二○○三年第九期《读书》上有篇名为《当代艺术与中国农民》的文章,作者注意到了一个明显但被大多数人忽略的事实,农村、农民已从当代艺术景观中消失了。很快,二○○二年上海双年展又给出了一个鲜活的证明。于十一月二十二日在上海美术馆开幕的本届双年展主题是“都市营造”,意在对迅速推进的都市进程,以空前的深度和广度改变着中国面貌的新型城市建筑所导致的原有文化格局和生活形态的急剧变化进行 The article entitled “Contemporary Art and Chinese Peasants” in the 9th issue of Reading in 2003 noted an obvious but overlooked fact by most people. In rural areas, peasants have disappeared from the landscape of contemporary art It’s Soon, the Shanghai Biennale in 2002 gave another vivid proof. The theme of this year’s Biennale, which opened on November 22 at the Shanghai Art Museum, is “Urban Design,” which aims to promote the rapid urbanization in the new urban architecture that has changed China’s landscape with unprecedented depth and breadth Resulting in the original cultural patterns and dramatic changes in living patterns