“2020!” 李雳个展专访 | INTERVIEW WITH LI LI
Artist-Li Li
10月24日晚，李雳在其个展开幕酒会中与嘉宾们一起分享了她的艺术创作过程及其灵感。现奉上详细专访内容。
1. 这次个展是一部关于2020年的“视觉日记”，通过您的这部“视觉日记”，您想向观众们传达何种信息与情感？
李雳：2020是特殊而不平凡的一年。我记得上学时课本里就经常提到2020年，所以我对2020年一直都是非常期待和憧憬的。为了庆祝它的到来，元旦那天我还特意去天安门观看了升降旗仪式。我对2020年有很多的留恋和不舍，通过这部“视觉日记”，我希望能让观众们记住我们在2020年中所经历的恐慌与不安，坚强与奉献，无畏和坚守，也希望能通过这次展览给予大家慰藉、反思与凝聚力。
1.This solo exhibition is your “visual diary” of 2020. What kind of emotion and message do you want to convey to the viewers through this “diary”?
Li Li: 2020 is a special year to me. I remember that 2020 was often mentioned in my textbooks when I was in school, so I have always been looking forward to the year of 2020. I went to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag raising ceremony on New Year’s Day to celebrate its arrival, I have a lot of memories for 2020. Through this “visual diary”, I hope that the audience will remember the panic and the anxiety, the strength and the dedication, the fearlessness and the tenacity that we have been through, I also hope this exhibition can give everyone comfort, reflection and cohesion.
2. 您在2020年中的生活和创作状态如何？疫情给您的创作和“李雳女孩”带来怎样的影响和变化？
李雳：我的生活在2020年中有很多变化。虽然这些变动不都是令人开心的，但却因此产生了很多的灵感，比如《时间》和《海棠之梦》这两幅作品。疫情的爆发改变了我们所有人的生活轨迹，也改变了“李雳女孩”的形象，“李雳女孩”因此戴上了口罩，勇敢地走向了抗疫的第一线，守护着我们所有人的生命。通过这次展览，我向这些新的“李雳女孩”致以最崇高的敬意，并为她们的巨大付出而深受感动。我的生活也因这次疫情和家人更亲密，和作品更贴心。
2.How is your life in 2020? What kind of impact that Covid 19 pandemic has on your life and what changes does it bring to your “Li Li Girl ”?
Li Li:There are many changes in my life in 2020. Although these changes are not all pleasant, they have given a lot of inspiration to my artworks, such as “Time” and “The Dream of Chinese Flowering Crabapple”. The outbreak of the Covid-19 has changed the life paths of all of us and also changed “Li Li Girl”. Therefore, “Li Li Girls” put on masks and walked to the frontline of the battle against the Covid-19 bravely, trying their best to protect our lives. Through this exhibition, I pay the highest homage to these new “Li Li Girls”, and I am deeply moved by their tremendous efforts. My life gets closer to my family and to my “Li Li Girls”.
3.“李雳女孩”第一次出现是在什么时候？她与你本人的个性与生活经历有何联系？
李雳：“李雳女孩”的雏形是伴随着我大女儿的出生到来的，那是2006年。作为曾经的女孩成长为女孩的母亲，我相信这种情感与角色上的变化，会使很多女性有切身的体会。母亲和女儿既是个体又有着紧密的联系。当时，我想以这种形式祭奠自己的青春，也想用这种方式陪伴女儿的成长。我以自己的形象和生活作为创作的原形和素材，塑造了今天的“李雳女孩”，她既是我生活的影子，又是我心中的梦想！
3.When was “Li Li Girl” created? How does she relate to your life and personality?
Li Li：“Li Li Girl” was born alongside the birth of my first daughter, which was in 2006. I believe the experience of a girl growing up to become a mother will bring enormous changes both in emotions and in the roles of our life for females. Mother and daughter are both individuals and related to each other closely. At that time, I wanted to use “Li Li Girl” to commemorate my youth and to accompany my daughter’s growth. I used my own image and life as the original idea to create “Li Li Girl”. She is not only the shadow of my life, but also the dream in my heart!
4. 随着“Me Too”运动近期在全球范围内的发起，女性主义得到社会的广泛关注。您觉得现在女性艺术家的生存状态如何？您是否介意被称为“女性艺术家”？
李雳：其实我并不了解 “Me Too” 运动，但作为一名女性，独立坚强，自尊自爱是很重要的。女性的生存状态有时会受大环境的影响而有所变化，我认为女性被尊重是社会整体进步的映照，也是男性素养提高的一种体现。我觉得在当下的社会语境中，女性对自我身份的认知，以及所拥有的智慧和自信是一种内在力量的觉醒，使对性别所带来的语义讨论逐渐消解。我们的女性艺术已经通过自有的独特性被关注和认可。我不介意被称为“女性艺术家”。
4.With the recent global launch of the “Me Too” movement, feminism has drawn great attention from the society. What do you think of the living conditions of female artists nowadays? Do you mind being called a “female artist”?
Li Li: Honestly, I don’t know about this “Me Too” movement, but being a woman, independence and strength, self-respect and self-love are very important. Women’s living conditions sometimes are changed under the influence of the general social environment. I think the respects for women is a reflection of the overall progress of a society as well as the improvement of the male’s quality. In the current social environment, women’s self-identity, their wisdom and self-confidence have roused the power of inner strength, which gradually eliminates the semantic discussion of their gender. Female art has been paid attention and has been recognized through its own uniqueness. I don’t mind being called a “female artist”.
