“今日之往昔”是2017年10月28日举办的“安仁双年展”的学术主题。总策展人吕澎在展览前言中对主题是这样阐释的:“以安仁镇在中国近现代历史中的遭遇为背景,以艺术的角度和方式,再次审视晚晴以来中国社会的发展轨迹,探讨当下问题的历史成因和最近的传统,以及对未来的期待和推测。”其实,做过大规模展览的人都知道:策展人的主题阐释多半是凌空蹈虚,当不得真;不过,主题毕竟是衡量一个大型展览与作品呈现匹配度的一个标尺。本人差不多花了一天的时间,在安仁双年展主场反复观摩作品,揣摩作品与主题之间的联系,以下分三个话题来谈。 “Today’s Past ” is the academic theme of “Anren Biennale ” held on October 28, In the preface to the exhibition, Lu Cui, the chief curator, explained the theme as follows: “Taking the experience of Anren Town in the modern history of China as the background, with an artistic perspective and approach, we once again examined the trajectory of Chinese society since late Qing Dynasty , To explore the historical causes and recent traditions of the current problems, as well as the expectations and inferences about the future. ”In fact, people who have done large-scale exhibitions know that most of the curators’ theme explanations are vain and unrealistic; However, the theme is, after all, a measure of the degree to which a large exhibition and a piece of work exhibit a match. It took almost a day for me to observe the works repeatedly at the Anren Biennale home theater and try to figure out the connection between the work and the subject. The following three topics are used to discuss.