“艺术史就是艺术确认自身并解体自身的历史”——刘骁纯访谈

＂Art History Is the History for Art to Acknowledge and Separate Itself＂-- Interview Liu Xiaochun

郑娜（以下简称郑）：你作为中国第一位美术学博士，这种教育背景对你的个人感觉有什么影响？对你的知识结构又有怎样的影响？ 刘骁纯（以下简称刘）：我们原来都是受建国以来所谓正统思想的教育，这种教育有它封闭的一面。读博期间正好是改革开放初期．这对我来说是一个比较大的变化和转折期。

When confidence is strong, we dare to acknowledge ourselves and we must face up to our history. Why have I mentioned so much about methods？ Because we don＇t know methods in those enclosed ages, and if methods are not right, the whole academic system is not right. This situation must be changed, otherwise we can not set up the academic thinking mode. This is not a problem of myself. It is a common phenomena in contemporary western academy. When we have a new view, it means the whole thinking methods and approaches and the logic methods to solve problems are different. Only when the theory structure is changed, new theory will be produced. It is no value in academy to only put forward a new idea. Theory structure is the methods to interfere, and the relation between methods and views is knowledge structure. The premise is raising doubts to former methodology, and the later narration is accounted according to this kind of knowledge structure and theory structure instead of methodology. Any theory can not be explained by methodology, otherwise it is the dogmatism of itself, and is a dead theory. It is unavoidable to explain its theory with this theory structure after forming its own theory frame. The development of Chinese culture is a contradicting course, the replacement of local culture and introduction of western culture is full of contradiction, and the course of fusion and creation is full of contradiction. I oppose the either-or opinion that western things are not national. When we find western things are useful, we have selected them. The selecting course is the assimilating course. Furthermore, there will be great cultural differences in using the western methods. There should be a free and vast field between East and West for individual freedom and creativity, and I am opposed to the easy labeling of westemization. When compared with the West, as long as there is innovation, it is Chinese; whereas when seen from the East, as long as there is innovation, it is modernity. Don＇t be worry about the historical value of the objects written in history, and it＇s a problem needs to be solved in progressive academic judgments. The important thing is that we must rethink what is today＇s history writing and we should provide it with any possibilities, which is the premise to begin any historical reflection. More than a hundred years ago, historians have heard of such words, ＂our only responsibility to history is to rewrite history＂. As far as the academic field is concerned, if the journals and newspapers of art colleges could publish sufficient rewritings of history, history writing would gain complete legafity, in which people can find the historical truth, if we think it exists.