中国的和世界的当代艺术都是随时代变化发展的复杂艺术现象。在其中,历史与现实互动影响、艺术与非艺术冲撞融合。当代艺术所涉及的诸多问题,是我们急需直接面对而又难免令我们困惑的问题。日本森美术馆馆长、世界美术馆协会名誉主席大卫·艾略特先生是一位学者型的策展人,也是一位长期“执着现实”的艺术批评家。在本期我对他的访谈中,大卫·艾略特比较充分地阐述了自己对世界当代艺术的基本认识和态度、强调了作为一个策展人的基本文化责任感是:要真实。这个回答虽然简单,却意味深长。 主持人/王红媛 Contemporary art in China and in the world is a complicated art phenomenon that has evolved over time. Among them, the interaction between history and reality, the collision of art and non-art fusion. The many problems involved in contemporary art are issues that we urgently need to confront directly and which will inevitably confuse us. Mr. David Eliot, director of the Japan Mori Art Museum and honorary chairman of the World Art Museum Association, is a scholarly curator and a longstanding “persistent” art critic. In my interview with him in this issue, David Eliot more fully expounded his basic knowledge and attitude toward world contemporary art, and emphasized that the basic sense of cultural responsibility as a curator is: Be truthful. The answer is simple, but meaningful. Host / Wang Hongyuan