This interview was conducted at He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen on 11 November 2007.


Biography:
Huang Rui (b.1952, Beijing) is an artist, curator and writer, based in Beijing.

Huang was one of the principal organizers of the Stars Group and 'Stars' exhibition in 1979. The 'Stars' exhibitions, of which the second took place in 1980 at the National Art Museum of China, were groundbreaking for introducing new artistic forms and subject matter in the post-Mao era. In 1984, Huang moved to Japan and was mostly a painter throughout the 1980s.  In the '90s, Huang began to experiment with installation, performance, photography and printmaking.

After returning to Beijing, Huang established his studio and the 798 Space Gallery in the 798 (Dashanzi) Art District in 2002. Since 2004, he has been on the organizing committee of the Dashanzi International Art Festival and an active force in the development of this art zone.


簡歷︰
黃銳，1952年生於北京。藝術家，亦從事寫作及策展工作。

1979年星星畫會和《星星美展》的發起者之一。翌年，第二屆美展於北京中國美術館舉行。黃銳自1984年開始旅居日本。其八十年代的作品以繪畫為主。九十年代開始從事裝置、行為藝術、攝影、版畫等創作。

黃銳於2000年代初回北京後，於2002年在798（大山子）藝術區開設藝術工作室及「時態空間」。自2004年起，他積極策劃《大山子國際藝術節》，成為大山子藝術區最重要的構想者和推動者之一。