a creative element, is my pleasuer to keep learning from it.
展览现场
艺术家简介
毛进，1971年出生于湖南湘潭，2001年毕业于南京艺术学院油画专业，获硕士学位，现居南京，任教于南京师范大学新闻传播学院。代表作品《室内系列》《人物系列》《动物系列》《方系列》《致敬系列》。
Born in 1971, Xiangtan Hunan Province. Jin graduated from the Nanjing University of the Arts with a masters degree in oil painting in 2001. She now resides in Nanjing and lectures at the school of Journalism and Communication at NNU (Nanking Normal University). Some of her famous works are the 'Interior Series,' 'Humans Series,' 'Animal Series,''Square Series,' and the 'Tribute Series.'
－－展览经历－－
2019 自白书与公开信 | 可一美术馆，中国南京
2017 同心艺术沙龙展 | 方山艺术营，中国南京
2016 无样：曹清·毛进绘画特展 | 山西博物院，中国山西
2012 绘画之中 | 大未来林舍画廊，中国北京；中国台湾
当前亭台展览/CURRENT EXHIBITION
《敦煌印象系列：天外之天》
地点：上海市黄浦区南京西路231号人民公园七号门口
Gate 7 People's Park. 231 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai
地铁：人民广场8/9/10/16号出口
Subway Station: People's Square. Exit: 8/9/10/16
开放时间：周一至周日，10:00-21:00
Opening Time: Mon.-Sun., 10:00-21:00
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