井士剑，艺术江湖上人称“老井”，是中国美术学院“具象表现主义”画风的代表人物之一，从表面上看来，他的艺术风格异常明快疏朗，但其作品内在的格调和形式语言却是极其丰饶而浪漫的。这个在西湖之滨生活了二十多年的东北人，性格中始终保持着白山黑水式的直率和生猛，因此，他的博士导师许江院长喜欢把他比喻成“一匹来自北方的狼”。老井的创作激情和创造能力都是惊人的，多年以来，他在油画、雕塑、素描、水彩、版画、装置等方面的成就常常令众多同道感叹不已。同时，多产的老井却难能可贵地保持着作品水准的均衡，洒脱随性的视觉效果中，一直渗透着质朴无华的古风传统与精致优雅的学院品味。戏剧化和幽默感，是老井作品中重要的表象，尽管有些作品中的形象直白单纯得可爱，但不少作品的内涵其实都是相当隐晦、深沉的，有时甚至充满悬疑。多思而敏感的老井，在一个价值失衡的时代，在晦明不辨的风景之中，用象征主义的手法，把知识分子的迷惘、困顿和彷徨，把当代文明的落寞、无力和失语都展露得恰如其分。

　　本次展览的名字叫做“江湖泛舟”，这个题目有着双重涵义。其一，是回归到自然环境中的人类对于山川大地的欣赏和眷恋；其二，是高度文明化了的人类对于复杂社会环境的深刻体验。身处江湖之中，我们每个人的内心，又何尝不是一个个波涛暗涌的江湖？希望这个充满情感和寓意的展览，能够让大家重温自己泛舟于江湖之中的独特历程。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　张江当代艺术馆 馆长 李旭

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2009年2月19日

　　Jing Shijian, called “Old Jing” in the art circles, is one of the representative figures of “Figurative Expressionism” in China Academy of Art.  His art style seems exceptionally lucid and lively, while the inner quality and formal language are extremely profuse and romantic.  As he has lived beside the West Lake for more than two decades, this northeasterner always maintains the distinctive straightforwardness and aliveness in his personality.  Therefore, Xu Jiang, director of China Academy of Art and Jing’s doctor advisor, often compares him to “a wolf from the North”.

　　Old Jing’s creative passion and capability are quite amazing.  For many years, his achievements in the fields of oil painting, sculpture, sketch, watercolor, print, installation, and etc, often surprise his fellow artists.  Meanwhile, this prolific artist commendably keeps the consistency of his works’ high level, permeating the free and easy visual effects with unadorned ancient traditions and elegant academic taste.Drama and humor are importantphenomena in Old Jing’s works.  Though the images in some of the works are admirably direct and simple, the connotations of quite some works are actually obscure and profound, sometimes even full of suspension.  In an epoch without balance of values and among the obscure landscapes, deliberate and sensitive Old Jing appropriately reveals the intellectuals’ perplexity, exhaustion and hesitation and the current civilization’s loneliness, impotence and speechlessness.

　　This exhibition’s title is “Rowing a Boat”, which implies two connotations.  The first is mankind’s appreciation of and attachment to the mountains and rivers in the natural environment; the second is highly civilized mankind’s profound experiences in the complicated social environment.  In everybody’s mind, isn’t there a torrential and treacherous world?I hope this touching and meaningful exhibition could enable us to review our own unique experiences in the world.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Li Xu Director of the Z-art Center

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　February 19, 2009