Q&A｜刘川：不看待不知道看不懂得问居委会

刘川

Liu Chuan

1991年生于吉林，现居燕郊。2012年毕业于鲁迅美术学院国画系。2018年毕业于中央美术学院版画系。

Liu Chuan, born in 1991 in Jilin, now lives in Yanjiao. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 2012 and the Department of Printmaking of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2018.

展览现场

Exhibition View

人脸画板反面 Mini Installation in Gallery

人脸画板正面 Mini Installation in Gallery

Q：为何痴迷于卡通与漫画？有什么契机？

A：谈不上痴迷卡通和漫画吧，很久没看了，契机就是初中的时候镇里开了一家一角书店，漫画一天一毛钱，都是盗版的合订本，后来两毛了，穷人的消遣，其实我更想要Gameboy。

Q: Why are you obsessed with cartoons and comics? Is there any reason?

A: I don't think I'm obsessed with cartoons and comics; I haven't watched them for a while, but the trigger was when a 10-cent bookstore opened in the town during junior high school, the comics cost 10 cents a day, and they were all pirated bound copies, and then they became 20 cents, the poor man's entertainment, and I actually wanted Gameboy more.

Q：区别于硬边平涂的卡通一代绘画，我们观察到你的作品中在卡通的风格下加入了丰富的绘画语言的使用，为何会这样选择？

A：这个问题属于谜底就在谜面了，硬边平涂很棒，不过在独幅作品上需要加入一些所谓的绘画语言，匹配度更高一点吧，毕竟平涂挺难的。

Q: Different from the hard-edged matte painting of the cartoon generation, we notice that you have added the use of extensive painting language under the cartoon style in your works; why did you choose to do so?

A: The answer to this question is in the riddle. Hard-edged painting is great, but in a single piece, you need to add some so-called painting language to match a little bit more; after all, painting is quite tricky.

Painter

62 × 120 cm

布面油画 Oil painting on canvas

2021

CHRISTIE'S

布面丙烯 Acrylic on Canvas

50cm x 50cm

2021

Who are you

木板丙烯 Acrylic on wood panel

18cm x 26cm

2022

Q：对“绘画”或者说“画家”这个题材的兴趣是怎样产生的？(关于作品的题材选择)

A: 关于这两个题材，是没有别的题材的题材，画不出画很困惑所以就画画不出画很困惑的画。

Q: How did your passion for the subject of "painting" or "painter" come about?

A: Regarding these two subjects, there is no alternative subject matter, I can't paint, and I am confused, so I paint paintings of I cannot paint, and I am confused.

Q: 如何看待观念绘画与绘画中的观念性?

A: 不看待。

Q: How do you think about conceptual painting and conceptualism in painting?

A: I don't think about it.

Q: 幽默感在你的作品中扮演着什么样的角色？

A: 很在意也会努力想要拥有但最后不得的角色。

Q: What is the role of humor in your works?

A: A role that I care about a lot and try to have, but in the end, I can't.

Q: 我们在你的作品中看到了大量的意识形态批判，你是如何用绘画处理自己所面对的生存环境的？

A: 其实我没觉得我在批判，我只是需要，画完之后会好受一点，但是问题得不到解决。

Q: We see a lot of ideological criticism in your work; how do you use painting to deal with the environment you are facing?

A: Actually, I don't think I am criticizing; I just need it, I will feel better after painting, but the problem will not be solved.

拯救 Rescue

布面丙烯 Acrylic on Canvas

180cm x 290cm

2021

McDonald's

木板丙烯 Acrylic on wood panel

14.5cm x 20cm

2021

守门员 Goalkeeper

布面丙烯 Acrylic on Canvas

40cm x 50cm

2021

喀布尔航空 Kabul Airlines

布面丙烯 Acrylic on canvas

120 × 80 cm

2021

Q: 绘画是否可以作为一种真正的批判的武器？

A: 不知道，不理解什么是真正的。

Q: Can painting be used as a real critical weapon?

A: I don't know; I don't understand what is real.

Q：是否担心作品会变成一种“有趣的插图”？你如何处理这个问题？

A: 担心，我有好好的想过什么是插图，他可能只是文本的一点，有一种依附关系，也不存在误读的可能性，毕竟你可以去误读文本但不能跨过文本去直接误读他的附属品，处理方法可能是在出发点上不让作品成为一段叙述的片段，前后多一些空间吧，有趣的插图高于这个，毕竟有趣非常困难。

Q: Do you worry that your work will become a kind of " interesting illustration"? How do you deal with this problem?

A: Yes, I have thought a lot about what an illustration is. It could be just a little bit of the text, a kind of dependency, and there is no possibility of misreading it. After all, you can misread the text, but you can't cross it to directly misread its subsidiaries. The way to deal with it is probably to avoid letting the work become a fragment of a narrative at the starting point and having more space before and after. Interesting illustrations are above that; it's challenging to be interesting after all.

老年艺术家 Old Artist

纸本丙烯 Acrylic on paper

115cm x 173cm

2021

马尔代夫 Maldives

布面丙烯 Acrylic on Canvas

40cm x 50cm

2021

无题 Untitled

纸本水彩 Watercolor on paper

57cm x 76cm

2020

悬崖婚礼 Wediing on Cliff

布面丙烯 Acrylic on Canvas

120cm x 80cm

2021

Q: 流行文化成为作品中新的圣象，你如何看待这种趋势？

A: 这个问题我也看不懂。

Q: Pop culture has become a new icon in artworks; how do you see this trend?

A: I can't understand this question either.

Q：如何看待绘画在当代艺术中的处境？

A: 不知道，没思考过，这个得问居委会。

Q: How do you see the situation of painting in contemporary art?

A: I don't know. I haven't thought about it; I have to ask the neighborhood committee about this.

Q:电子游戏对你创作有何影响？推荐几部你最喜欢的游戏作品。

A: 我希望有影响，这样我玩游戏的时候就能说也是为了创作嘛，但实际上很困难，搞不好就会回到问题8上，当然如果当作素材用也可以，但这样游戏和别的东西没有区别，不需要划分。推荐黑暗之魂，没玩过的推荐血源。

Q: How do video games influence your creation? Recommend a few of your favorite game works.

A: I wish there was influence so that when I play games, I can say that I am also doing it to make art. But in reality, it's tough, and if I don't get it right, I'll be back to the problem above. Of course, it's okay if it's used as material, but then there's no difference between the game and anything else; no need to divide it. I recommend Dark Souls and Bloodborne.