Rockbund Art Museum 上海外滩美术馆

On the fifth floor of RAM displays pixels series (2015-) by the artist Tobias Rehberger, which invites the audience to identify pixelated consuming icons composed of monochromatic mosaic tiles. In this series, the pixelated artworks drew inspiration from different sources. Inspired by Shunga (traditional Japanese pornography), for instance, one of the mosaicked images Tobias Rehberger created for Fondation Beyeler, was exhibited at Art Basel Miami in 2015.

Besides Tobias, many other artists have also used elements from mass culture to reproduce images, and appropriation and irony are the most common strategies adopted in modern and contemporary art. The speaker will present how appropriation and irony are employed by analyzing Manet’s The Luncheon on the Grass, Olympia and In the Conservatory, as well as other examples of Pop artworks. Compared to the more apparent appropriation and irony in Pop art, these techniques are used in modern art in a more subtle and elegant manner, showcasing that modernism critically absorbed the taste and essence of classical art.

艺术家托比亚斯·雷贝格在美术馆五楼展示的像素系列作品（2015年至今）让观众识别由单色马赛克砖组成的、被像素化的消费图像。该系列中被处理的图像曾取材于不同的内容，艺术家为贝耶勒基金会（Fondation Beyeler）所创作的版本曾展示于Art Basel Miami，其中被马赛克化的图像源自日式春宫图（2015）。

除了托比亚斯，不同的艺术家都曾使用大众文化中的元素进行再创作，而挪用与反讽是现当代艺术中常用的策略。本讲座将以马奈《草地上的午餐》《奥林匹亚》《在花园温室里》及其他波普艺术作品为例，说明挪用与反讽的策略是如何运作的。相比于波普艺术中更为明显的挪用与反讽，它们在现代艺术中的运作显得更加微妙和优雅，显示了现代主义对古典艺术品味及教养的承绪与辩证。

Shen Yubing, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Research Center for Art and Philosophy of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University. He is committed to the teaching and research of Western modern aesthetics, modern and contemporary art history, and comparative study between Chinese and Western art.

Shen is the editor of the Fine Arts Volume of the “Introduction to the Classical Texts of Fine Arts” series and executive editor of the “Phoenix Collection of Art Theories” series. His books include Art Criticism in the 20th Century and Image and Meaning: The Historiography of Modern Anglo-American History. His translations, independent or collaborative, encompass 15 books, including The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and his Followers, Cézanne: A Study of His Development, Other criteria: confrontations with twentieth-century art, and Van Gogh.

Shen has received many awards for his books and translations, including an award for outstanding achievement in Humanities and Social Sciences from the Ministry of Education of China, the nomination of Art Publication of the Year by Awards of Art China (AAC) twice, and the award of art theory at the Second Forum of Contemporary Artistic Though