程丛林大地史诗《迎亲的人们》、《送葬的人们》这组巨幅画作——由宽松相宜、真人一般大小的多组人群组成，雕塑般的表现手法使他们看起来真实而具有生命力: 让人联想到生命的始与末。程丛林是伤痕艺术的重要代表人物，这组巨作是他倾心力作，为美术史上重要作品，由于作品尺幅的关系很难得展出。本次因为场地的关系，本组画作将分两次展出，此次先展出《迎亲的人们》。敬请把握这个难得能看到原作的机会前来观赏。

  婚禮，死亡和宇宙   猶如一位歐洲畫家，深得十九世紀風格，出於對彝族生活的偏愛，專程深入中國南部偏遠的山區，在那兒構思了彝族人婚禮及葬禮儀式的畫面，回來創作了兩幅巨型組畫。 程先生學的是西方藝術，用他自己的話來說是，屬於獻身於油畫藝術的一代藝術家。居住在山區的彝族始終生活在工業化之前的文化狀態，這以前對程先生來說也是陌生的。他對彝族的觀察顯然用了兩種不同的眼光：歐洲藝術的眼光和一個旅遊者好奇的目光。 這組巨幅畫面——由寬鬆相宜、真人一般大小的多組人群組成，雕塑般的表現手法使他們看起來真實而具有生命力：而人群一再被插入的畫面所中斷，這些畫面使人不能不聯想起宇宙空間的痕跡和原始生命的雛形。 這一沿習傳統生活方式的山民揭示了一個永恆的主題：結束和新的開始。通過象徵性的插入畫面使這一主題得以普遍化。正如程先生自己所說的，他在尋找，尋找一種新的藝術形式和展出方式，尋找既非純西方的，又非純東方的藝術。他的組畫不僅是藝術規模上的一種嘗試，就它本身而言也是罕見的、有魅力的。    

藝術評論：Wendel in Zimmer

譯自：德國1992年5月25日

新奧斯納布呂克日報

Neue   Osanbruck Zeitung

    Wedding, Death and the Universe   Like an European painter deeply influenced by the style of 19^th century; with preference to the life of Yi nationality, took special trips to the remote areas in south China, composing the scenes of wedding and funeral of Yi nationality and created the two huge painting series. In his words, he’s the generation of artists dedicated in oil painting. The Yi nationality in mountain areas has been living in a cultural state before the industrialization, which was unfamiliar to Mr. Cheng. It’s obvious that he has two different angles in observing the Yi nationality: the angle of European art and the view of a tourist with great curiosity. In the paintings, there are people at the same size of the real who look lively and vigorous with the sculpture-like expression way, while the crowds are constantly interrupted by the inserted pictures, which reminds people of the spatial signs of the universe and the primitive and rudiment lives. The people in the mountains following the traditional way of life are revealing an eternal theme with their wedding and funeral, which is, the death and a new start. The theme gets common to people through the symbolic inserted pictures. As Mr. Cheng says, he’s looking for a new form of art and way of show, and as to the art, it’s neither purely western nor completely eastern. The series of paintings are not only an attempt in art scale, but rare and attractive as artworks.  

Art Critic: Wendel in Zimmer

Translate from Osnabrück Daily, May 25, 1992.

Neue Osanbruck Zeitung

    程丛林简历 1954 生于四川成都 1971 入成都市艺校学习 1982 毕业于四川美术学院油画系 1986 结业于中央美术学院油画系研修班 曾任教于四川美院、中央美院、德国奥斯纳布名克大学曾担任首届及第二届中国油画展评委   1979 创作《1968 年×月×日雪》 1980 《1968 年×月×日雪》获第五届全国美术展览二等奖 1980 创作《1978年夏夜》 1987 移居德国，作品多为海外艺术机构及私人收藏 1987-1990 在德国创作油画《迎亲送葬的人们》（61m×2m） 1991-1996 创作油画《高原图景》、《大鸟》以及西藏题材的作品近百幅 1997 完成油画《炎—感百年初》和《灵—味百年末》 1999 组画《生存启示》之二获“第九届全国美展”铜奖 1999 被聘为四川大学艺术学院特聘教授，担任硕士研究生导师 2005 大河上下——新时期中国油画回顾展，中国美术馆，北京 2007 程丛林藏品展，山艺术·北京林正艺术空间，北京 2012 山川蒙养20年——山艺术文教基金会川美艺术作品收藏展，中国美术馆 北京 2020 初现——程丛林素描展, 山艺术·北京林正艺术空间，北京   Cheng Conglin 1954 Born in Chengdu Sichuan 1971 Studied at an art institute in Chengdu 1982 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts   1979 Created the painting Snow on Someday in 1968 1980 Snow on Someday in 1968 was awarded the 2^nd Prize in the 5^th National Arts Exhibition 1980 Created the painting A Summer Night in 1978 1986 Started to work in France 1987 Started to work in Germany and he is currently a free artist residing in Germany 1979 National Art Exhibition to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of PRC and granted the 2nd Prize 1984 The 6th National Art Exhibition 1987 The First Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings granted the Prize for Excellent Works 1992 Exhibition of Cheng Conglin’s Paintings 1994 The 2nd Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings 1997 Exhibition of Cheng Conglin’s Oil Paintings 1997 Grand Exhibition of Chinese Arts granted the Bronze Prize 1998 Exhibition of 5000 Years of Chinese Arts 1999 A set paintings “Inspiration of life 2”was rewarded a 3^rd place in 9th National Art Exhibition 1999 Engaged as a professor teaching postgraduate students in an art college of Sichuan University 2005 30 Years of Chinese Oil Painting, National Art Museum of China, Beijing 2007 Cheng Conglin Solo Exhibition, Mountain Art Beijing & Frank Lin Art Center 2012 20 Years of Glory——Mountain Art Foundation Collection of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, National Art Museum of China, Beijing 2020 It All Begins... —— Sketches and Studies of Cheng Conglin, Mountain Art Beijing & Frank Lin Art Center