自2013年至今，广州美术学院胡一川研究所开启的“口述胡一川”项目已采访拍摄近80位与胡一川相识共事的学者、朋友和艺术家，搜集口述文字资料70万字，影像资料90小时，文献资料近百余件；涉及胡一川艺术人生的各阶段，是胡一川研究及20世纪中国美术史研究珍贵而鲜活的史料。这其中包括与胡一川在抗日根据地一起卖年画的杨筠；在北京为胡一川女儿织小毛衣的徐悲鸿夫人廖静文；作为鲁艺学员旁听过毛主席讲话的贺敬之；与胡一川在河北华大一起唱马赛曲的邓澍、冯真；迎接华大师生的北平地下党员侯一民；为《开镣》做过模特的林岗；与黄君珊一同上延安并结识胡一川的吴南山；还有中南美专的年轻教师杨之光、袁浩、郭绍刚、陈金章等多位共同历经二十世纪中国历史风云变化的文学艺术界人士。

现代口述历史先驱保罗·汤普森（Paul Thompson）提出，“口述历史给了孩子们、学生们，或者说年轻人，一个理解过去发生的事情的机会”。展览尝试依据“口述历史”的研究逻辑，展现胡一川个人的艺术追求与家国命运相互交织的情境，以及波澜起伏的20世纪中国美术横截面，尽可能还原历史现场，帮助21世纪的青年靠近、理解胡一川的时代。展览思路及空间逻辑皆以胡一川六件经典作品为中心，配合相关历史文献和口述视频，重构六个重要的美术现场，展开经典作品创作所处时代和相关人文历史的视听叙事，以多元角度立体地诠释“经典”，为年轻观者提供重读革命美术经典的多维观展体验。

谨以“以‘述’为引--胡一川六件经典作品的‘现场’”致敬所有“口述者”！

肖珊珊
2019.12

Preface

The Hu Yichuan Orality Project launched in 2013 by Hu Yichuan Research Institute, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts has amassed a large and valuable collection, including interviews of 80 acquaintances of Hu Yichuan, mostly scholars and artists, oral record transcription of more 700,000 words, footage of 90 hours, and nearly a hundred pieces of historical documents, all bearing witness to the various stages of Hu's life as an artist, and presenting a treasure of research information on Hu and China's art history of 20th century. Among the Interviewed are Yang Jun, who sold New Year pictures with Hu in the anti-Japanese base, Xu Beihong's wife, Liao Jingwen, who knitted sweaters for Hu's daughter in Beijing, He Jingzhi who attended Chairman Mao's speech as a student of the Lu Xun Art Academy, Deng Yue and Feng Zhen who sang La Marseillaise with Hu at North China University, Hou Yimin, a member of the underground party in Peiping who received the students from North China University, Lin Gang who modeled for Breaking of the Chains; Wu Nanshan who met Hu Yichuan after arriving Yan'an with Huang Junshan, and many young teachers of Central South China Fine Arts School including Yang Zhiguang, Yuanhao, Guo Shaogang, and Chen Jinzhang, who marked the art and literature circle in the vicissitude of the 20th century of China.

Paul Thompson, a pioneer of modern oral history, stated that oral history provides children, students, or young people an opportunity to understand what happened in the past. Based on the philosophy of "oral history", the exhibition attempts to present how Hu Yichuan's artistic pursuit was interweaved into the destiny of his country, and unveil the rich dynamism of art in the 20th-century China, while faithfully restoring the historical scene with the hope that this will help our younger generation to approach and understand Hu's time. The logic and spatial arrangement of the exhibition are centered on Hu's six masterpieces which form the framework of six reconstructed major art scenes, fleshed out with relevant historical archives and interview footages. This combination of artworks displayed alongside with the audio-visual narratives from the period of works' birth provides a full interpretation of the "classics" and creates a multi-dimensional experience for the younger generation to appreciate the jewels of revolutionary art.

Here we pay tribute to all narrators of history with "Orality as a Lead: Contextualizing Six Works by Hu Yichuan" !

Xiao ShanShan
December, 2019 收起