11月18日，当代中国艺术和国家形象国际论坛在上海当代艺术馆开幕。会议嘉宾如下：
张晓刚(1958-)，著名艺术家，擅长油画与雕塑，因为不断探求生命的意义和历史的底蕴而被称为“卡夫卡式的画家”，以“血缘：大家庭”等系列屡次打破亚洲画家最高拍卖纪录。
Zhang Xiaogang (b. 1958), one of world’s top artists. His “Bloodline: The Big Family” series become the iconic images of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and his constant probing of the meanings of life and of the nature of memories have made him a “Kafkaesque” artist.
方力钧(1963-)，著名艺术家，擅长油画、版画与雕塑，以亮艳的色彩、令人难忘的光头的形象而成为“玩世现实主义”的领军人物之一。
Fang Lijun (b. 1963), one of the world’s top artists, who burst onto the scene for his portrayal of a bald figure, numb in facial expression_r_rs, endlessly reproducible, and yet fully expressive of the desires and anxieties of a hedonist generation. His style has been known as “cynical realism.”
岳敏君(1962-)，著名艺术家，擅长油画与雕塑，创造出最令人难忘的咧嘴大笑的无穷复制的形象，和方力均同为玩世现实主义的领袖。
Yue Minjun (b. 1962), one of the world’s top artists, the creator of one of the most unforgettable images of contemporary China: the ubiquitous face that grins from ear to ear but nevertheless appears tense, even fearful, in a variety of settings. Also a “cynical realist.”
李斌(1949-), 文革后“伤痕”美术的先驱，全国美展一等奖《枫》的三位作者之一。先后旅居日本和美国。近年重返上海，专注于对“红色传统”的反思性现实主义创作。
Li Bin (b. 1949), leading figure of the “scar literature/art” in the immediate aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. Co-creator of the famous work “The Maple Tree” in 1978. Recently returned to Shanghai after spending years in Japan and New York and has been focusing on realist reflection of the “red classics.”
海波(1962-)，著名艺术家，擅长摄影，经常以黑白的形象揭示出环境的转变对人物的深层的影响。
Hai Bo (b. 1962), award-winning photography artist. Known for disclosing the conflicts between human presence and the surrounding settings.
崔岫闻 (1970-)，著名艺术家，擅长摄影、观念、影像和装置艺术，专注于表述女性身体，揭示女性与环境和政治的关系问题。
Cui Xiuwen (b. 1970), one of China’s foremost avant-garde woman artists. Using various mediums such as photography, video, performance, and installation, she lays bare the female body of the post-Mao generations at multiple tension-filled sites.
李山(1942-)，著名艺术家，以抽象变形的油画的方式探讨物种的生物属性等问题。
Li Shan (b. 1942), one of the veteran and most experimental artists of contemporary Chinese art. Traveling between New York and Shanghai, he increasingly turns his attention to the biological properties of species that includes the human being.
刘建华 (1962-)，著名艺术家，以公共雕塑最为著称。最新作品之一为上海环球金融中心的“磁”。
Liu Jianhua (b. 1962), one of China’s most active sculptors. Based in Shanghai, he has created several public art works associated with Shanghai’s new landmarks, such as “The Magnet” in front of China’s tallest building, Shanghai World Financial Center.
周铁海 (1966-)，著名艺术家，上海最有代表性的海派创新人物之一。他以“观念艺术”的方式反讽中国当代艺术背后的荒谬。
Zhou Tiehai (b. 1966), the finest artist Shanghai has to offer. Known for his conceptual art that simultaneously participates in commercial designs (for Louie Vuitton, etc.) and pokes fun at consumerism.
丁乙(1962-)，著名艺术家，画作以立体感、装饰感强烈而著称，近来为爱玛仕的丝巾设计而成为中国风的代表人物之一。
Ding Yi (b. 1962), abstract painter turned one of the most visible fashion designers for world’s name brands including Johnny Walker and Hermes.
张恩利 (1965-)，著名艺术家，中国表现主义的代表人物。
Zhang Enli (b. 1965), China’s foremost expression_r_rist, revealing warmth of humanity in his drawings of everyday objects in their most plain and simple forms.
吕澎 (1956-), 著名艺术史家，中国美术学院艺术史教授，四川青城山美术馆群策划人，深具影响的《２０世纪中国艺术史》作者。
Lu Peng (b. 1956), art historian, Professor of Art History at China Fine Arts Institute. Author of The History of Chinese Art in the 20th Century.
朱朱(1969-)，著名诗人、艺术评论家、策展人。
Zhu Zhu (b, 1969), hailing from Yangzhou and based in Nanjing, he is one of China’s best poets, also an active art critic and curator.
聂荣庆，张晓刚工作室负责人
Nie Rongqing, artist, art collector.
亚瑟－扫威，上海 James Cohan 画廊
Arthur Solway, Curator, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
吕彤邻，蒙特利尔大学教授
Lu Tonglin, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Montreal
强纳森－芬博格，伊利诺依大学艺术史讲座教授，《１９４０年来艺术》作者
Jonathan Fineberg, Gutgsell Professor of Art History, University of Illinois
徐钢, 伊利诺依大学教授
Gary Xu, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Illinois
马克－汉森，杜克大学教授
Mark Hansen, Professor of Art History, Duke University
刘康, 杜克大学教授，上海交大人文研究院院长
Liu Kang, Professor of Chinese Studies, Duke University; Dean, Institute of Arts and Humanities, Shanghai Jiaotong University
马莉安－芬博格，作家，艺术教育家
Marianne Fineberg, Writer, author of The Sixty Eight Rooms
山坶－史密斯，艺术教育家
Samuel L. Smith, Engagement Director, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
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