立场-Art Must Take Side

此装置探索公众如何介入艺术 ，如何通过艺术表达明确艺术“立场”。

不同的政治语境缔造出截然不同的艺术表达方式。两位来自中国的艺术家，刚刚来到伦敦，经历完全不同的社会经济政治环境，在有感于东西方完全不同的艺术表达方式的同时，反思自身原有的艺术表达方式。

作品《立场》放置在展览馆的户外空间花园上，思考如何将艺术作品与这个已存在的公共空间产生联系，并赋予它一定的社会功能。作品中的文字暗示了对于既定规则的打破，蓝白颜色及相关的连接点也都有着文化隐喻。作品带有明显的个人文化背景与当地文化政治语境的冲突，对于艺术家如何介入社会的功能与作用，艺术家身份进行再思考。

这是一件合作作品，在观念主题的形成和制作过程中，艺术家始终思考各自在这个群体中的身份属性，并如何与集体联系。所有的讨论及创作都基于“立场”的表达，基于与公众的介入联系而发展。

观众可以在观看作品的同时，坐在装置椅上讨论背后的“文字墙”中的社会现象，在思考作品表达的同时，引发对于政治文化环境差异的反思。

Art must take side

This installation explores how the public intervenes in art, and how to express artistic “position” through artistic expression.

Different political contexts create very different art expressions. Two artists from China, who just arrived in London, experienced a completely different socio-economic and political environment compared to their home country. They self-reflect on their original way of artistic expression, while comparing the different artistic expressions between the oriental artists and the western artists.

The work “Art Must Take Sides” is permanently installed in the outdoor garden of the exhibition hall in London Beaconsfield Gallery. thinking about how to connect the art work with this existing public space and grant it a certain social function. The text in the work implies the breaking of the established rules. Blue and white colours and related connection points also have cultural metaphors. The work reveals a clear conflict between the personal cultural background and the local cultural and political context. Rethinking the artist’s identity as to how the artist intervenes in the function and role of society.

This is a collaborated work. In the formation of the conceptual theme, artists were thinking about their cultural identity attributes in this group, and how to connect their identity with the group. All the discussions and creations are based on the expression of “positions”, as well as the engagement with the public.

The audience can sit on the bench of the installation while discussing the social phenomena revealed on the “text wall” from the work. It triggers a reflection on the comparison between difference in the political and cultural environment.