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Chen Zhou was born in 1987 in Zhejiang. In 2009, after having decided not to study at Hangzhou Academy, he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with a degree in Media Art. Chen\u2019s latest exhibition was \u201cI am Not Not Not Chen Zhou\u201d<\/a> at Magician Space<\/a> in Beijing, where he is based. He was also part of \u201cON|OFF\u201d<\/a> at UCCA<\/a>, and appeared in the group shows \u201cJungle\u201d<\/a> (Platform China<\/a>) and \u201cGet It Louder\u201d in Beijing in 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work takes a long time to make. All the judgements I make are instinctive. For \u201cI am Not Not Not Chen Zhou\u201d (2013, exhibited at Magician Space) it was a little different, because I tried for the first time to make it more \u201cprofessional\u201d, by which I mean more related to art work, my role in the art circle, the art scene\u2026But I also find that when I consider the audience more, my work becomes less sharp; perhaps I end up giving up some of my opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chen Zhou at his home in Beijing, June 2013.
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Raymond Carver is a great source of inspiration. I started to read his novels, then the whole collection. I began to study him. An interesting thing is that his early writings can be more difficult to understand \u2014 more rough, un-sharp \u2014 whereas his later works became more graspable for the reader, and the writing style grew calmer. I feel that\u2019s the similarity between myself and the author, and I started to think about my early work. I was very concerned with structure and how I wanted films to be. Sometimes it was difficult to make a connection between my work and the audience. This is about accuracy. My more recent work, and some of Carver\u2019s sentences, can very accurately describe a kind of feeling so that it can be understood. I realized too that unclear feelings can also be described accurately. There is the aim for direct effect. But I take inspiration from everywhere. Some people would think this glass on the table is very ordinary, but to others, it could appear strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chen Zhou, \u201cI\u2019m not not not Chen Zhou\u201d, HD digital film, color, sound, 34 mins, 2013 (courtesy the artist and Magician Space). \u9648\u8f74\uff0c\u300a\u4ed6\u4e0d\u4e0d\u4e0d\u662f\u9648\u8f74\u300b\uff0cHD\u6570\u5b57\u7535\u5f71\uff0c\u8272\u5f69\u3001\u58f0\u97f3\uff0c34\u5206\u949f\uff0c2013\uff08\u7248\u6743\uff1a\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u53ca\u9b54\u91d1\u77f3\u7a7a\u95f4\uff09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It gets to a point where I have to make a work \u2014 when the contradictions between my passion for art and also its difficulty converge. \u201cI am Not Not Not Chen Zhou\u201d was uncharacteristic. Next I think I will make a more \u201ccontemporary art\u201d work (laughs). No, I don\u2019t want to build on this last work as a new direction. I\u2019ll go back to what I normally do. Rather than making work for exhibitions, I prefer to make films for everybody! My ambition is to have a big screen with a big audience \u2014 this is what gets me excited. Then I can take their 90 minutes away to show them a good film. I\u2019m also going to start writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary art is sometimes readable in an instant. I am not a contemporary artist, I\u2019m just a very traditional artist (laughs). Two years ago, Li Ran said I was a painter, and I disagreed. But now, I think that maybe I am, because I don\u2019t care about the contemporary art circle. What is contemporary art? In every industry there is a peak time, and certain people who drive it and discuss what is happening. Politics, globalization, communications \u2014 basically, it\u2019s a political question. In a simple way, politics happens when two people communicate. I don\u2019t want to talk about this, but I use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am always saying that I am a director, not a contemporary artist \u2014 but maybe I shouldn\u2019t. I don\u2019t want to be a contemporary artist because the question is so difficult to answer. Maybe it isn\u2019t an important question. I just want to be free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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