东八时区(798)荣幸宣布《魏青吉》新书首发。在首发式上，魏青吉先生将耀临致词。
作为“实验水墨”大潮中的一员，魏青吉的作品和艺术观念不仅与“实验水墨”中同伙拉开了很大的距离，而且也和时下流行的艺术图式很不一样。
作为七十年代出生的青年艺术家，魏青吉的作品具有一种开放、宽广的文化视野，这主要体现在他对流行文化中各种图像随心所欲的利用和编排上，还有就是他在水墨媒材上所做的各类花样翻新的实验。
魏青吉的绘画综合混杂了街头涂鸦、表现主义、波普、情色文化和文人墨戏等多种文化元素，使之具有一种“众声喧哗”的心理效果，他的艺术将视觉观看与生理感觉有机的融合在一起，代表了一种基于身体感觉的大众快感文化的兴起和七零后一代的文化立场。
关于作者：1971生于山东青岛。1995年，毕业于南开大学东方艺术系中国画专业，获学士学位。现任教于广州华南师范大学美术系。1993年，“第二届当代山水画展”，武汉。1996年，“走向二十一世纪中国现代水墨艺术研讨会”及作品展示，广州。水墨画《关于T系统的构想·天道》获“‘鲁艺杯’全国高等师范院(系)美术专业教师作品大赛”优秀奖。1997年，“中国艺术大展·当代中国画展”，中国文化部主办，上海。“三面展”，广州华南师范大学美术馆。1998年，“瞬间：二十世纪末的中国艺术”幻灯片展，芝加哥大学艺术馆。1998年，“瞬间：二十世纪末的中国艺术”幻灯片展，芝加哥大学艺术馆。1999年，“复数·个性”展，广州华南师范大学美术馆。“魏青吉水墨画展”，旧金山Brush Work画廊。2000年，“新中国画”大展，上海刘海粟美术馆、江苏美术馆。“在水墨的边缘”，香港艺术发展局视艺空间，Most艺术馆。“墨墨墨……”南京师范大学美术馆，上海朱屺瞻艺术馆。“荣宝斋2000秋季拍卖会”，北京。
时间：2009年11月7日周六18:00-19:00
地点：北京798东八时区(酒仙桥路4号)
Artists Wei Qingji and Wu Yi Talk on Ink in Contemporary Art Practice
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Time: 18:00-19:00
Venue: Timezone 8 (798), No 4 Jiu Xian Qiao Rd
Timezone 8 is pleased to announce that artists Wei Qingji and Wu Yi will speak at timezone 8 (Beijing 798) on ink painting within the framework of contemporary art discourse. This members only event will take place at Timezone 8 (798) 6:00-7:00pm, Saturday November 7. Canapes and refreshments will be served prior to the talk.
Timezone 8's just published monographs Wei Qingji and Wu Yi will also be available for sale and signing.
About the Artists (for more information about Wu Yi, visit http://www.timezone8.com/wuyi.htm):
Born in Qingdao in 1971, Wei Qingji is among the leading 'experimental ink' painters in contemporary art in China. Trained in ink at Nankai University, Wei Qingji has over the last ten years created a personal aesthetic that in its incongruity of form and content seems ironic, but not crude. While his materials are traditional, their multi-form application and ironic message are anything but. Nor is his work rehashed postmodern pastiche resulting in a signature style. Rather, his 'ink experiments' avoid the irony that comes from repetition and stylization. His ouevre resists easy classification as it varies from a stark blank field with graffiti-like brushwork, to a charcoal black ink Matterhorn against a Ruscha-esque Hollywood sky, to a cartoon mise-en-scene line-drawn in a Shanghai modernist 'xieyi' style from the 1930s.
His works have been included in various prominent exhibitions such as the Second Annual Chengdu Biennale and the International Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition at the Asian Cultural Center in New York. He was one of only two ink artists represented by the renowned curator Hans Van Dijk. He is currently teaching at the College of Art in South China Normal in Guangzhou.
【编辑：张瑜】
