Contemporary Prints: 1999 – 2009
The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
Columbia University School of the Arts
当代版画：1999 ～ 2009
LeRoy Neiman版画中心
哥伦比亚大学艺术学院
Today International Printmaking Exhibition 今日国际版画展览
Today Art Museum, Beijing今日美术馆, 北京
July 4 – July 31, 2009
Opening Reception: July 17, 2009, 5-8pm
开幕酒会：July 17, 2009, 17:00 ~ 20:00
This exhibition joins in the celebration of the century long history of creative and intellectual exchange between China and Columbia University
《今日国际版画展览》庆祝长达世纪之久的中国与哥伦比亚大学创意与思想交流史
On July 4,Contemporary Prints: 1999 – 2009 premieres at the Today Art Museum as part of the Today International Printmaking Exhibition featuring works by established Chinese artists including Xu Bing, Su Xinping and Fang Lijun. These exhibitions are co-organized by the LeRoy Neiman Center for the Print Studies, RedBox Studio, Central Academy of Fine Art and the Today Art Museum.
《当代版画：1999 ～ 2009》将在7月4日于今日美术馆隆重开幕。今日国际版画大展不仅包括中国著名的艺术家徐冰、苏新平、方力钧的作品，而且，《当代版画：1999 ～ 2009》做为今日国际版画大展的一组重要国际元素参与展出。此次今日国际版画大展是由 LeRoy Neiman版画中心、还有红盒子工作室、中央美术学院以及今日美术馆联合组织、策划的。
The varying examples of printmaking techniques in the Neiman Print Center’s collection, integrating elements of sculpture, collage, photography and drawing, provide contrast to the print tradition honed by internationally recognized Chinese contemporary artists. This simultaneous display of printmaking works from celebrated Chinese and Western artists marks a watershed moment for generating dialogue among the contemporary Beijing art community to create an exceptional experience in the making and thinking of prints.
LeRoy Neiman版画中心所创作的作品展示了丰富的版画制作风格与技巧。其版画制作工艺结合了雕塑、剪贴、摄影、素描等多种元素，与在传统版画技法下磨练出来的国际公认的中国当代艺术家形成鲜明对比。这种同时一起展示著名中国与西方艺术家版画作品的形式，标志了一个分水岭式的 重要时刻。它激发了当代北京艺术社群之间关于版画对话的产生，激发了对版画的思考与研究、对创作版画的艺术、经验、激发的探讨。
THE EXHIBITION: Contemporary Prints: 1999 – 2009 is a traveling survey exhibition which includes prints published by The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies in the last ten years and other related unique works by participating artists. The Neiman publications present several key portfolios and series by contemporary artists diverse in their individual imagery and challenging in scope. These artists were encouraged to fully explore the seed concept of a project at the Center, to push past and extend an idea beyond its original form. The potency of this work is found in the exploration of the serial form and multiplicity of image. This is consistent with the Center’s mission - to educate and challenge students and artists alike - through the context of printmaking, giving them freedom to explore and push beyond their first creative conviction.
《当代版画：1999 ～ 2009》是LeRoy Neiman版画中心的国际巡回大展，其中包括中心在过去十年创作、出版的作品，以及其他参与中心相关创作的艺术家的作品。LeRoy Neiman版画中心创作、出版的作品中包括几组国际大师的作品，展示了独特的、具有挑战性的艺术风格与形式。LeRoy Neiman版画中心鼓励艺术家们在创作过程中充分挖掘、探索，超越自我并延伸版画传统的艺术形式。这一成效表现在对于作品的连续串列画幅形式及一组作品多种图像的探索。这种创作方向是与LeRoy Neiman版画中心的使命息息相关的——那就是教育、挑战学生们与艺术家们的创作思维——在版画的语境下，给他们自由地探索空间，推动他们不断创新，并超越其第一固有创作观念。
ARTISTS: in Contemporary Prints: 1999 – 2009: Gregory Amenoff, Polly Apfelbaum, Phong Bui, Mark Dion, Megan Foster, Lee Friedlander, Carl Fudge, Barnaby Furnas, Ellen Gallagher, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Yun-Fei Ji, William Kentridge, Robert Lazzarini, Fred Liang, Suzanne Li Puma, Lei Lei Meng, LeRoy Neiman, Jennifer Nuss, Thomas Roma, Dana Schutz, Dasha Shishkin, Shahzia Sikander, Luis Silva, Kiki Smith, Jomar Statkun, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tomas Vu, Kara Walker, Paula Wilson, Terry Winters/Ben Marcus and Su Yin Zhou.
