彭弘智個展 / Hung-Chih Peng Solo Exhibition
宣傳 / Propaganda
開幕酒會：2009年11月28日17：00 - 19：00 / Openning: November 28, 2009, 17:00-19:00
展覽日期：2009年11月28日 – 2010年2月28日 / Exhibition Period: November 28, 2009—February 28, 2010
展覽地點：藝術 ISSUE PROJECTS / Venue: ART ISSUE PROJECTS
北京市朝陽區崔各庄鄉北皋甲1號 100015 / No.A1 Beigao, Cuigezhuang County, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015
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如果說文化是知識分子的武器，那麼它的傳播力便是這兵器的殺傷範圍。知識分子時刻將關注民生，批判一切不平等，喚醒社會的良知視為己任。藝術家也是知識分子，他們無時不刻的在關注當下，社會問題、時事政治、人類的生存環境都可以是藝術品。他們用藝術表達觀點，用更為直觀的視覺圖像衝擊社會與大眾的神經。“藝術應該是宣傳工具，是喚醒集體良知的工具”，這是台灣藝術家彭弘智秉持的藝術信條。他有著跨越中國和台灣地區、美國及歐洲的藝術經歷，他的作品中常常選擇許多象徵性的表述，通過不同的符號共存、對話甚至交融，呈現其各自所承載的文化的有趣差異和奇異碰撞。他的視野高遠廣闊：美國發起的戰爭給中東帶來的傷痛，伊拉克戰爭中使用貧鈾彈造成的輻射污染，能源的掌控即是話語權和權力的擁有，全球重心自西向東的悄然轉移……藝術就是他的文化利器，直指觀者的內心。此次藝術ISSUE PROJECTS將展示藝術家在07至09年之間的新作，以雕塑，裝置，影像等多種方式呈現藝術“宣傳”的力量。
If it’s said that culture is the weapon of intellectuals, then its power of propaganda is the weapon’s blast range. Intellectuals always regard being concerned with the people’s livelihood, criticizing all that is unfair, and awakening social conscience as their duty. Artists are also intellectuals, so they are constantly concerned with the present; social problems, current politics, and the condition surrounding mankind's existence can all be works of art. They use art to express their views, using more direct visual representation to strike a social and public nerve.
“Art should be a tool of propaganda, a tool for awakening the collective conscience”, this is the artistic tenet upheld by Taiwanese artist Hung-Chih Peng. His artistic experience crosses over mainland China, Taiwan, the United States and Europe. Within his works, he often selects multiple forms of symbolic expression, using the coexistence, dialogue between, and even blending of different symbols to present the interesting cultural differences and astonishing collisions they respectively bear. His field of vision is vast and lofty: the suffering brought on the Middle East by the war launched by America, the radiation contamination produced by the depleted uranium bombs used in the war in Iraq, the controlled possession of resources, namely voice and power, the silent transfer of global focus from west to east…art is his sharp cultural weapon, directed at the viewer’s heart.
In this show, ART ISSUE PROJECTS exhibits the artist’s new works from 2007 to 2009, using sculpture, installation, video and a variety of other ways to present the artistic power of “propaganda”.
展覽現場照片 Exhibition Pictures (按圖放大 / Press the Picture to Enlarge):
展覽作品清單 / Exhibition Works List:
皆因南京大屠殺而死 Both Died of the Nanjing Massacre
攝影: 彭弘智 photo: Hung-Chih Peng