2008 Centers and Borders Sino-American Artists Joint Exhibition Beijing
2008《中心与边缘：从ABC到XYZ》中美艺术家联展
开幕时间：2008年7月26日，星期六下午3：00PM-6：00PM
展览时间：2008年7月27日 - 8月13日，11：00AM-18：00PM
展览地点：XYZ 画廊，北京798大山子艺术区D 06-6-1
电话：010 8459 9299
策展人：乔治 博士 成国琴
艺术总监：范学宜
参展艺术家: Lourdes Archundia, Richard Armendariz, Dan Boord, Sam Coronado, Dennis Dalton, Mary Rachel Fanning, Joe Farbrook, Suzanne Faris, Carlos Fresquez, Quintin Gonzalez, Beth Krensky, Federico Londono, Roddy MacInnes, Cara Mancini, V. Kim Martinez, Lennon Michalski, Arturo Miranda Videgaray, Sylvia Montero, Fatima Naseer, Tony Ortega, Estanislao Ortiz Escamilla, Caroline Peters, Sandra del Pilar, Dr. George Rivera, Garrison Roots, Enriqueta Rosete, Martha Russo, Kevin Salzman, Antonio Salazar B., Eugene Stewart-Huidobro, Luis Valdovino, Luz del Carmen Vilchis, Andrea Wallace, Lori Warren, Sherry Wiggins, E.J. Yoshioka 吉冈，王家增, 冯钟云, 石建国,党中国,禅猫东子
中心与边缘：从ABC到XYZ
在艺术领域，“中心与边界”即指“中心与边缘”。这种所谓中心论思想推崇的殖民主义或西方为主流的模式已经过时。
当今，我们已经意识到我们生活在高度多元化的世界，这种多元化已经渗透到各个领域。世界也因高科技的发展和贸易往来变得越来越小，我们也开始认识到还有更多的“中心”存在着。
因此，“中心与边缘”需要以一种并非某单一民族的艺术的视角来审视，以一种平等的“中心”进行交流，艺术领域也同样需要这种姿态，因为并非一个“‘艺术世界”存在，而是多个“艺术世界”共存。
此次参展的美国艺术家大多是艺术领域中被誉为艺术收藏的 “Artnauts”，来自于Boulder, Colorado (即ABC)，这些艺术家自1997年由美国的科罗拉多大学组织在世界进行巡回展出，目前他们已在智利、哥伦比亚、墨西哥、巴勒斯坦、秘鲁、俄罗斯和西班牙及美国等做过展览。
承载着北京奥运会之精神，来自美国的艺术家们（包括美国和墨西哥）加入由中国艺术家组成的以“中心与边缘”为主题的视觉艺术展览，地点就选在北京的798工厂的XYZ画廊。
文：George Rivera博士
科罗拉多大学艺术与艺术 史系 教授
美国科罗拉多州博得市
2007年
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ
2008 Sino-American Artists Joint Exhibition Beijing
Opening reception: July 26, 2008, Saturday 1500hrs to 1800hrs
Exhibition dates: July 27, to Aug 13, 2008, 1100hrs to 1800hrs
Venue: XYZ Gallery (www.xyzartgallery.com)
Phone: 010 8459 9299/13701104223
Curator: Dr. George Rivera & Catherine Cheng Art Director: Xueyi Fan
Participated Artists: Lourdes Archundia, Richard Armendariz, Dan Boord, Sam Coronado, Dennis Dalton, Mary Rachel Fanning, Joe Farbrook, Suzanne Faris, Carlos Fresquez, Quintin Gonzalez, Beth Krensky, Federico Londono, Roddy MacInnes, Cara Mancini, V. Kim Martinez, Lennon Michalski, Arturo Miranda Videgaray, Sylvia Montero, Fatima Naseer, Tony Ortega, Estanislao Ortiz Escamilla, Caroline Peters, Sandra del Pilar, Dr. George Rivera, Garrison Roots, Enriqueta Rosete, Martha Russo, Kevin Salzman, Antonio Salazar B., Eugene Stewart-Huidobro, Luis Valdovino, Luz del Carmen Vilchis, Andrea Wallace, Lori Warren, Sherry Wiggins, E.J. Yoshioka 吉冈, Wang Jiazeng 王家增, Feng Zhongyun 冯钟云, Shi Jianguo 石建国, Dang Zhongguo 党中国,Zencat Dongzi 禅猫东子
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ
In the artworld, “center and borders” references “centers and margins.” Such ethnocentric thinking validates colonialism and purports that “the West” is the prevailing model. However, such thinking is highly outdated.
In the New Millennium, we have finally come to realize that we live in a world that is highly diverse, and this diversity has permeated consciousness in all spheres. As the world becomes smaller through trade and technology, we begin to realize that there are many “centers.”
Thus, “centers and borders” should be viewed from a perspective that does not position one’s nations art over another. Hopefully, we can interact as equals in an encounter of “centers.”
The same applies to the artworld. There is not “one artworld” but “many artworlds.”
The artists from the Americas in this exhibition are all part of an art collective known as the “Artnauts” from Boulder, Colorado (ABC) that was formed by a group of artists from the University of Colorado in 1997 to exhibit art throughout the world. Thus far, the Artnauts have had exhibitions in Chile , Colombia , Mexico , Palestine , Peru , Russia , and Spain , as well as in the United States .
It is in the spirit of the occasion of the Beijing Olympics that a group of artists from the Americas –including the United States and Mexico-- join a group of Chinese artists to visually address “centers and borders” in an exhibition at the XYZ Gallery in the 798 Dashanzi Art
District in Beijing.
George Rivera, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Colorado
Department of Art & Art History, Boulder , Colorado , USA
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