谷文達 (B. 1955)

谷文達，1955年出生於上海. 曾在浙江美術學院( 現中國美術學院)攻讀碩士，隨陸儼少學習畫法與山水畫。自1981年畢業後，留校任教開始獨立創作。1985年，他以其實驗水墨作品首次參展《湖北中國畫邀請展》，震驚了當時的美術界，自此成為「八五美術新潮運動」領軍人物。1980中期的中國美術界大多沈浸在西方現代主義影響下，而谷文達屬於少數用中國傳統藝術基根進行當代藝術創作的先行者。其創作加入許多以偽文字、錯文字、改體字、漏體字、印刷體字為主題的大型水墨作品，受到哲學思想、篆字和文化大革命大字報的影響。

1987年谷文達遠赴美國，先在舊金山藝術學院學習，後移居紐約。多年的西方文化經歷讓谷文達對當代藝術有深刻的思考和見解。 1993年，谷文達發表了繼離開中國之後最重要的創作《聯合國系列》。他用不同國家人捐出的頭髮，編製成不同國家的文字和旗幟，並將這一大型裝置在世界各地展出。其作品的爭論性和文化包容性讓他的名字進入國際藝術界的視野。作品《碑林》通過中西語言的轉化，來探討藝術的轉換性。



谷文達是當今最受國際認可的中國當代藝術家之一, 也是國際重大藝術活動的常客，包括《後八九中國新藝術》、《蛻變突破：華人新藝術》及《第一屆廣州三年展》﹔並曾於紐約PS1 美術館、舊金山現代藝術館及澳洲國立美術館等重要機構舉行個展。

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Wenda Gu was born in Shanghai in 1955, studied with the Chinese ink painting master Lu Yanshao and  graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (The China National Academy of Fine Art) in 1981. He first made his name through his submission of a conceptual ink painting to the exhibition “Recent Works of Chinese Painting” in 1985 in Hubei, which shocked the Chinese art world. Unlike most artists of the “New Art Wave 1985”,  who were trained in western art as oil painters or sculptors, Gu has a strong foundation in classical painting, and an appreciation for traditional Chinese art.  Gu is one of the most important figures in the “New Ink” movement in China since the 1980s. He uses pseudo characters and combines painting with calligraphy.    

Gu moved to the United States in 1987. His understanding of both Chinese and western culture enables him to create many inspiring works, including the United Nations series that has been exhibited around world.