翁乃强展览前言（中英）
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By searching for the key word “Weng Naiqiang” on internet, the following information can be shown on the display:
Mr. Weng Naiqiang, famous photographer and painter, as well as important member of April Photography Studio. Originally from Longyan, Fujian Province, Mr. Weng was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1936. After coming back to China in 1951, he began to study in Yuying Middle School. In 1954, he was enrolled by the Middle School Attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA); in 1963, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts; in 1964, he was assigned to People’s China magazine and responsible for art and photography works, where he once worked as the Editorial Board member, Director of the Art and Photography Department and Chief Reporter; in 1990, he was redeployed to the Printmaking Department of CAFA for establishing a photography studio, where he once worked as the Associate Professor and Professor until retired in 2003.
Mr. Weng Naiqiang is always a famous and respectful teacher in CAFA, not only because he is kind, honest, modest and humorous, but also the first one who opened up the photography class in CAFA. Most of the art majors are interested in the visual art of photography. So many students choose his class as an elective course.
Mr. Weng appeared more as a well-known photographer beyond academic scope and in global art field after the year of 2006. A great number of his color pictures reflecting the Chinese Culture Revolution, which was never published before, made their debuts. In front of the works featuring compact structure, rich color, striking and impressive visual expression, we felt the unprecedented visual power delivered by a photographer’s loyalty to recording the history in the era when the visual narration and the public vision in the country were being greatly changed; and saw how a photographer collected, framed and recorded each typical scene in a revolution with great courage, enthusiasm and unique perspective, and how he established his way of observation with the camera in the unique cultural and historical context. Mr. Weng in his youth, together with his photographs taken in the special historical period, always burst out a kind of breathtaking power. Such kind of power is usually originated from his most plain understanding towards photography, i.e. recording time is the everlasting pursuit! In a sense, Mr. Weng is not only someone who made notes for history with plain and simple visual images, but also the very artist who created typical visual examples for the special time. Given this, we expect to base on photography and focus on the special characteristics of the media, to outline how a photographer with strong personal characteristics, observed a state, a society, an academy and a family from his own perspective and in his own way in a specific historical period, and created a brand new visual experience; or how we should consider the interaction in expression, generated from the image production reflecting the national consciousness and visual “fragments” reflecting personal experience in the special time, as well as their significance and value in today. This is the core issue in the face of the exhibition.
As one of the artists from the generation grown and developed in the early period of new China, and one of the founders of the photography teaching in CAFA, Mr. Weng Naiqiang is always an enthusiast of art education and forever concerns the development of teaching in CAFA. Considering Mr. Weng’s artistic achievements and contribution to the teaching, we discussed with him about collecting his works. Mr. Weng then generously agreed to donate 143 artworks and a large number of image archives, which greatly enriched the collection of CAFA Art Museum. The new collections from him will provide important references for the future case studies, and will play an essential role in future teaching practices and exhibitions here. Today with the donation exhibition of Mr. Weng Naiqiang, we would extend our respect and appreciation to him for his selfless donation and contribution.
CAFA Art Museum
May 31st, 2013
前言
在网上搜索“翁乃强”这三个字，你会看到这样的显示：
翁乃强，知名摄影家、画家，四月影会重要成员。祖籍福建龙岩，1936年生于印度尼西亚雅加达。1951年回国就读于育英中学。1954年进中央美术学院附中。1963年毕业于中央美院油画系。1964分配到《人民中国》杂志社从事美术摄影工作，曾任杂志社编委、美术摄影部主任，主任记者。1990年调回中央美术学院版画系，筹建摄影工作室，先后任副教授、教授，2003年退休。
在中央美术学院，翁乃强一直是广为人知和深受尊重的一名教师。这不仅因为他为人正直、和蔼、谦逊，以及风趣幽默，更因为他是在这个学院最早开设摄影课的任课教员。而学画画的学生，大多会对摄影这种视觉方式充满兴趣，于是，很多学生都会纷纷选修翁老师的摄影课。
作为著名摄影家的翁乃强更多地出现在学院之外和国际视线中，是在2006年以后，一批当年由他拍摄但从未公开发表过的文革彩色照片公开亮相。当我们看到那一件件被严谨的结构、饱满的色彩和极具震撼力、冲击力的视觉方式环绕、包裹着的作品时，近距离地感受到了一位忠实记录时代的摄影艺术家所带给我们的一种从未有过的文革影像视觉；并看到了在那个国家视觉叙事与大众视觉改造发生巨变的时代里，作为一个摄影家，如何以极大的勇气、热情和独特的观看视角去采集、框取、记录下这场革命中的视觉样本，以及如何在那个独特的文化和历史情境中找到了他摄影的观看之道。青年时代的翁乃强和他的摄影在那个特殊的历史节点上爆发出了一种惊人的能量。而这种能量的原初动力就来自他对摄影的一个最为质朴的认识——记录时代是我的追求！在某种意义上讲，翁乃强不仅是在用质朴、平实的影像语言为历史作注的人，更是为那个特殊年代塑造视觉典范的人。鉴于此，我们希望能够从摄影的本位出发，围绕摄影的媒介特性，寻找出一位个性鲜明的摄影家如何在那个特定的历史时代将个人的视角与观看方式融入到一种国家、社会、学院、家庭之中，并生成出一种新的视觉经验；或者说，我们如何重新看待一种特殊历史时期国家意识的图像生产与个人经验的图像“碎片”所共同形成的表意互动在今天的意义与价值，这也构成了此次展览需要面对的核心所在。
作为新中国成立初期培养起来的一代艺术家，作为中央美术学院摄影专业的奠基人，翁乃强先生始终对艺术教育事业充满热情，并始终关心学院的教学发展。基于他的艺术成就和长期对学院教学的贡献，我们与翁先生商议收藏其作品，他爽快地同意将其143件艺术精品及大量图片文献捐赠给我们，进而有效地丰富学院美术馆的收藏序列。这批作品的入藏，将是我们未来进行艺术家个案研究的重要资料，同时也必将在中央美术学院日后的教学实践和展览交流中发挥重要作用。今天，我们用为翁乃强先生举办捐赠展的形式，向他的无私奉献精神致以崇高的敬意与由衷的感谢！
中央美术学院美术馆
2013年5月31日
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