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前言
与吴永平认识在2001年的上海艺博会，作为参展艺术家，他那些近乎完美的青瓷令我感受到格外的纯净与空灵，当即便收藏多件。后来见到吴永平本人，惊讶的发现那些青瓷其实是他本人气质的折射。他的青瓷，色调温润，线条柔美清逸，在光的折射下华彩流动。纯粹而华美。而吴永平眼神沉静，透着书卷气，永远一副慢条斯理的闲适模样，说起话来声音不高但是语调婉转，让人隐约而明显的感觉到他的思维活跃。
当时的吴永平生活在景德镇，带着一种生活在古城里的人所特有的气定神闲的神情，我当即萌生了要对他有反支持的想法。我想对于一位真正的艺术家来说，生活在景德镇这样以手工艺闻名的古城，饱吸千年传承的艺术灵气，固然难得可贵，但同时更应该去面对现代多元而广阔的艺术空气。吴永平，他的创作与他本人之间的共通性，在我看来尤为难得。于是我便将这样的想法告诉了他，“你应该去北京，应该进入中央美术学院去深造”。
我的鼓动起了作用。2001年的一天，吴永平打电话来告诉我，他考上了中央美书学院的研究生，正在为六万元的学费而发愁。我一听相当高兴，毫不犹豫对他说，“你赶集去准备，钱的事我来解决！”回想起来，我觉得自己那一瞬间的直觉是相当正确的，那种喜悦更是发自内心的。人与人的友谊是某些关键时刻的心灵相通，是非常单纯自然的事，并无关乎物质。
记得在吴永平到了北京后半年左右的一天，他到上海来找我，一见面便一搭肩：“哪有酒吧啊？咱去喝点吧？”我当时吃惊呀，心里想着“哟，这小子什么时候学会喝酒了啊？”。很显然，到了北京的吴永平变得入世而活跃起来，仿佛从古代走进了现代，这种改变很清晰的映射在他的创作上。他开始不再单一的做瓷，无论材质，还是表现的内容上，他开始尝试更为广阔而丰富的创作。如今已是中央美术学院设计学院老师的吴永平（这是时隔八年后中央美院的第一次对优秀学生留校。）在大山子开了工作室，专心地搞起了创作。
可能是早年在景德镇长年累月烧窑的经验积累，吴永平对物质本身的形态变化有着敏感的关注，在他近年的作品中，从古典青瓷到陶从青铜到法锈钢，从木材到合成材料，可以看到吴永平在用一种驾轻就熟的姿态游走于物质上，无所限制。而这也显示出他性格中非常传统的文人特质，对于每种材料的选择和运用都显示着艺术家的某种感应因素，尽显章法和文采。
传统美学，当臆想，以及华美的用，三者的结合使吴永平的作品显得尤为饱满和完整，也仿佛是用一种非常舒顺的方式将现当代文化和艺术个性做了联接，使艺术家与受众的关系和谐而自然，这正是我们很多当代艺术家所忽略的部分。
当下的时代，摆在艺术家面前的是高速发展的经济，冲击和颠覆着传统理念的生活状态，艺术仿佛在一种创作泥泞中挣扎，那种健康的、崇高而庄严的精神仿佛愈来愈远离了我们，内心的焦虑和茫然是不言而喻的。返回原初，追求崇高与自然的和谐，建树一个新的精神模式，无疑当成为我们这个时代的艺术家们的共同目的。在吴永平和他的艺术创作中，观者能够感受到一种清新和纯粹。我相信这种清新是来自传统，来自几代人延续下来的古朴生活所孕育的纯净平和的生活理想。
作为吴永平的朋友，我对于他的个展充满期待，这种期待融合着我对于当代艺术的关注和凝望。
郑培光
2008年7月17日于上海红坊
Preface
It was at the 2001 shanghai Art Fair that I learnt about Wu Yongping as an exhibitor at the fair。His nearly perfect celadon pieces aroused in me a feeling of extreme purity and freedom so that I decided to collect a few of them there and then。Later when I met Wu himself,I was surprised to find that his celadon was a perfect reflection of his temperament and personality。The celadon works featured mild colors,delicate and gentle lines,appearing pure and gorgeous under the light。Wu Yongping,with calm eyes,showed a bookish air and always looked leisurely and unhurried。His voice was slow and musical,from which I faintly perceived his active and keen thinking,just like his glittering celadon。
Wu Yongping,who led a life of leisure and ease at Jingde Town at the time,had a relaxed expression which was typical of the old city residents。I decided to back him up right away。Fine as Jingde Town was，it was an ancient city famous for its handcraft。 I thought for a genuine artist，it is not only a great experience to be exposed to the essence of the art ，but also one should get in touch with the diversified and broaden modern art world。 As I saw quite unusual convergence of Wu’s art and his personality，I suggested that he go to Beijing to pursue further study at China Central Academy of Fine Arts。
My encourage
My encouragement fmally worked。 One day in 2001,Wu Yongping called me to tell that he had been admitted by the Academy for postgraduate education and that he was anxious about the 60,000RMB tuition fee。 I was so beyond happy and didn’t hesitate to say，“ou get ready for the study and I’ll take care of the money。”s I look back now，I know I made a right decision at the moment and my joy was deeply felt。 Friendship is the empathy between the two at some critical moment,pure and natural,not involving money。
