遇见——卢征远个展

文/李峰

当代艺术的开放性原则一定在卢征远那里得到极大满足。从学院派雕塑、极写实的绘画，到录像、行为、观念，卢征远随心所欲地尝试多种手法。他敏捷地抄住身侧稍纵即逝的每一瞬灵感，不管成形与否、成熟与否，或暂时存放，或迅速以作品的形态挑起话头，强行展开讨论。也许是因为早早就将“什么是艺术”这一太过宏阔的命题抛在一边不管不顾之故，卢征远肆无忌惮地让自己尽可能地天马行空。研究者或许会认为他表面上是在拒绝标签化，实则隐藏着推进当代艺术边界的野心，确切说，是只对他自己艺术产生效用的边界。年轻意味极多的可能性，极大的不确定，极高的犯错误几率和令人暗羡的修正空间。但对卢征远来说，一切都显得沉重了，“轻松”、“好玩儿”才是他真正想追求的境界。这种轻描淡写给他带来极大快慰，甚至可以置工作伙伴和观者的巨大困惑和疑惑于不顾。

卢征远享受着这种活跃而跳跃的工作节奏，制造出难以按照常态来迅速归类和分析的作品与个人状态。虽然这并不意味着确定的肯定，他却为自己无常态的状态而暗自得意。不仅材料——雕塑出身的艺术家对此尤其敏感——包括作品的主题，空间的处理，现场的控制……卢征远一直试图颠覆先前的自己，也许他在有意无意践行着当代艺术“否定性”的特质。卢征远先后遇见的不仅是学院的被教育与教育、对先锋的迷恋和想象，更是他的生活周遭的风景，也极有可能是在不断遭遇重新审视自己思维方式的一闪契机。

By Li Feng

The principle of openness in contemporary art must have been greatly satisfied in Lu Zhengyuan’s art. Lu tried various media following his own inclination and his art covers from academic sculpture, realistic painting, to video, performance, concept art and others. He nimbly catches every transient inspirations coming to him and keep them temporally or quickly start the discussion on them through artwork, no matter whether they are mature or not. Maybe the reason why Lu Zhengyuan could freely make himself unrestrained and vigorous is just because he could brush the “what is art” question which is too big to talk about aside from a very early stage. People who study him might understand this like he is apparently refusing being labeled while actually is hiding his ambition of pushing forward the boarder of contemporary art; rather, this is the boarder only effective to his own art. Yet for Lu Zhengyuan, everything feels too heavy; the realm he is really seeking after is “easy” and “fun”. This light touch brought him great comfort which could even make him leave aside the big confusion and doubts of his work partner and audiences.

Lu Zhengyuan enjoys this vigorous and active rhythm of work so he created artworks and personal states that are difficult to be quickly classified and analyzed according to norm. Although this does not mean definite affirmation, yet he is proud of his abnormal state. Lu Zhengyuan has always been trying to subvert his previous own in both material, to which he is especially sensitive as an artist majored sculpture, and subject, space, venue control, and others. Maybe he is practicing the “negative” characteristics of contemporary art intentionally or unintentionally. What Lu Zhengyuan encountered are not only academic education, infection and imagination of avant-garde, but also landscapes surrounding him in his life; or most likely, he is constantly encountering the transient inspirations leading him to re-examine his way of thinking.