"It is difficult to be a man, and it is even more difficult to be a man in the new century, and the requirements of the times for men are getting higher and higher. Guo Lie talked eloquently: "You see in the fifties and sixties, as long as you know a craft, can burn boilers, and can do carpentry, you are a successful man." And in the 70s, if you can choose any of the 'three treasures', you can become a successful man favored by thousands of girls。。。。。。 ”

"Three treasures?" Di Wei was puzzled.

"Doctor, driver, pork guy. Guo Lie explained.

"The pork seller and the doctor driver are on the same level?" Di Wei's eyes widened.

Guo Lie said with a smile: "Of course, it was a planned economy in those days, and every household distributed daily necessities and grain, oil and non-staple food according to the household registration book, and each person received half a catty of pork tickets every month, what was enough? Every day, the meat factory transported pork from the freezer, and the pork seller first put the fat under the desk and hid it. If it's an acquaintance, you can cut a few taels of meat for you, get you a piece of fat, and when you go home, you can dip it in some oily and refine a lot of lard or something. If you're not familiar with it, then I'm sorry, there are only ribs and lean meat on the table, and I don't like to buy it! At that time, pork sellers were absolutely popular. Who doesn't want to order fat?"

"Okay, so you go on, what about the eighties?" said Di Wei.

"Men in the 80s had to learn to go to the sea to do business, and they had to learn the word 'fried'. It was the era of one billion people and eight billion businessmen, and those who couldn't do business were not good men, and people learned to speculate on real estate, land, approvals, and stamps。。。。。。 At that time, a lot of big money popped up, and some men became rich first. ”

"And in the nineties, the times put forward high requirements for men, who do not know how to speculate in stocks are not considered men, who can't understand the stock market, don't understand what is the market win ratio, what is the asset restructuring is not a good man, at the end of the century, the successful man was shaped into a man wearing a famous brand, holding a big brother, smoking famous cigarettes and drinking famous wine, and being accompanied by a beautiful woman, and now the image of a successful man is the foundation laid at that time. ”

"And now, to know foreign languages, understand computers, have a high income, have a good upbringing, noble character, the most important thing is to learn to endure and compromise, for the sake of the family and for the cause of constantly compromise, do you say it is easy for men?

Guo Lie said that his mouth was foaming at the mouth and he was affectionate and passionate, well, as a man, Xiao Peng felt that what he said was right, but what does this have to do with two men kneeling on the ground as table legs? Otherwise, artists are not grounded. Just at Guo Lie's brain thinking circuit, Xiao Peng felt that he and they did not live on the same earth.

Xiao Peng couldn't stand the fact that there were still two fruit men kneeling in front of him when he was drinking, so he said, "You continue to chat, I'll go see other works." ”

This reason is very strong, after all, this place is known as a performance art salon, there must be other works, isn't it? Hearing Xiao Peng say this, Yang Meng and Li Chen stood up together: "Let's do it together." "It seems that he is not the only one who can't stand these two fruit men. Pan Peiyu also wanted to leave, but Di Wei gave him a vicious look, and he could only continue to sit there pitifully with Di Weikan Mountain. Xiao Peng gave him a look full of pity at him.

When several people left, Li Chen suddenly slapped his forehead: "I remember where I saw a similar picture." Brother Peng, are you sure what kind of art salon Di Wei brought us to?"

Yang Meng's focus was obviously not on the same channel as others, and he took a step back and distanced himself from Li Chen: "S M Club, what are you doing there? You don't have any tendencies, right?"

"What do you think? My friend took me to see it. Li Chen protested, and after speaking, he took out the cigar box and handed it to Xiao Peng. The three of them walked around the house and chatted together.

"I really don't know what you think, if I were you, I wouldn't let Di Wei's kid have a relationship with his sister, look at who these people are. Xiao Peng complained to Li Chen.

Li Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Unless your sister is worry-free enough, you don't know my family, alas, don't mention it。。。。。。 Besides, it's not bad to have a brother-in-law who plays with art. When Li Chen said this, he looked at the girl in the house, Xiao Peng was sure, this is not a good bird, and a good bird can't play with Yang Meng, right?

Li Chen didn't want to mention it, so Xiao Peng didn't ask, isn't it a difficult scripture to read? Xiao Peng glanced at the performance art around him, which was really speechless.

For example, a work is a double bed. There is a pair of fruit men and women lying on the bed, the two sit on the bed, the man is holding a beer and smoking a cigarette and chatting with the girl next to him, and the girl is talking and laughing with the onlookers. It can be seen that the two of them are definitely performing in their true colors, without any psychological pressure.

There is also a female painter who is painting on the side, and the way she paints is also speechless: I saw her take milk and paint in her mouth, and then vomit on the drawing paper, vomit one color and then spit out another. At the end of the vomit, it is a work.

Xiao Peng really can't stand it, we really don't understand the world of artists. It's Li Chen, who looks at it with relish.

"Li Chen, can you understand these performance arts?" Xiao Peng looked at Li Chen in surprise.

Li Chen took a cigar in his mouth and said with a serious face: "I've seen a lot of performance art, but these: shit!"

