我是《美术观察》杂志的一位普通读者,第一次看到该杂志的前身《美术史论》,时间约在1991年夏,地点在重庆北碚图书馆一个靠近嘉陵江的期刊阅览室。当时我还是一个美术考生。这个阅览室并不需要办理阅览证之类的手续,虽不大但窗明几净、环境安静,非常适合读书。到了周末,我喜欢窝在那里,中午饭一般是到外面买块面包。阅览室中不但有受大众欢迎的《读者》、 I am an ordinary reader of Fine Art Observatory. For the first time, I saw the predecessor of this magazine, “Art History”, about the summer of 1991, at a periodical reading room near the Jialing River in Beibei Library in Chongqing. I was still a fine art student at that time. This reading room does not need to go through the procedures such as reading the card, although not large but bright and clear, the environment is quiet, very suitable for reading. By the weekends, I like to nest there, lunch is usually outside to buy a piece of bread. Reading room not only by the public, “readers”