“当代版画：1999 ～ 2009”参展艺术家包括：Gregory Amenoff, Polly Apfelbaum, Phong Bui, Mark Dion, Megan Foster, Lee Friedlander, Carl Fudge, Barnaby Furnas, Ellen Gallagher, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Yun-Fei Ji, William Kentridge, Robert Lazzarini, Fred Liang, Suzanne Li Puma, Lei Lei Meng, LeRoy Neiman, Jennifer Nuss, Thomas Roma, Dana Schutz, Dasha Shishkin, Shahzia Sikander, Luis Silva, Kiki Smith, Jomar Statkun, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tomas Vu, Kara Walker, Paula Wilson, Terry Winters/Ben Marcus and Su Yin Zhou.
ABOUT THE LEROY NEIMAN CENTER FOR PRINT STUDIES
The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies was founded by a generous endowment from LeRoy and Janet Neiman in 1996 to promote printmaking through education, production and exhibition of prints. The Center provides its students and contemporary artists, a rich environment to investigate and produce images through a myriad of printmaking media, which include: intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, relief, photogravure, engraving and digital imaging.
LeRoy Neiman版画中心是在著名艺术家 LeRoy Neiman和夫人 Janet Neiman的慷慨资助下于1996年在哥伦比亚大学成立的。LeRoy Neiman版画中心旨在教育、制作并推广版画艺术及其人才。此中心通过多种教学手段提供给学生和当代艺术家充分的艺术空间去研究和制作版画，其中包括铜版、木版、石版、丝网印刷术和数字制版。
The Neiman Center supports students, graduate and undergraduate, in their exploration of various printmaking media through a wide array of classes, fellowships, and studio work. Unique to this visual arts program is the opportunity for students to gain experience on a more intensive level by assisting with the print production in a professional print shop setting. The primary focus of the Center is to maintain this challenging environment for its printmaking community, where students can work with and under the guidance of a master printer.
LeRoy Neiman版画中心在创作上给学生（包括本科生与研究生）提供了多种多样的创作平台，其中有丰富广泛的艺术课程、奖学金制度及工作室。版画中心的独特之处，正在于给学生提供在专业版画制作工作室担任版画制作助理的机会，让学生在更广阔的工作领域内获得实际的经验。LeRoy Neiman版画中心的首要目标就是努力维持其版画制作工作室的生机活力，保持其一流的艺术创作环境，使得同学能够在版画大师的指导下工作和学习。
With advisory support from our Artist Selection Committee, the Center chooses a range of artists whose print projects will be realized, from younger to mid-career and established artists. The prints produced by these artists, in collaboration with our students, provide the hands-on experiential learning for all involved and a means of finance for supporting the Center''s mission. Crucial to that end, is the study of and presentation of these publications in exhibitions nationally and abroad. These in turn display the artist’s individual vision built upon the efforts of our printmaking community at large and presents them in a global context.
在版画中心艺术委员会的帮助下，版画中心选择每年初崭头角的青年艺术家及知名艺术家来版画中心做创作。这些艺术家的作品不仅是艺术家的杰作，同时也凝聚了艺术中心学生的心血和辛勤工作。版画中心的使命是让学生们通过亲自参与版画创作的全过程来加强自身版画专业修养。另外，制作版画也是一种以资金资助的方式来鼎力支持艺术中心的重要途径。更为重要的是，此次展览的举办给这些艺术作品的研究提供了一次良好的机会，并为这些作品迈出国门、走向世界构建了坚实的桥梁。这次版画大展是建立在我们版画中心和各类艺术团体在全球大语境的共同努力。
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The collection includes signature examples of works by established artists including William Kentridge''s masterful drawings, Kara Walker''s silhouette reproductions of Harper''s Pictorial History of the Civil War, an ephemeral moon series by Kiki Smith, and other engaging works by Terry Winters, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Eric Fischl, Sarah Sze, and more.
此次展览包括著名艺术家威廉坎椎郅的大师级铜版、石版画，卡拉沃克在哈珀内战历史插图基础上创作的剪影作品，琪琪史密斯的月亮系列，以及泰利温特、瑞克里特、埃里克菲寿、莎拉梓等国际大师的重要作品。
The exhibition is accompanied by a 172p full-color catalogue designed by RedBox Studio, Beijing. Available for sale during the exhibition.
展览同时出版了一本172页的精美画册。画册由北京红盒子工作室设计。在展览期间有售。
A symposium will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. Details TBA
展览期间，参展中外艺术家们会召开研讨会。细节再议
PRESS CONFERENCE 记者招待会
A press conference will be held on July 15, at 4pm at the Today Art Museum.
Speakers include:
7月15日，下午4时，记者招待会将于今日美术馆召开。与会发言者包括：
Tomas Vu Daniel , Artistic Director, LeRoy Neiman Center for the Print Studies
托马斯 福 丹尼，LeRoy Neiman版画中心，艺术总监
Robert Lazzarini, Artist 罗伯特 拉则瑞尼，艺术家
Zhang Zikang, Director, Today Art Museum
Su Xinping, Professor, Central Academy of Fine Art
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