"The recent news about Haven, I look at it from the beginning, it's either Time or Venice, the icing on the cake, but there are few media outlets reporting on his performance art exhibition, I don't know if it's because the media is ashamed of themselves, evading it, or something else. But I think it's a pity, I think this exhibition is indeed one of the most significant art exhibitions in China in recent years, and I even think it surpasses Haiwen's unprecedented solo exhibition.

First of all, it has a special significance, this is a comprehensive public opinion observation experiment, different roles in the field of public opinion, from the media, reporters, from social media, well-known bloggers, from ordinary netizens, onlookers, almost all these roles have been played, and there is a clear context, extremely clear contrast before and after.

In terms of form, the scale and complexity of the exhibition itself are rare and rare in performance art exhibitions, and therefore they are also extremely special and meaningful.

In terms of its content, I believe that not only Haiwen, nor me, but also everyone has certain opinions on the current social opinion ecology. Popular events are watched over the place, changing once a day, or even twice a day, and there are many marketing hotspots fabricated by promoters. And recently, there have been more and more so-called reversal dramas. Some remarks believe that this means that public opinion is exercising the effect of correcting deviations and supervision, and that it will continue to reverse and find out the truth. However, from the perspective of art and philosophy, we can undoubtedly see that the society has not formed a healthy public opinion environment, the parties are not sincere enough, the media is not real enough, and netizens are not rational enough - all these constitute the unique group portrait of the Internet in China.

Through a large-scale performance art, Haiwen's Ask Dao exhibition presents this group of portraits to the public and the world for the first time and most directly, in a visible, artistic form.

It has universal significance for the times, and even for the whole world.

This is perhaps the first time that Chinese artists have been one step ahead of their global counterparts on such a high level – thanks to our ubiquitous internet and large number of Internet users, and of course, to the fact that we have some of the best contemporary artists like Haven.

So don't ignore this exhibition, decades or even hundreds of years later, when the people of that era summarize the art of our time, I believe that the large-scale performance art exhibition of Wendao Lin Haven will be an iconic and landmark existence!

Please cherish it!"

Chang Shuo posted an extremely rare open letter on Weibo, speaking out for Lin Haiwen's exhibition, which was recognized by some industry leaders.

For example, Kuang Shichang, vice chairman of the Artists Association and chairman of the Theoretical Research Committee of the Artists Association, subsequently published his own article in the official journal of the Artists Association, echoing Chang Shuo's words.

After Kuang Shichang, Jiang Tao, vice chairman of the Artists Association and director of Huamei Museum, Chen Zhuoyang, researcher of Huaguo Modern Art Research Center and record holder of Huaguo Modern Art Auction, Cheng Yifei, a famous painter in France, and Cai Mingqiang, winner of the Venice Biennale International Art Award and decorative artist, also spoke out and cheered for this exhibition.

There are countless beautiful words.

For a time, in the field of public opinion in the professional field, it even surpassed the two dazzling glorious achievements of "Time" and the Venice Biennale.

However, in the field of public opinion, it is necessary to wait until "exports return to domestic sales", and red apricots go out of the wall and then turn back.

After all, as an internationally renowned artist, Haven Lin's artistic dynamics have attracted much attention around the world - especially this is a performance art exhibition, which is another foray into performance art after the "Swearing Bible" Experience Hall.

It's still a gimmick.

After all, it is the country that invented the Internet, and the Internet is still established by the United States, and the country's mentality towards the Internet is proud and complex, and they also understand the dark side of this great invention better than people in other countries in the world.

Therefore, when the artists and media of Lao Mei focused on Lin Haiwen's exhibition.

They were shocked!

This is not the kind of shock of the C shock department, nor is it the kind of "People X newspaper", foreigners are shocked by what electronic payment and shared bicycles in Huaguo, as if others have never seen the world, this is purely from an artistic point of view, or a shock from the perspective of social philosophy.

Observe a sample of nearly 10,000 people - this is not a data survey, nor is it a statistical probability, but a solid tracking, display, comparison, thinking and artistic expression of the words and deeds of almost 10,000 people at a certain stage.

Large-scale - big data is included in the exhibition: the global search index is as high as millions, the Weibo discussion index is as high as hundreds of millions, the professional media reports have accumulated thousands, and the three episodes of Youshi's "That Night" have more than 5 billion subscriptions!

