坚守信念,追寻心灵的艺术圣殿——记中央美术学院油画系第五工作室主任刘刚教授

Adhering to his Conviction in his Pursuit of Art:Impression of Professor Liu Gang,Director of the No.5 Studio,Oil Painting Department,China Central Academy of Fine Arts

在20世纪80年代,抽象艺术开始在中国被关注。在中国艺术的发展中,抽象艺术充当了先锋的角色,但三十余年过去了,抽象艺术状态是否发生了变化?早期的抽象艺术家的心态与观念又有了怎样的改变?作为中国最早的抽象艺术家,刘刚三十多年来始终在摸索,在坚守,在寻求抽象艺术与商业浪潮、学术基础的关系,同时,他还将抽象艺术的方法和经验纳入到教学体系中,也是身为艺术家和教师知行合一的体现。

In the 1980s, abstract art began to attract public attention in China. It has played a pioneering role in the development of Chinese art. However, now, over thirty years later, has the status of abstract art changed？ What changes have taken place in the mental state and ideas of the early abstract artists？ As one of China’s earliest abstract artists, Liu Gang has kept groping, creating abstract works, and exploring the relationship between abstract art and commercial tide as well as academic foundation in the past over thirty years. At the same time, he has incorporated methods and experience in abstract art into the teaching system, embodying his unity of knowledge and practice as an artist and a teacher.