退步集

by 陈丹青

《退步集》是陈丹青归国五年来部分文字的结集，三十余篇文章，话题兼及绘画、影像、城市、教育诸方面，自云“退步”，语涉双关，也可理解为对百年中国人文艺术领域种种“进步观”的省思和追问。

427 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Chen Danqing (simplified Chinese: 陈丹青; traditional Chinese: 陳丹青; pinyin: Chén Dānqīng) is a Chinese American artist, writer, and art critic. He was born in Shanghai in 1953, and graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. As his grandfather moved to Taiwan with the Nationalist government, he has the nationality of the Republic of China (he now travels to mainland China with the Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents). He moved to the United States in the 1980s, and became a citizen there.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Da...
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/陈丹青

Reviews

[Chaimiyouyan · Rating 3 out of 5]

20220215-202222 HK - skipped a few. abit repetitive
独立之思想，自由之人格
你觉得时间是个什么东西： 时间就是性命
家对你来说意味着什么？一个电灯泡，灯泡下有个桌子，桌子周围有人在等你回去吃夜饭

[WaldenOgre · Rating 3 out of 5]

有学养真性情而且还好玩，做人的标准无非如此，况且操一口沪语的陈丹青更是让我倍感亲切啊。但此书有两大软肋：在大篇幅的对话里，提问者大多学识不逮，有时简直连常识都不具备，不忍卒读——绿地集团甚至连提问的诚意都没有，一心只想套话写软文；题材重叠的情况严重，很多文章只是不同场合对同一话题的应酬之作，编辑去哪里了？事实上，最好的文章都在“绘画”部分那100页里。