“透明“当代艺术展
苏州2500多年悠久的历史孕育了它独具魅力的文化。苏州的绘画、书法、篆刻流派纷呈，各有千秋；戏曲、医学、建筑自成流派，独树一帜；苏州的刺绣、桃花坞木刻年画等工艺品闻名中外。同时苏州也是仅次于上海的全国第二大工业城市，它在工业指标、人均产值方面狂飙突进。经济的这等繁荣势必要求文化能够得到多元发展。但是在当代艺术市场的火热状态下，我们在这个城市里没有见到太多的当代艺术活动，也很少有人关注当代艺术。许多年轻或不年轻的当代艺术家们纷纷赶往其他城市。是的，相比北京、上海、成都等其他城市的喧嚣，这里显得很安静。但是这种沉默是否也是一种排斥或是冷淡？在全球化的境遇下，苏州理应借由经济的发展来呼应艺术创作的多元化。
Suzhou has a long history of 2,500 years which evolved its unique and charm culture. Suzhou’s painting, calligraphy and seal carving all have their different features; its opera, medicine and building are unique; its embroidery, Taohuawu New Year wood carving, and other crafts are well-known both in China and abroad. At the same time, Suzhou is the second largest industrial city in China inferior to Shanghai, it has a rapid growth in aspect of the industrial index and the per capita GDP. This prosperity economic will require that the development of culture should be diverse. However, in the hot contemporary art market, we can’t see too much contemporary art activities and few people are concerned about contemporary art in this city. Many young or not young contemporary artists have been to other cities. Yes, compared to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities in China, Suzhou is very quiet. But is this silence also a rejection or indifference? In the situation of globalization, Suzhou should encourage the diversity of artistic creation with the development of the economic.
2007年，苏州本色当代美术馆在郭巷落成，这座占地13亩、建筑面积达11000平方米，建设历时4年多的美术馆是目前苏州私人投资的最大美术馆。与本色美术馆一路相隔的是苏州九盛港艺术区，目前艺术区已有30多个艺术家工作室，几家画廊和设计工作室也相继迁入，从而形成了苏州第一个当代艺术社区，为苏州文化添加了一道亮丽风景。由于艺术家的聚众活动，相信这个区域将成为苏州艺术的主流，与北京798和上海莫干山一样成为国内响当当的艺术家争相前往的艺术区。
In the year of 2007, Truecolor Museum was completed in Guo Lane of Suzhou. It has the land of 13 mu and the construction area of 11,000 square meters. It was constructed more than four years and now it is the largest private investment museum in Suzhou. Jiushenggang Art District and Truecolor Museum are separated by a road. At present, there are more than 30 artists’ studios, several galleries and design studios have moved to the Art District ,which forms the first contemporary art community in Suzhou and adds a brilliant cultural landscape to Suzhou. As the artists gathered into crowds, I believe that the art in this district will become the mainstream art in Suzhou, and it will be famous like MoganShan Art District in Shanghai and 798 Art District in Beijing ,then the artists will vie each other to come here.
此次“透明”艺术邀请展就是基于本色美术馆开幕的契机，借第七届上海双年展提升的艺术温度，旨在苏州九盛港艺术区举办苏州历年来参展人数最多、规模最大，涉及面最广的一次当代艺术展。此次邀请展参展艺术家来自全国众多城市，既有活跃在当今艺坛的先锋人物，也有年轻的新锐艺术家，其作品题材丰富，形式多样，具有鲜明的艺术个性和强烈的时代精神。相信此次展览必将为苏州当代艺术的普及、推动和繁荣具有不可替代的作用，为苏州当代文化添上浓墨重彩的一笔。
Based on the opportunity of Truecolor Museum’s opening and the Seventh Shanghai Biennale’s showing, the " Transparency " art exhibition would like to held the largest contemporary art exhibition in Suzhou that there will be the most artists to participate in. The exhibition invited artists from many cities. Some of them are active and famous in the contemporary art zone , the others are the young artists. Their works have wealthy subject matters, various forms, distinctive artistic personality and a strong spirit of our times. I believe that the exhibition will play an irreplaceable role in popularizing and promoting contemporary art in Suzhou, and it will add a kind of prosperity to Suzhou contemporary culture.
