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Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese M a r c h 2 0 0 7 | Spring Issue Inside A Tribute to Jonathan Napack Taipei Biennial 2006 Documenta 12 Magazines Special Feature on Education Interviews with Cai Guo-Qiang, Shen Yuan, Ed Pien US$12.00 NT$350.00 Contents 4 Editor’s Note 6 Contributors A Tribute to Jonathan Napack 8 Death and Destruction in Bangkok Jonathan Napack 14 Yishu Interview with Jonathan Napack 16 An Art Market with Chinese Characteristics Jonathan Napack Feature Articles 19 Taipei Biennial 2006 Susan Kendzulak 26 Writing on The Wall (and Entry Gate): A Critical Response to Recent Curatorial Meditations on the "Chineseness" of 5 Contemporary Chinese Visual Art Paul Gladston 34 Starting from Zero: Wang Jianwei David Ho Yeung Chan Interviews 39 Shock and Awe: An Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang John K. Grande 45 A Conversation with Shen Yuan 9 Cécile Bourne 50 The Poetics of Engagement: Ed Pien and the Three- Dimensional World Joni Low Documenta 12 Magazines Feature on Education 57 A Response to the Yan’an Forum on Education in China Lisa Norton 62 Interview with Zhu Naizheng 50 Zheng Shengtian 73 Cultures of Assessment: Distinctive Characteristics of Assessment in U.K. Art and Design Higher Education and their Implementation in China Allan Walker and Raz Barfield 85 Some Thoughts on Art Game: An Experience of Agency in Contemporary Art Yü Christina Yü 91 Building a Contemporary Art "Campus Aircraft Carrier"— 88 A Discourse on How to Encourage Contemporary Questions About Art Among Taiwanese Youth Lin Ping 103 Potentially Wise? The Boom in Hong Kong Contemporary Arts Education Jaspar K. W. Lau Reviews 111 VITAL: International Chinese Live Art Festival—Reflecting on Contemporary Practices 98 Andrew Mitchelson 119 China Power Station: Part 1—Serpentine Gallery Offsite Project at the Battersea Power Station Nav Haq 122 Review of 3030: New Photography in China Philip Tinari 128 Cityscapes, Crazy Consumption, and Collective Memory: Chen Shaoxiong’s Mimetic Reality Rosalind Holmes 132 Chinese Name Index Editor’s Note YISHU: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Volume 6, Number 1, March 2007 president Katy Hsiu-chih Chien Yishu 20 begins with a tribute to Jonathan r Ken Lum Napack. Jonathan unexpectedly passed r Keith Wallace away this year at the age of thirty-nine and n r Zheng Shengtian will be missed by the many friends he made i Julie Grundvig Kate Steinmann during his years of reporting on art activity website r Joni Low in Asia. We are reprinting two texts that et tr Larisa Broyde span a decade and frame the time he spent d n Joyce Lin intern in Asia, as well as presenting a previously Chunyee Li unpublished Yishu interview between Napack disry b Judy Andrews, Ohio State University and Zheng Shengtian. Melissa Chiu, Asia Society Museum John Clark, University of Sydney Lynne Cooke, Dia Art Foundation In this issue, along with reviews of the Okwui Enwezor, San Francisco Art Institute Taipei Biennial and other exhibitions and Britta Erickson, Independent Scholar & Curator Fan Di'an, Central Academy of Fine Arts publications, as well as five interviews, six Fei Dawei, Guy & Mariam Ullens Foundation Gao Minglu, New York State University articles are published as Yishu’s contribution Hou Hanru, San Francisco Art Institute to documenta 12 magazines, a collective Katie Hill, University of Westminster Claire Hsu, Asia Art Archive editorial project linking worldwide ninety print Martina Köppel-Yang, Independent Critic & Historian and online periodicals as well as other media. Sebastian Lopez, Daros-Latinamerica AG Lu Jie, Independent Curator This is our third instalment in this project, and Charles Merewether, Australian National University Ni Tsaichin, Tunghai University these new contributions reflect a variety of Apinan Poshyananda, Ministry of Culture, Thailand perspectives—a response to our September Chia Chi Jason Wang, Independent Critic & Curator Wu Hung, University of Chicago feature on the Yan’an Forum on Education Pauline J. Yao, Independent Scholar in China; an interview with Zhu Naizheng, pb Art & Collection Group Ltd. who speaks to the changes occurring in art n d Leap Creative Group education in China; two Scottish educators retie diretr Raymond Mah who have collaborated with the Central diretr Gavin Chow desiner Karmen Lee Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, in exploring webster Website ARTCO, Taipei new approaches to art