After listening to Li Chen's evaluation, Xiao Peng was even more shocked, does anyone really understand these things?

Li Chen said lightly: "Don't believe the foolishness of critics, what field, reflection, conflict." Your current perception has nothing to do with the inheritance and academic significance of these works in the history of art. Just trust your instincts, and if you think it's poop, then it won't be gold. All of us can always perceive and evaluate the world only by our inner thoughts. This is something that art historians and aesthetes cannot change. Walking down the street and walking around the cabbage is considered performance art, but can you appreciate this kind of art? If you can't appreciate it, he's a pile of shit. ”

Xiao Peng looked at Li Chen dumbfounded,, hide the boss? You are also in the art circle?

Li Chen seemed to see Xiao Pengde's doubts, and replied, "I am a graduate of the New York Art Institute. If it weren't for the family business, I'm afraid I would have really embarked on the path of art. ”

New York Academy of Art?Made, aren't you a gray businessman in Taiwan? This doesn't fit your personality!

The cradle of world art is still in Europe. In the ranking of all art colleges, the United States has never been at the top, there are only three American schools in the top 30, and the New York Art Institute is one of them.

But there are also ways in the United States, we don't have art schools, we can create art schools, so abstract performance art and so on developed in the United States. As long as someone flickers and someone cheers, shit can be sold at sky-high prices, which is hype.

Li Chen took a puff of his cigar and said lightly: "I am not averse to performance art, on the contrary, I personally admire Marina Abramovich. But now performance art has gone down the wrong path. Many people can't tell the difference between performance art and grandstanding. And these artists and the mentally ill are a fine line. It's like the Japanese Yayoi Kusama, who ran out into the street and asked people to smear spots on her, do you say this is art or mental illness?"

After hearing this, Xiao Peng replied to Li Chen without hesitation: "This girl is a mental illness." ”

Li Chen smiled: "But now this Yayoi Kusama is known as a master of pop art." Ironically, she is still a psychopath, and many people still believe that if she hadn't left the United States and New York for psychotic reasons, Yayoi Kusama might have replaced Andy Warhol as Pop's godmother. So do you think she's mentally ill or an artist?"

Looking at Xiao Peng's expression, Li Chen said: "Actually, I also appreciate the performance art of some artists, such as Marina Abramovich's performance art in 2010 when she was in the retrospective of MOMA in New York, 'Art is Now', which shocked me. But that's also because of the appearance of Ouray. ”

Xiao Peng looked dazed: "Dude, what did you say here?" do you think I can understand?"

Li Chen smiled slightly and began to explain: "Marina Abramovich is the most famous performance artist, known as the 'mother of art', and the most famous work should be 'Rhythm 0': she stood there with seventy-two kinds of props on the table, including bullets, kitchen knives, whips and other dangerous objects. The audience can use any item and do whatever they want to her. During the six-hour process, the audience scribbled on her face with lipstick, shredded her clothes with scissors to paint on her, rinsed her, and scratched her skin and pricked her with roses. It wasn't until the last person shoved the loaded gun into her mouth and was stopped by someone. To express the theme in this way, it is 'If you leave the whole decision to the public, you are not far from death.'" ’”

"Isn't this still a madman?" Xiao Peng said speechlessly.

Later, she met her German boyfriend Ouray, who was even crazier than her, and the two began to create all kinds of performance art together, exploring their relationship with each other, and the art they collaborated on was full of passion and energy, such as the two of them pulling out a bow face to face and aiming the tip of an arrow at Abramovich's heart, and if Ouray let go, Abramovich would die. Another example is how to braid the hair of two people together for seventeen hours. In 1988, the two ran to the Great Wall, one from Shanhaiguan from east to west, and the other from Jiayuguan from east to west. Three months later, the two finally got together, then waved goodbye and announced their breakup. ”

Xiao Peng covered his forehead: "Li Chen, this is the performance art that shocked you? It seems that the two of us are really not on the same channel." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet, I'm talking about her 'One Minute of Silence'. It's her work in the MOMA showroom in New York: she sits at one end of the table and the other end of the audience voluntarily sits across from her, looking at people with blank faces for seven hours a day, six days in a row. CELEBRITIES SUCH AS SARASTONE AND LADY GAGA ALSO CAME TO VISIT. Until one day, Uray also arrived at the scene, and after the two looked at each other, Abramovich burst into tears, and after the two clasped their hands for dozens of seconds, Uray left. I happened to be there at the time, and I was struck by the look in the eyes of the two of them. Li Chen still had a look of reminiscence on his face when he said this.

Xiao Peng imagined that picture in his mind: "Maybe it's because I was moved, after all, from the two broke up in 1988 to 2010, more than 20 years have passed, and the lovers who have been together for more than ten years suddenly appear in front of him, and naturally there will be a lot of good memories." Did they finally rekindle their old relationship?" Xiao Peng asked.

No, Uray took Abramovich to court, demanding a share of the proceeds of the work. Li Chen replied calmly.

Xiao Peng was speechless for a long time, and finally could only say a sentence from his mouth: "Okay, this is the artist。。。。。 ”