INSIGHTS INTO ART: Questions for Internationally Acclaimed Artist Xu Bing 向徐冰提出的八个问题

In general, each of us, each physical person, must face a subversive change in the whole world. As artists, we believe that artists, with the talent to create and express themselves, can’t be replaced. As far as I’m concerned, the so-called contemporary art, or the creativity of the contemporary artists, is far less than social creativity. Science and technology change our life and way of thinking with new thoughts of energy and power. We shouldn’t value art too much, thinking in that the field is the most creative. On the contrary, it’s probably the least creative field, or it’s a field that is just seemingly creative on the surface. 总的来说，我们每一个人，我们一个自然人，他都必须面对整个的世界颠覆性的一个改变。作为艺术家，我们认为艺术家是个人表达的，或者说是一种天才的创造的，这个东西是不能取代的。事实上在我看来，其实在今天所谓当代艺术，或者是当代艺术家，他的这种创造力，实际上是远远不及社会创造力的。科技给我们人的生活的改变，和思维的改变所带来新的思想能量和思想动力，我们千万不要把艺术看得这么重要，觉得我们这个领域是最有创造性的。其实，有可能这个领域是最没有创造性的，或者说这个领域有可能是一种假装的表面的创造姿态的。