如何面对“历史”与“地缘”，无疑是今天中国绘画的最大问题。相对于“前卫”的批判性，“后移”则是另一种文化姿态，一种与传统握手言和的“再建构”。在观念与图像的双重语境下，“后移”展览中的六位艺术家，通过挪用水墨材料中所隐含的东方属性，回应今天全球化的艺术命题，从而完成水墨当代化的转向。就如本雅明。布赫洛对“新前卫”的描述中所表达：当代艺术作品应保持地方性和民族性与全球化进程之间的张力，而不是某种观念和作品形式的简单挪用和模仿。从这一点看，“后移”在一定意义上又帶有了“新前卫”的意思。

有鉴于此，贵点艺术空间于2013年成功推出“后移”展，通过三位60后代表性艺术家南溪、蔡广斌、张诠呈现出水墨在当代转型中的诸多可能。为了这一学术活动的延续性，贵点艺术空间将于今年9月推出“后移2016——当代水墨艺术展”，为了更全面呈现今天水墨艺术家的新探索，本次展览又特意邀请了三位70后代表性艺术家魏青吉、田卫、杭春晖，从而形成“后移”水墨的3+3之势，用以呈现一个更为开放的水墨发展现象。

在与6位艺术家筹备本次展览的过程中，我感到收益良多，在这个浮华的时代，大家对艺术认真与执着的态度，尤其珍贵！也让我感到由心的快乐。

How to interact with Chinese history and geo-politics within the context of globalisation is one of the biggest questions facing Chinese artists today. Keeping a critical eye on the avant-garde, "In Retrospect 2016" attempts to protray the cultural balancing act that exists between tradition and the desire for innovation in Chinese ink painting. In this exhibition, six artists explore the nature of ink and wash painting by retrospectively examining the shift in culture and art that has occurred in China so far. The artists of "In Retrospect 2016" address the globalization of art by using an ancient oriental medium steeped in tradition to communicate the modernization of ink painting. I feel that the contemporary ink artworks in this exhibition display certain characteristics of the "Neo-Avantgarde" as described by Benjamin Buchloh: they maintain cohesiveness between the regional and cultural, and the process of globalization, rather than misappropriating and imititating certain concepts and art forms.

This modern transformation of ink and wash was successfully demonstrated by Nanqi, Cai Guangbing, and Zhang Cheng - three iconic artists from the post-1960 group - in the first "In Retrospect" exhibition, held by G-Dot Art Space in 2013. To further explore these urgent contemporary themes and expand the academic debate surrounding Chinese ink painting today, G-Dot Art Space will be holding "In Retrospect 2016?Contemporary Ink Exhibition" in September. This year, in order to comprehensively explore the development of modern Chinese ink and wash artists, we have also invited Wei Qingji, Tian Wei, and Hang Chunhui - three exemplary artists from the post-1970 group - to participate in the exhibition. Comparing and contrasting the works and viewpoints of two different generations in Chinese ink will present the phenomenon of contemporary Chinese ink painting in a new light.

Working alongside the artists in preparation for this exhibition, it has given me great joy to see such sincerity, dedication, and persistent passion. This experience is one I will cherish. 收起