寫給當代女藝術(shù)家近作邀請展
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這次題為當代女藝術(shù)家近作邀請展從某種意義上說是大 雜燴般的展覽，作者是各路神仙。
之所以把她們聚集在一起顯然別有用心：一、在以吸引眼球為能事的當下，女性藝術(shù)家顯然要比男性藝術(shù)家更具備殺傷力；二、這些作者和當代藝術(shù)生態(tài)的最新發(fā)展互為表里，比如這些年美術(shù)院校的擴招中女學(xué)生比男學(xué)生多得多，比如執(zhí)掌藝術(shù)機構(gòu)的女性越來越多，等等。當然，邀請這些女性藝術(shù)家還有一個重要的原因在于：她們大多是我這個忝為藝術(shù)總監(jiān)的朋友，要知道一個定性為全國的展覽只有20天的籌備時間，當中還要過年，還要出書，還要前期宣傳，不是仗著朋友，硬性攤派，屈打成招，哪有今天展覽的事。有一點要說明的是，這個展覽就是一個“朋友會”般的展覽，不象很多展覽多多少少總要有一個明確或者模糊的學(xué)術(shù)指向性，我更怕這個展覽被別人套上“女權(quán)主義”之類的帽子，我不僅到現(xiàn)在沒弄懂這個詞，而且很討厭“權(quán)”這個字。
古代中國的女孩子必做針織灑掃之類的女紅，尤其是足不出閨房的大小姐們一針一線寫下了他們在閨房內(nèi)的嬌媚和寄托了她們對閨房之外的向往。今天我們所看到的小女子不繡花，她們玩起了藝術(shù)，而且“玩大了”——她們生活在各個不同的城市各自用著不同的手法表現(xiàn)著他們對藝術(shù)的理解和看法。
這里的她們用藝術(shù)表現(xiàn)飲食男女、山山水水和花花草草、表現(xiàn)種種煩惱、種種幻想和種種遭遇，東拉西扯，亂七八糟。她們的作品中很少有大道理、沒有陰陽老莊，也沒有含沙射影和借古喻今的意思，她們畫一個人就是一個人，一座山就是一座山，一朵花就是一朵花，因為她們愛他們（她們）或者它們，她們筆下只有愿望，很少具備引申意義的德性。所以，她們筆下帶有女性特有的真水無香，很干凈、很光潔。
我這樣說，并不是說女性的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作對思想和哲理的深入探究乏可圈點，而是說作為一種性別的分野，女性的藝術(shù)家有著她們性別的優(yōu)勢，她們可能更多的愿意關(guān)注她們想關(guān)注的東西，至于金錢、名利、天下，讓那些愿意關(guān)注的人關(guān)注去吧！
為什么我們的藝術(shù)要承載那么多的負重？為什么我們的藝術(shù)非要“載道”？我們可以拒絕某種傳統(tǒng)，但事實上我們無法拒絕人類的歷史和文化，因為你不管是用直覺的、感性的方式來創(chuàng)作的藝術(shù)家其實是都生活在歷史的一個節(jié)點之上的，所以，當代女性藝術(shù)家的創(chuàng)作不僅僅是性別自由度的擴展問題，同時意義還在于文化多向度選擇中，藝術(shù)在薪火相傳中的姿態(tài)是多元的。
顯然，這里所有的藝術(shù)家和她們的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作有力地證明了這一點。
茫茫人海中，我們經(jīng)常和這些女人擦肩而過而無法一睹芳容，現(xiàn)在我們有了這個展覽，可以讓我們解讀一個年輕的女人、一個成熟的女人、一個美麗的女人、一個才氣橫溢的女人、一個愛打扮的女人、一個素面朝天的女人。她們是一群有趣的女人，因為她們熱愛藝術(shù)。巴爾扎克在《高老頭》中寫道，愛情給凄楚的眼睛注入生命，給蒼白的面頰抹上紅潤。我想，藝術(shù)賜予女人就有這樣動人的力量，讓她們因為藝術(shù)而更加美麗！
是為序。
2007年2月22日于淮安
（原本這篇序言是我請一位很有才氣的小師妹寫的，可惜她太忙了。只能由我代勞，有道是一個成功的女人背后有一群熱心的男人幫忙，不知道她成功之后會不會記得我?！x海又及）
True Water has no Flavor (Introduction）
To Modern Female Artists Works Exhibition
By Xie Hai
To some extent, the Modern Female Artists Fine Arts Exhibition will display diverse styles of works by different artists.
The intentions to invite them are:
Female artists will attract more attention than male artists.
These artists and the modern artistic organism are intertwined. More girls are admitted into fine arts colleges and universities than boys, meanwhile more women artists are in charge of artistic organizations. Most important, they are my good friends. And only 20 days is for the preparation of this national exhibition, with the Chinese traditional Spring Festival, book publishing and pre-PR in between, the exhibition is really hard to accomplish. Thus, it is a ‘Friend-Gathering’ exhibition, not like many others with definite or ambiguous academic implications.
I do not like this exhibition to be branded with ‘Feminism’, which, until now, I have not comprehended.
Before, traditional Chinese girls would do the knitting and embroidery. Especially those girls of rich families manifested their idealism with these knitting and embroidery. Nowadays, they undergo the ARTS, and they make it—they express their understanding and viewpoints of arts with diverse methods.
Theirs arts illustrate human needs, desires, the nature, sorrows, fancies and encountering. In their works, there are almost no complicated theories, philosophy, implication and metaphors. They just paint one true man, one natural mountain, or one lovely flower. They really love them, for in their colors, they only embrace expectations, without the moral implications. Thus, they have the true female purity,as clear and smooth as water.
I do not mean to imply that their creation has no mental and philosophical content. Accurately speaking, female artists have their peculiar sexual advantages, by which they will focus more on what they really like, not to mention wealth, fame or the world.
Why are arts bound to be so overloaded? Why are they supposed to be integrated with moral principles? We can decline one tradition, but we cannot reverse the human history and culture. Even your intuitive and sensitive methods and the works are based on historical foundation. Contemporary female artists’ creation is the extension of gender, meanwhile, its value lies in the attitudinal diversity of art transferring in multi-dimension of culture. Their works are evidence.
Before this exhibition, we usually do not have the opportunity to see them in life. In this exhibition, we can appreciate a young lady, a mature lady, a pretty woman, a talented lady, a cosmetics-crazy woman, a simple-faced woman, etc. They are interesting, because they love ARTS. Love will inflow life into the disappointed eyes and make the face scarlet. ARTs can fulfill this to make them more gorgeous!
Huai An February 22,2007
