冷林

冷林

冷林　　

1965年生於北京，中國當代藝術策展人。1988年畢業于中央美術學院美術史係，獲學士學位；1993 年獲該係碩士學位。擔任北京公社創始人及現任主持，並擔任著名美國畫廊PaceWildenstein在亞洲的唯一分支機構Pace Beijing的總裁。

冷林曾任中國藝術研究院《文藝研究》編輯、中國社會科學院文學所助理研究員。1993年至2007年間，擔任中國社會科學院副教授。從1994年開始，他全面涉足當代藝術領域，分別扮演過藝術評論家、策劃人、藝術市場化和商業化的推動者等多重角色；是中國本土最重要的藝術評論家及藝術策劃人之一，撰寫了很多評論文章併發表于國際重要刊物中。其中在對90年代中國藝術的理論概括與分析中創建性提出的“是我”概念尤為引人注目；他曾經舉辦過頗具影響的《世説新語》、《是我》等展覽；並在96、97年開創性地組織了兩次中國當代藝術的拍賣，為中國當代藝術全面市場化奠定了基礎。

Leng Lin

Leng Lin (born in 1965, Beijing) is an important curator of Chinese contemporary art. He graduated from the Department of Art History, Central Academy of Fine Arts with B.A. in Art History in 1988 and in 1993 he was awarded a master’s degree in Art History. He is the founder of Beijing Commune and the president of Pace Beijing.

Prior to founding Beijing Commune, Leng was the editor of Art and Literature Research, and also the assistant researcher of the Institute of Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From 1993 to 2007, he worked as an Associate Professor of Art Theory and History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since 1994, he has been in the field of Chinese contemporary art acting as a critic, curator, and gallerist; he is recognized as one of the most important curators and critics in mainland China. He has written extensively for numerous international publications. His writings on Chinese art theory in the 1990s are well-known, especially his concept of ‘I AM’. He has curated several important exhibitions such as New Anecdotes of Social Talk and It's Me. He was also responsible for organizing two of the earliest Chinese contemporary art auctions in 1996 and 1997; these were seen as helping create a foundation for a contemporary art market in China.