馮建國個展《房檐下的歲月》

展覽時間：2009.09.26-10.23

展覽地點：東磊影像畫廊

房檐下的歲月

「舊去，新來。」

在社會演變的過程中，經濟發展和文化保存總是魚與熊掌的老問題，而北京可説是其中代表之一。作為「皇城」，北京多年來盛載著深厚的文化底蘊，在此當中，衚同文化是民間文化的一個重要標誌。由排列整齊的灰瓦組成的房檐，所庇護著的不僅僅是老北京人的點滴，還有皇城獨有的本土／民間內涵。每當家家戶戶油燈一亮、炊煙一起，一幕又一幕由歲月寫成的劇目便陸續在衚同上演，然而這一切即將要被推土機畫上句號，而這種文化又將以其他的形式輪迴替演。

在曲將終人將散前，攝影藝術家馮建國利用其所熟練的大畫幅照相機，冷靜並客觀地紀錄了這個皇城文化僅余的一面。在高度專業紀實的同時，作者透過畫面中一些細節的鋪排，隱約透露了他對將要消失的衚同文化的婉惜；長窄的小巷、班駁的春聯、起銹的自行車……人則在回憶裏、在流光中、在看這系列作品被觸動的跟前。

“Anyway the wind blows.”

Social evolution always takes place in the dilemma of economic development and cultural preservation and one of the representatives is Beijing. Regarding as the “Royal City”, Beijing is always historical, which is reflected on many aspects, such as the famous local culture, “Hutong”. The grey eave composed of neat rows was not only sheltering the old Beijingers, but also the native and local culture of the Royal City. When the oil lamp gets bright the families and smoke from kitchen chimneys dances to the sky, the plays Hutong written by years perform in the alley day by day. However all these will -stop be marked a full soon by the bulldozer, and this samsara is repeating alternatively in other form.

Before the big red curtain put down, photography artist, Feng Jianguo, used his well practice of large format technique to document the disappearing this local culture with his calm and objective point of view. In the frames, there are narrow alleys, scattered and torn spring festival couplets, stained bikes…while the locals are in memory, history and front of the frames.