Escaping Freely, Chen Xi’s Art World — Talk and Guided Viewing With Artist Chen Xi

作為一名創作生涯已超過二十年的資深藝術家，陳曦從80年代初進入川美附中學習繪畫，到90年代初從央美油畫系畢業成為獨立創作者，再到如今又附加了藝術教育者的雙重身份。這一過程，恰好是中國改革開放打開國門後中國當代藝術一路高歌猛進的發展歷程。在此，她想以自己不同時期創作演變的經歷簡述，以及她對國內近三十年藝術主要發生狀況，尤其是近十年的新現象的個人有限的觀察描述，來作為一個被時代巨變的大潮裹狹中個體藝術家如何反應的例證，呈現給大家。

An established artist with over two decades of experience in the creative field, Chen Xi entered the Middle School of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute to learn painting in the early ’80s, graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts to become an independent artist in the ’90s, and now continues her work as an art educator. Her development coincidentally parallels China's period of reform and opening up to the outside world, which has brought profound growth in Chinese contemporary arts. Based on her exhibition at UMAG Chen Xi: So We Remember, she will present her personal creative evolution from different time periods, and her observations on Chinese contemporary art over the last 30 years, with a particular focus on how artists have reacted to new phenomena and dramatic changes over that time.

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Born in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Chen Xi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oil Painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.