解读油画《2008——北京》
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已在多伦多居住了15年的画家刘溢，在专业圈子之外的华人社会还很少被人知晓，但他在主流美术界却早已站稳了脚跟。10年前，他就加入了安省美术家协会，且是该协会125年来，第一位获全票进入的画家。2006年，北美艺术电视频道Bravo把他作为加拿大艺术家十杰予以报道。
2006年初，旅居加拿大的华人画家刘溢的一幅名为《搓麻将的女人》又名《2008——北京》的油画，在国际社会引起轰动。
谈到此画的构思，刘溢说，2008年奥运会将在北京举行，西方人把奥运会叫做 Olympic Games，这幅《2008-北京》画的也是Game。他近来一直醉心研究中国近一百年的历史。为了表现这段历史，画家选择了传统的麻将Game。
请大家注意这幅画的左上角最隐暗处，是一幅标准像，乍看上去，既熟悉又不熟悉，那是孙中山的胡子、蒋介石的光头和毛泽东的五官新组合的标准像。它象征着中国一百年来的历史，或者说是旧民主主义和新民主主义的全部。
刘溢认为，从八国联军用枪炮打开中国的大门，到后来的中国对外开放，中国一直都不是主动的，而是被迫地接受着外来的一切，且一直都抱着抗拒的心理。国际间一种公认的游戏准则，叫做Fairplay(公平竞争)，但中国直到现在都还没有做好准备按照这一规则行事。正如画中的一个东方女子，开了一个东风明杠，这象征着中国在崛起的事实，但那个女子还是明显有些不规矩的小动作。
相反画中那个外国女郎，虽然也来搀和中国的游戏，却信心全无躺在那里，因为她少抓了一张牌，这在麻将中被叫做“相公”。这说明外国人虽然进入中国了，但对中国的游戏规则还不理解，因此她们难免会有失手。刘溢认识的一些到中国做生意的老外便常抱怨会迷失在中国的一套特殊社会政治系统中。
画中最右端的是一位进城打工的农村姑娘，她脸上有些迷惑也有些不满，她手中握着一把明晃晃的水果刀。她代表的是中国的农民和下层的劳动者，他们是中国崛起的生力军，可是长久以来却被忽视，被不公平的对待，因此一种仇富心理在他们心中滋长。这是中国目前潜在的社会危机，而这种危机是中国的政治系统造成的。
意蕴无穷的《2008——北京》，是画家表现他超现实主义才华的杰作。在这场麻将Game中，很难看出奥林匹克精神，倒是能琢磨出浓浓的政治意味，但没有谁能给出标准答案。
感兴趣的读者可以在http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%C1%F5%D2%E7+2008%A1%AA%A1%AA%B1%B1%BE%A9&cl=3中看到不同读者对这幅画的不同解读。
加拿大华人艺术家刘溢简历
刘溢1957年生于天津，1982毕业于中央美院油画系 。是文革后第一批考入中央美术学院的学生。现在旅居加拿大，是活跃在世界各地画廊和博物馆的中国优秀画家。评论为超现实主义与波普主义——两极之间的探索者。
Artist Lui Liu
Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China. He came to Canada in 1991 and has been seen as a fresh new face in the art community of Western world. Lui Liu is known for his entwining of traditional oil painting techniques with a striking contemporary mind set.
Commenting on Lui Lius paintings, the renowned Canadian writer Barry Callaghan wrote: "The range of his awareness is extraordinary, his mastery of painterly techniques compelling." A note of parody is most noticeable in almost all his works. Its the ambivalence, the tensions between the poles, according to Callagan, that "free Lui Liu so that he can stand alone facing east or west, as he chooses."
Lui Liu is a member of Ontario Society of Artists. He held solo shows at the Karney Gallery in 1992, the Madison Gallery in 1994 and the Meg Gallery in 1996 in Toronto. In the Spring of 1995 he participated in the "Continuity of Talents" show at the Forni Gallery in Bologna, Italy. His works have been presented at the Barcelonas Artexpo96.
His works have been reproduced in the Canadian art magazine "BORDERCROSSINGS" in 1994 and in the literary magazine EXILE" in 1995. Lui Liu has been interviewed by "TOPS" entertainment magazine. His oil paintings have appeared on several book covers and magazines.
Lui Lius works have been purchased and commissioned by diverse private and corporate collectors in North America and around the world.
Lui Liu graduated from Chinas most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. As one of the most promising artists of that country, he participated in the famous "China Avant-garde Show" at the National Gallery in 1989 and his paintings were reproduced and reviewed by "ART PRESSE" in Paris as the signature pieces of the exhibition. His works were reviewed in "A HISTORY OF CHINESE MODERN ART (1979 - 1989)".
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