One day after he had been in Beijing for about half a year，Wu came to meet me in Shanghai。 As soon as we met，he bent his arm round my shoulder and said ,“re there any bars around? Let’s go and have a drink。”as a bit shocked nad thought to myself，“hen did the guy pick up drinking?”bviously，Wu had become active in Beijing，like an ancient man having marched into the modern society。 And the change could clearly be seen in his creations。 He widened his celadon creation to more diversified materials and subjects。 Now ，as a teacher at School of Design，China Central Academy of Fine Arts，Wu Yongping has devoted himself in art creation at his studio in Dashanzi。 And it’s worth mentioning that the Academy hasn’t accepted any fresh graduate as a teacher in a succession of eight years before Wu was accepted。
I have long followed Wu’s works with interest and can sympathize with him。 Looking at his previous works，I can perceive a thread of thought that runs through: he strongly holds some beliefs and remains unwavering in them。 From his earliest works to the latest，Wu Yongping impresses me most with his respect and adherence to the traditional aesthetics: he closely follows the traditional concepts nad spirit in his sculpturing techniques and forms of expression。 At the meantime，Wu adds his personal emotions and thoughts in his works，which are inner-focused，showing obvious features of contemporary spiritual elements。
Probably out of his long experience of kilning in Jingde Town in his early ages，Wu pays close attention to the changes in the form of substances;he is thus very sensitive in this regard。In his receht works,he handles various materials witk skill and ease,from ancient to pottery,from ancient celadon to pottery,from bronze and stainless steel,from wood to synthetic materials。This receals the portion in his disposition that is close to the men of letters,His choice and application of each material often runs out of inspiration and comes out well-organized and sparkling。
A combination of traditional aesthetics with comtemporary imagination and splendid materials enables Wu、s works to exhibit an outstanding sense of fullness and integrity。His works,in which contemporary culture and personal art naturally converge,bring about a harmonious relationship between artists and art appreciators,which is neglected by quite many contemporary artists。
In the present time,what the artists artists face economic growth,a fight against or overthrow of traditional concepts and life state。With art struggling un the mud of creation,the healthy,noble and solemn spirit seems to be drawing further and further away from us and our inner anxiety and feelings of loss turn self-eviddent。Therefore,it has inevitably become a common wish of today、s artists to the origin of the world,to pursue a noble and natural hamony,and to establish a new mode of spirits。In Wu Yongping and his works,we can feel a king of freshness and purity,which I believe derives from the traditions,from the pure and peaceful life ideal held by generations after generations living a simple and unsophisticated life。
As a friend of Wu Yongping,I have grent expectation for his solo exhibition。Such expectation also bears my concerns about Chinese contemporary art。
Zheng Peiguang
July 17,2008
At Redtown, Shanghai（文章来源：《解构青花吴永平作品展》）
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