The themes are profound and relevant to the times—the Internet, social media, the truth of the news, the double-edged sword theorem of public opinion, and how they reflect the group portrait of the people of this era: blind, dazed, angry......

This level of performance art exhibition is unique and unique in the world.

In China, not the United States.

Jeff Koons, who became one of the most well-known contemporary pop artists in the United States with "Balloon Dog", said to NBC reporters after seeing the digital version of the exhibition produced by NBC: "I have never changed my opinion of Lin, a person who invests his talent and energy into the so-called traditional aesthetics, classicism and other backward art forms, is extremely irresponsible to himself, and of course to the public."

But this exhibition, and the last one he had in New York, about the Bible, showed that Lin was not necessarily as faithful to classicism as he himself claimed, and in these art forms, we can see that he expresses his anti-secular and iconoclastic views through the common and visible, such as swear words, such as comments and arguments on the Internet.

So whether he agrees with it or not, Lin can be described as a modern artist – in terms of his performance art exhibition. Although our subjective views on art are not the same, I was really amazed by his work this time, and he made one of the best works of our time. ”

Lin Haven is incompatible with extreme abstraction, and of course it includes most of the pop artists, such as Jeff's magnum opus "Balloon Dog", and a large number of other so-called artworks, most of which put everyday objects such as basketballs, vacuum cleaners, stainless steel objects, etc., into water, or gilded or sealed, and then claimed that this represents the artistic transformation of an era's morbid obsession with matter—this is the popular Jeff Koons.

Bullshit!

A dog fart on the same level as "Blackboard"!

Jeff is controversial not only for his art, but also for his "honesty" about art – his artwork has been a commodity since the beginning, and his goal is to create a high-value art brand like Jeff Koons, rather than creating works of art with artistic value in their own right, such as "Mona Lisa's Smile", "David's Sculpture" or Ling Porcelain.

Therefore, with Lin Haiwen's artistic standpoint, it is inevitable that he will be incompatible with him.

In fact, when Lin Haven gradually emerged as one of the most well-known artists in the field of classicism and even traditional aesthetics, he and Jeff also fought a few times, which is considered an old friend.

This time, Jeff spoke out, and it was a rare compliment to Lin Haven, and he even thought that Lin Haven was already a member of the modern camp - forcibly, whether Lin Haven agreed or not.

Therefore, the media, not only Lao Mei, but also many media in the Western world are excited and inexplicable, eager to interview Lin Haiwen himself.

The two extremes of the art world, to reconcile?

What does Haven Lin think?

He was very considerate and replied to the question in English: "As you can see, I will eventually convince all my opponents, but my opponents will never be approved by me, which is why I insist on and love my art." ”

+300 for the wicked, from Jeff Koons, New York!

Hahahaha!

Lin Haven laughed half to death in the Valley of the Wicked studio.

His fans on the push were almost half laughing to death.

"Jeff must have regretted it, and he would never say such a nice word if you knew it. ”

"Lin was on the cover of Time, he was the guest of honor at the Venice Biennale, the longest-running Venice Biennale, and now even Jeff Koons has to change his tune, so it's not surprising that he's confident in his art, is it?"

"Hahaha, I can almost think of Jeff's stinky face. ”

Lin Haiwen's blunt response, like an introduction, led the attention of the Western Internet to the exhibition produced by NBC, and compared with the domestic Internet, which has become a part of this performance art, so it has remained largely silent, and the self-deprecating spirit of the foreign Internet is much more significant.

NBC's YouTube page has skyrocketed from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions, with netizens from all over the world, including China, noticing the exhibit from Twitter, Facebook, news programs and other channels, and then flocking to it.

"I watched this film with a red face, especially when those Chinese IDs became 'you', the impact was too strong, yes, including myself, each of us seems very irresponsible on the Internet, in real life we still abide by the principle of prudence and moral standards, but on the Internet, in addition to comforting ourselves with a cheap sense of justice and compassion, we indulge our inner demons and let them do evil on the Internet. ”

"A great performance art. ”

"Yes, great! You must know that my previous understanding of performance art was still at the level of making a glass house to live in it, eating, drinking, and Lazar, but after reading Lin's this, I understand what real art is!"

When the discussion of art extends to the social sphere, its influence will increase exponentially.

Weibo's porterage blogger "Twitter Selection" posted an unprecedented update:

"Lin Haven is on the top of Twitter's hot search!"