刘传宏 Liu Chuanhong

In 1938, four young people Jin Yusong, Sakai Kaori, Mu yishao and Shangguan Yanqiu, from China and Japan formed an art group beyond the war boundaries, named Xing’an West Art Group. Among them, Jin and Shangguan were in fact intelligence agencies from the communist party. The complexities of their identities added a sense of legendary.
This exhibition exposes their art works, rules of group, photos and even tools for secret communications of intelligence. Why can they be revealed? The truth is, the group, and all the stories and documents as well as their works, are all made up by the contemporary artist Liu Chuanhong.
Although we know the truth, we still expect to see the group. This exhibition is a story that does not exist anymore in the strong and real time, in which the artist attempts to fight against histories with personal imaginations.

小时候，刘传宏是一名数学 0分，作文满分的学生。后来，他迷上了画画，并受到严格的油画训练，这让他最终没有成为一名作家，却展现了用绘画编造故事的天赋。2003年，他前往河南林县的桃花洞村，变成了当地的一位山民，每天砍柴耕作，闲时画画，一住就是九年。这次展览的作品和日记，就来自他在那里的创作和生活。 “当代艺术”教会了艺术家如何使用理论，也给了艺术家无限的创作自由，但只剥夺了他们一样权利，就是创作那些难以引发理论的作品的权利。幸好，刘传宏还算保住了这个权利。关于理论，他的作品大概会引出如下关键词：山野生活，自然，人文，乡愁，桃花源，隐居，存在……虽然它们常常是空洞的，但仍然很“正确”，很有说服力。而且，如果稍微注意语调，悠扬的学术之音，就会彻底淹没那象征着强大的物质崇拜和异化的宗教信仰的圣诞夜的铃声，让那位具有国际主义精神的老人在好不容易到达中国之后，都根本没勇气降落在今夜千高原的屋顶。但刘传宏不担心这些，他不在乎那些词汇，他只在乎自己的故事，坏故事。他大概会请圣诞老人也过来听听，再带着忧郁和坏笑，指给他看西游记里的名媛和知识份子都是什么人，长什么样。说不定，许文强也混在展览的人群里，刘传宏能一眼就认出哪一个是他。 When Liu Chuanhong was young, he was a student with a zero in math, and a full mark in composition. Later, he was hooked on painting, and...