什么是透明？苏珊•桑塔格说：“透明是一种艺术——也是批判——中最高，最具有解放性的价值。透明是指体验事物自身的那种清晰或体验事物本来面目的那种明晰。”透明的力量是无穷的。它可以还原真相，体现尊重。这次“5•12” 大地震，救灾现场向媒体开放，伤亡数字每天公布，捐赠金额每天发布,使每一个公民都被感动了。猜测自然止于透明，谣言自然止于公开。
What is transparency? Susan Sontag said: "Transparency is an art , which’s also the highest and most liberal value in critique.Transparency is that we could experience things truly and clearly. " Transparency has boundless power. It can restore the truth and reflect the respect. In the "5 • 12" earthquake, disaster sites were open to the media, and the number of casualties were daily publicized, and the donation amount were published daily ,so every person was moved. Speculation naturally ends because of transparency, and Rumors naturally ends because of open.
透明是一种没有颜色的颜色，是一种不加掩饰的心情，是一种毫不做作的性格。曾几何时，我们不得不对艺术品进行谋篇布局，不得不遵循各种条条框框，但现在我们可以自由地表达所想所做的东西。 一个艺术家需要最大限度的自我化，在任何境遇里都需要保持自己的风格，透明地表现自己对事物的理解和看法。
Transparency is a color which we can’t see , and it is a feeling which is not hidden ,and it is a character which is sincere .In previous time, we had to attach importance to the layout of our works, and had to comply with various standards, but now we can freely express our feelings. An artist needs to maximize himself, and he need to maintain his style in any case, and transparently performance his views of things.
我们期待用透明能够换来艺术的纯洁和人类互相的忠诚。
We look forward to using transparent to exchange for the purity of art and human loyalty.
策展人：葛辉
参展艺术家
卞卡（南京）曹春辉（苏州）常小军（北京）陈洁（南京）陈平（苏州）陈小虎（上海）丁喆（苏州）高雷（南京）黄园静（苏州）李光洲（杭州）李洪震（苏州）李强（北京）李文强（杭州）刘兵（苏州）刘平（苏州）刘丹辉（南京）刘晴（苏州）吕国梁（杭州）岂志刚（重庆）王冬梅（苏州）王乐（云南）
王绪斌（苏州）王永利（苏州）魏云飞（天津）肖逸舟（杭州）谢士强（苏州）徐跋骋（杭州）余文砚（南宁）俞国贤（杭州）曾毅（苏州）张芳（苏州）张广辉（北京）张晴雨（上海）张伟（杭州）张伟（苏州）张玉赢（苏州）张爱东（上海）赵罡（苏州）朱亮（苏州）
苏州2500多年悠久的历史孕育了它独具魅力的文化。苏州的绘画、书法、篆刻流派纷呈，各有千秋；戏曲、医学、建筑自成流派，独树一帜；苏州的刺绣、桃花坞木刻年画等工艺品闻名中外。同时苏州也是仅次于上海的全国第二大工业城市，它在工业指标、人均产值方面狂飙突进。经济的这等繁荣势必要求文化能够得到多元发展。但是在当代艺术市场的火热状态下，我们在这个城市里没有见到太多的当代艺术活动，也很少有人关注当代艺术。许多年轻或不年轻的当代艺术家们纷纷赶往其他城市。是的，相比北京、上海、成都等其他城市的喧嚣，这里显得很安静。但是这种沉默是否也是一种排斥或是冷淡？在全球化的境遇下，苏州理应借由经济的发展来呼应艺术创作的多元化。
Suzhou has a long history of 2,500 years which evolved its unique and charm culture. Suzhou’s painting, calligraphy and seal carving all have their different features; its opera, medicine and building are unique; its embroidery, Taohuawu New Year wood carving, and other crafts are well-known both in China and abroad. At the same time, Suzhou is the second largest industrial city in China inferior to Shanghai, it has a rapid growth in aspect of the industrial index and the per capita GDP. This prosperity economic will require that the development of culture should be diverse. However, in the hot contemporary art market, we can’t see too much contemporary art activities and few people are concerned about contemporary art in this city. Many young or not young contemporary artists have been to other cities. Yes, compared to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities in China, Suzhou is very quiet. But is this silence also a rejection or indifference? In the situation of globalization, Suzhou should encourage the diversity of artistic creation with the development of the economic.
