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Foreword

“中国-阿根廷当代材料艺术交流展”是中国当代材料艺术国际交流展的第二站，将展出来自中国和阿根廷两国的66位艺术家的百余件聚焦“材料”的艺术作品。我们选取材料艺术为切入点进行国际文化交流，基于以下三点：一是因材料作为一种共通的语言基础，亦是艺术家创作最主要的媒介和载体，回到材料，即回到艺术的起点，重新赋予材料新的表现形式和叙事方式，形成拥有共通基础的沟通和共同关切的对话，促进国家之间深层次的交流与理解，分享和借鉴不同文明的先进成果。二是由材料引入一种唯物的思维方式，在尊重物质材料的主体性和能动性的同时，亦重视生命个体与物质材料之间的互动、链接与生成，在物质与生命一体化的艺术创作思维方式中传递后人类主义生态和谐的发展观。三是经材料生发一种不同的视角，给予长期被主流艺术话语边缘化的不同群体发声的可能，包括东方的、第三世界的、女性的、地域性的、少数族群的声音等，也给予我们重新建构和理解当代艺术的可能。

“China-Argentina Contemporary Material Art Exchange Exhibition” is the second edition of the Chinese Contemporary Material Art Exchange Exhibitions. More than 100 pieces of artwork focusing on “materials” by 66 artists from China and Argentina will meet the audience. As for the reason why we choose material art as the entry point for international cultural exchange. It is based on the following three points: The first one is the common language of material. Material, as the most essential medium and carrier for artists, is also the starting point of artistic creation. To bring new forms and narrative modes is exactly to communicate on a common basis and common concern of dialogue, to promote in-depth exchanges and understanding between countries and draw lessons from the advanced achievements of different civilizations. The second point is the materialist way of thinking. While making much of the subjectivity and initiative of material art made from real physical matter, artists also take seriously the interactions, links and resonances between individual life and materials, to transfer the development view of post-humanist ecological harmony. The third point is different perspectives brought by materials. Voices from oriental countries, the third world, females and minority groups and regional voices, were marginalized by mainstream art in a long term. They should be given more opportunities to express themselves, which also gives us the possibility to reconstruct and re-understand contemporary art.