2020年是非常特殊的一年，使上苑藝術館 “國際創(chuàng)作計劃”推遲四個月開館，也阻攔了國外藝術家的到來。但仍然有22位優(yōu)秀的藝術家，迎著盛夏的陽光來了。
2020 is a very unique year, it delayed our residency program for four month, and it also prevented foreign artists to parcitipate in the program. However, we still manage to have 22 talented artists coming to Shangyuan in the peak of summer heat.
上苑藝術館作為目前國際上規(guī)模最大的非營利性綜合藝術駐留機構(gòu)。倡導“具有創(chuàng)造性與詩性語言特質(zhì)，倡導和藝術家生存現(xiàn)狀相關的生命體驗的創(chuàng)作準則。讓我們?nèi)グl(fā)現(xiàn)在野的優(yōu)秀藝術創(chuàng)作者。我們從2007年落成至今的十多年光陰中，見證了中國當代藝術的興衰，也凝聚成了一股不可忽視的藝術力量。
Shangyuan Art Museum currently runs the biggest nonprofit multi-disciplinary residency program in the world. We promote the viewpoint that ‘a(chǎn)rtistic creations with innovative and poetic characteristics should be inspired by individual experience of artists’ life conditions’, and to discover great artworks in the field. For more than a decade since our establishment in 2007, we have witnessed the rise and fall of contemporary Chinese art and have come a force in art world that cannot be ignored.
本次開幕展，是2020年駐留藝術家的第一次作品集體亮相，我們期待在北京上苑藝術館與你相遇! 讓我們一起進入這個不同凡響的夏天!
This exhibition is the first collective appearance of the works of our 2020 residency program participants. We are looking forward to your visit. Let us start this summer together with this exhibition!
上苑藝術館
Shangyuan Art Museum
富有知覺的思想（作為藝術表現(xiàn)中的思想應該知覺化）來源于經(jīng)驗，技術也是一種經(jīng)驗，藝術構(gòu)成中的這雙重經(jīng)驗需要漫長的時間、借鑒、碰撞，并在虔誠的執(zhí)著陪伴下才能達致某種成熟度，對藝術生成實質(zhì)性的影響。
Conscious thinking (as the idea expressed in art should be realized in consciousness) comes from experience, so are techniques. To form such dual experiences in art construction requires a lot of time to think and find inspiration with almost religious piety. It is very difficult to achieve any degree of maturity and have an actual impact on art production.
上苑藝術館所構(gòu)筑的并且也是落地實踐的，正是這雙重經(jīng)驗在不同藝術家，甚至是不同類型藝術家之間的互動、互啟、互滲——顯然不可能指望在這里完成，但是如果用心的話，卻能使這里成為你藝術生涯中的重要一站。更確切地說，上苑藝術館并不理想，但是她又最為接近理想。這里的基礎硬件有待于改進，在這里駐館的人有待于更用力地使用這里的資源，但是這里卻擁有最稀缺的自由，她的民間性和她的開明的管理雙重地保護這里的交流，是個體針對個體，或者說是心靈針對心靈的。也是因此，這里構(gòu)成了藝術家創(chuàng)作、研修、交往的凈土，成了藝術精靈活躍的沃土。你可以拿出更多時間用于觀摩學習，也可以大多時間靜修鉆研，怎么在這里駐館，除了必要的規(guī)定性的交流活動，根據(jù)你身心的需要而定，沒人管制你。一句話，這里不是幫你成名的平臺，而是助你成熟自我（作為藝術家的雙重經(jīng)驗的成熟）的一個起點、站點、轉(zhuǎn)捩點。這是基于我的經(jīng)驗的一些感想。
What Shangyuan Art Museum have been constructing and practicing are exactly the interaction, permeation and mutual inspiration of these dual experiences among different artists, even among artists from different discipline. Of course, not all can be achieved here. But if you pay enough attention, here can be one of the most important stop of your career as an artist. To be more precise, Shangyuan Art Museum is not utopia, but she is the one that closest to utopia. The infrastructure can be improved, and resident artists should make better use of the resources here. However, what makes here special is the rare presence of freedom. She, as a private organization with very transparent management, protects the freedom of communication among individuals. That is also why Shangyuan became a sanctuary for artists to work, develop and interact with each other. You can spare more time to learn from others, or just stay inside and do some soul searching. Except from compulsory group activities, nobody will force you to do anything. What you want to do during the residency programme is essentially up to yourself. Let me clear, this is not a platform for you to get famous, but a place where you can start, transform or mature yourself and quest for the dual experiences as an artist. This is some of my experience as a resident artist here.
2016年駐留詩人：蘇豐雷
2016 Program resident peot: Su Fenglei
上苑藝術館長久做著在藝術界里雪中送炭的事，雖然鮮有回報，但義無反顧。對藝術家而言，來了，珍惜，體驗，在記憶中留下痕跡，這就得到了。
The museum for many years is providing timely help to needed artists, even though there are rarely any payback. For artists, come here and gain experiences that can make leave a trace in their memory is already worth it.
2012年駐留藝術家：張志剛
2012 Program resident artist: Zhang Zhigang