2007年，苏州本色当代美术馆在郭巷落成，这座占地13亩、建筑面积达11000平方米，建设历时4年多的美术馆是目前苏州私人投资的最大美术馆。与本色美术馆一路相隔的是苏州九盛港艺术区，目前艺术区已有30多个艺术家工作室，几家画廊和设计工作室也相继迁入，从而形成了苏州第一个当代艺术社区，为苏州文化添加了一道亮丽风景。由于艺术家的聚众活动，相信这个区域将成为苏州艺术的主流，与北京798和上海莫干山一样成为国内响当当的艺术家争相前往的艺术区。
In the year of 2007, Truecolor Museum was completed in Guo Lane of Suzhou. It has the land of 13 mu and the construction area of 11,000 square meters. It was constructed more than four years and now it is the largest private investment museum in Suzhou. Jiushenggang Art District and Truecolor Museum are separated by a road. At present, there are more than 30 artists’ studios, several galleries and design studios have moved to the Art District ,which forms the first contemporary art community in Suzhou and adds a brilliant cultural landscape to Suzhou. As the artists gathered into crowds, I believe that the art in this district will become the mainstream art in Suzhou, and it will be famous like MoganShan Art District in Shanghai and 798 Art District in Beijing ,then the artists will vie each other to come here.
此次“透明”艺术邀请展就是基于本色美术馆开幕的契机，借第七届上海双年展提升的艺术温度，旨在苏州九盛港艺术区举办苏州历年来参展人数最多、规模最大，涉及面最广的一次当代艺术展。此次邀请展参展艺术家来自全国众多城市，既有活跃在当今艺坛的先锋人物，也有年轻的新锐艺术家，其作品题材丰富，形式多样，具有鲜明的艺术个性和强烈的时代精神。相信此次展览必将为苏州当代艺术的普及、推动和繁荣具有不可替代的作用，为苏州当代文化添上浓墨重彩的一笔。
Based on the opportunity of Truecolor Museum’s opening and the Seventh Shanghai Biennale’s showing, the " Transparency " art exhibition would like to held the largest contemporary art exhibition in Suzhou that there will be the most artists to participate in. The exhibition invited artists from many cities. Some of them are active and famous in the contemporary art zone , the others are the young artists. Their works have wealthy subject matters, various forms, distinctive artistic personality and a strong spirit of our times. I believe that the exhibition will play an irreplaceable role in popularizing and promoting contemporary art in Suzhou, and it will add a kind of prosperity to Suzhou contemporary culture.
什么是透明？苏珊•桑塔格说：“透明是一种艺术——也是批判——中最高，最具有解放性的价值。透明是指体验事物自身的那种清晰或体验事物本来面目的那种明晰。”透明的力量是无穷的。它可以还原真相，体现尊重。这次“5•12” 大地震，救灾现场向媒体开放，伤亡数字每天公布，捐赠金额每天发布,使每一个公民都被感动了。猜测自然止于透明，谣言自然止于公开。
What is transparency? Susan Sontag said: "Transparency is an art , which’s also the highest and most liberal value in critique.Transparency is that we could experience things truly and clearly. " Transparency has boundless power. It can restore the truth and reflect the respect. In the "5 • 12" earthquake, disaster sites were open to the media, and the number of casualties were daily publicized, and the donation amount were published daily ,so every person was moved. Speculation naturally ends because of transparency, and Rumors naturally ends because of open.
透明是一种没有颜色的颜色，是一种不加掩饰的心情，是一种毫不做作的性格。曾几何时，我们不得不对艺术品进行谋篇布局，不得不遵循各种条条框框，但现在我们可以自由地表达所想所做的东西。 一个艺术家需要最大限度的自我化，在任何境遇里都需要保持自己的风格，透明地表现自己对事物的理解和看法。
Transparency is a color which we can’t see , and it is a feeling which is not hidden ,and it is a character which is sincere .In previous time, we had to attach importance to the layout of our works, and had to comply with various standards, but now we can freely express our feelings. An artist needs to maximize himself, and he need to maintain his style in any case, and transparently performance his views of things.
我们期待用透明能够换来艺术的纯洁和人类互相的忠诚。
We look forward to using transparent to exchange for the purity of art and human loyalty.
策展人：葛辉
参展艺术家
卞卡（南京）曹春辉（苏州）常小军（北京）陈洁（南京）陈平（苏州）陈小虎（上海）丁喆（苏州）高雷（南京）黄园静（苏州）李光洲（杭州）李洪震（苏州）李强（北京）李文强（杭州）刘兵（苏州）刘平（苏州）刘丹辉（南京）刘晴（苏州）吕国梁（杭州）岂志刚（重庆）王冬梅（苏州）王乐（云南）
王绪斌（苏州）王永利（苏州）魏云飞（天津）肖逸舟（杭州）谢士强（苏州）徐跋骋（杭州）余文砚（南宁）俞国贤（杭州）曾毅（苏州）张芳（苏州）张广辉（北京）张晴雨（上海）张伟（杭州）张伟（苏州）张玉赢（苏州）张爱东（上海）赵罡（苏州）朱亮（苏州）
葛辉
