This interview was conducted at the China Academy of Art and Zhang Peili's studio in Hangzhou on 23 November 2008. For more information please visit the Materials of the Future website.

此訪談於2008年11月23日在杭州中國美術學院新媒體系和張培力工作室進行。詳情請瀏覽此頁。


Biography:

Zhang Peili (b. 1957, Hangzhou) is an artist and Head of the New Media Department at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.

Zhang graduated from the Oil Painting Department at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) in 1984. The following year, he helped organize the exhibition ‘New Space' in which his oil paintings, including Midsummer Swimmers, Please Enjoy Some Jazz and Interval, were also shown.

In 1986, Zhang helped form the Pond Society with Geng Jianyi, Wang Qiang, Song Ling, Bao Jianfei, Cao Xuelei and others. In the late 1980s, he created a series of groundbreaking works like Yang’s Tai Chi, an innovative outdoor work, and two early experiments in conceptual, text-based art, About X?: Exhibition Procedures and Art Project No. 2. Zhang also created 30X30, a video work now recognized as the first video art piece in the history of Chinese contemporary art.

In the early '90s, Zhang founded the New Media Department at the China Academy of Art, the first of its kind in China’s art academy system. He has also been an active participant in international exhibitions. In 2008, OCAT Shenzhen held a solo exhibition for Zhang, in conjunction with a comprehensive monograph entitled Artistic Working Manual of Zhang Peili.


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張培力，1957年生於杭州。藝術家，中國美術學院新媒體系主任。

1984年畢業於浙江美院油畫系。1985年參與組織杭州《新空間畫展》，展出油畫作品⟨仲夏的泳者⟩、⟨水中的泳者⟩、⟨請你欣賞爵士⟩和⟨休止音符⟩。1986年參與組織「池社」(成員有耿建翌、王强、宋陵、包劍斐、曹學雷等)；這期間創作的多個具突破意義的作品，包括⟨楊氏太極⟩是實驗性的公共作品、⟨關於X-先奏後斬的計劃⟩及⟨藝術計劃第二號⟩是文本藝術的早期實驗，⟨30X30⟩更可視為中國當代藝術中首個錄像作品。
 
九十年代初在中國美術學院創辦中國首個新媒體系。張培力的作品見於海內外；2008年在深圳OCAT舉辦個人展《靜音》，並出版檔案式專集《張培力︰藝術工作手冊》。