education; two points it nstnt relaITconsulting, Vancouver of view on how exhibitions can function as Chong-yuan Image Ltd., Taipei a form of education; and an analysis of the - current state of institutional art education in Yishu is published quarterly in Taipei, Taiwan and edited in Hong Kong. Vancouver, Canada. The publishing dates of Yishu are 5th of March, June, September and December. Editorial inquiries and manuscripts may be sent to the Yishu continues to be a vital forum for dialogue Editorial Office: around issues concerning contemporary Yishu 410-650 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC Chinese art, and we encourage writers who Canada V6B 4N8 are interested in voicing their ideas to contact Phone: 1.604.649.8187; Fax: 1.604.591.6392 E-mail: [email protected] us. In this issue, we are pleased to include [email protected] two responses to texts that appeared in Subscription inquiries may be sent to either the Vancouver address or to Hawai’i: previous issues of Yishu. We appreciate Journals Department such responses, which are important in University of Hawai’i Press 2840 Kolowalu Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA creating an exchange of ideas about what is Phone: 1.808.956.8833; Fax: 1.808.988.6052 current, what is topical, what is promising, E-mail: [email protected] and what is problematic. 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Cover: Shen Yuan, The Great Wall Growing Together with the Tree, 005, Lego, installation. Courtesy of the artist and Casino Luxembourg. Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 典藏國際版‧第6卷第1期‧2007年3月5日出版 目 錄 典藏國際版創刊於 2002年5月1日 4 編者手記 社 長： 簡秀枝 6 作者小傳 總策劃： 鄭勝天 創刊編輯： 林蔭庭 紀念 Jonathan Napack 8 曼谷之破壞與死亡 主 編： 華睿士 (Keith Wallace) Jonathan Napack 副編輯： 顧珠妮 (Julie Grundvig) 14 Yishu 訪問 Jonathan Napack Kate Steinmann 黎俊儀整理 網站編輯： 劉植紅 行 政： 藍立杉 (Larisa Broyde) 16 富有中國特色的藝術市場 廣 告： 林素珍 Jonathan Napack 實 習： 黎俊儀 藝壇聚焦 19 2006年台北雙年展 編 委： 王嘉驥 Susan Kendzulak 安雅蘭 (Judy Andrews) 巫 鴻 26 從「牆」與「入境」評近來中國當代藝術中關 林似竹 (Britta Erickson) 於「中國性」的策展思考 范迪安 Paul Gladston 招穎思 34 從零開始—汪建偉 洛柿田 (Sebastian Lopez) 陳浩揚 侯瀚如 徐文玠 人物訪談 姜苦樂 (John Clark) 39 震撼與驚嘆：蔡國强訪談 姚嘉善 John K. Grande 倪再沁 高名潞 45 與沈遠的對話 費大爲 Cécile Bourne 楊天娜 (Martina Köppel-Yang) 50 專注的詩意：邊亦中與三维世界 盧 杰 劉植紅 Lynne Cooke 第12屆文件展雜誌專題—藝術教育 Okwui Enwezor Katie Hill 對延安藝術教育研討會的回應 57 Charles Merewether Lisa Norton Apinan Poshyananda 62 朱乃正談中國高等藝術教育 鄭勝天∕黎俊儀記錄翻譯 出 版： 典藏雜誌社 73 評估文化：英國高等藝術和設計教育中評估的 台灣臺北市中山北路一段85號6樓 特色及其在中國的實施 電話：(886) 2.2560.2220 Allan Walker ∕ Raz Barfield 傳真：(886) 2.2542.0631 85 對「藝術遊戲」展的幾點思考—當代藝術功能 電子信箱：[email protected] 的一次實驗 喻瑜 編輯部： Yishu Editorial Office 91 建構一艘當代藝術的「校園航空母艦」—談如 410-650 West Georgia St., 何促進台灣青少年對藝術的當代提問 Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 4N8 林平 電話：(1) 604.649.8187 103 明智之舉？評香港的當代藝術教育熱 傳真：(1) 604.591.6392 劉建華 電子信箱: [email protected] 書評展評 設 計： Leap Creative Group 111 活力2006：國際華人行為藝術節在英國 印 刷： 中原造像股份有限公司 Andrew Mitchelson 網 址： www.yishujournal.com 119 Serpentine畫廊在Battersea電廠的展覽：中國電 管 理： 典藏雜誌社 站之一 Nav Haq 國際刊號: 1683-3082 122 評「3030：中國新攝影」 Phil Tinari 本刊在溫哥華編輯設計，臺北印刷出版發行。 128 城市景觀、瘋狂消費和集體記憶：陳劭雄的模 一年四期。逢三、六、九、十二月五日出版。 擬現實 Rosalind Holmes 訂價每本12美元。訂閲一年48美元，兩年86美元。 132 中英人名對照 訂閱單可從本刊網址下載。 封面﹕ 沈遠﹕延長的根，玩具，裝置， 2005，藝術家 ∕ Casino Luxembourg 提供 版權所有，本刊內容非經本社同意不得翻譯和轉載。5 Contributors Raz Barfield is the Deputy Project Leader of the First-Year Joint Programme in Design Studies between the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. He is responsible for developing larger-scale institutional collaboration in learning, teaching, and research with Allan Walker, whom he collaborates with to conduct action research at CAFA and GSA, examining the experience of Chinese and U.K. students in the transnational institutional collaboration and emergent pedagogical methods. Educated at St. Martin’s and Camberwell, London, he is a practicing fine artist and has developed and led undergraduate and postgraduate courses and pathways in fine art and design. He is also a practice-based researcher in fine art, new media, and integrative and hybrid practice. Cécile Bourne, who worked for six years at the Arc / Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, has been appointed by the Fondation de France to develop participative methodology for public projects in Spain. She is the curator of Rond Point, Nantes and Kinshasa (Democrtic Republic of Congo) (2002) and You Talked / I Listen, Taipei Fine Arts Museum and Ferme du Buisson (1998) and the co-curator of Copresences, with A.
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