打过叛逆耳洞，留过非主流长发，张建军的青春年代也曾随俗沉浮。经历了艺术市场最好的时代，“那时候钱来的太快了，仿佛有些不真实，人是浮躁的。”回忆起当年“疯狂”的时光，张建军有些感慨。

With rebellious ears pierced and long hair, Zhang Jianjun's youth also had its ups and downs. Having lived through the best times of the art market, "the money came too fast, as if it was not real, and people were impetuous." Recalling those "mad" time, he sighed.

采访当天是他“食疗”的第八天，这些天来他只吃水煮菜，喝茶养生，练瑜伽舒心。这样的生活似乎悠然洒脱，颇具禅意。褪去年少的锋芒，现在的张建军和多年之前那个个性的年轻人看起来有一些反差萌。冬日的阳光清冷的照进他的书房，那些关于青春，关于曾经，关于摸索和寻找的日子在他的讲述中一一浮现在眼前……

The day of the interview was the eighth day of his "diet therapy", during which he only ate boiled vegetables, drank herbal tea and practiced yoga. Such a life seems leisurely easy and quite ‘Zen’. After losing his youthful edges, Zhang now looks a bit different from the young man many years ago. The sunshine of wintry day shine into his study, those time, those groping and exploring days emerges as he talks...

穷学生靠卖画改善生活，这样的转变曾经让张建军欣喜。他曾以为自己会和其他在市场上辗转的朋友一样一直享受“艺术”带来的财富，毕竟这样的生活舒适安逸。然而，物极必反，艺术市场在经历了大繁荣之后慢慢冷却。结婚生子的压力，长期固定动作作画带来的身体上的不适，这些都让张建军不得不停下来重新审视自我，找寻属于自己的艺术。

There was a shift that delighted Zhang Jianjun when poor students sell paintings to improve their lives. He thought he would always enjoy the wealth of "art" like other friends in the market, a comfortable life after all. However, when things go too far, it went tothe other way. After experiencing the great boom, the art market gradually cools down. The pressure of getting married and having a family, as well as the physical discomfort caused by painting in long-term fixed motion, all caused him having to stop and re-examine himself to find his own art.

张建军喜欢收藏老家具，他注意到明清时期的家具保留到现在依然光鲜华丽。查阅资料了解到，是一种叫“大漆”的东西让它至今依旧鲜活，他渐渐对这种神奇的材料产生近乎痴迷的兴趣。

Collecting old furniture is on Zhang’s ‘like list’, and he has noticed that furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties still gorgeously maintained. Looking through the materials, he learned that it was something called ‘lacquer’ that kept it alive until today, and he gradually developed an almost obsessive interest in this magical material.

大漆不是大家传统意识中的化学漆，是天然涂料。“在质感上有一种特殊的魅力，古今一体，恒久当代。”这是考古学家徐天进先生对大漆艺术的一个精辟见解。

The lacquer he works with is not the chemical lacquer in traditional sense, it is a natural coating. "There is a special charm in the texture, the integration of ancient and modern, eternal contemporary" which is an insight on lacquer from archaeologist Mr. Xu Tianjin.

从古墓里发掘出来的以大漆为载体的各种器物，从器型到色彩，历经千年之久而不减一丝一毫美感，相反，却因历史的陈色而更具独特的魅力。大漆的这些特性激发了张建军的创作灵感，他的大漆创作始于一颗艳丽的鸡冠花——封存它最具生命力的时刻。

The various utensils with large lacquer as the carrier which were excavated from the ancient tomb still beautiful for thousands of years from shapes to colors. Futhermore, they have more unique charm due to the history. These characteristics of the lacquer inspired Zhang Jianjun's creation. He began lacquer with a single cockscomb—the moment when it was sealed up with maximum vitality.

“竹笋在地下蓄能三年，一旦破土一日三尺。三年的时光漫长而黑暗。这中间会有很多中途夭折，无法看到阳光的生命。艺术创作很多时候也是孤独，不被理解的。一路走来，我看到许多有才华的人因为没有做好转化，心态扭曲，被埋没。”张建军对此感触很深，也感谢自己的坚韧，在各种压力下“活”了过来，看到了光。

"Three years underground, bamboo shoots three feet a day as soon as it starts growing. Three years were long and dark. Unable to see the sunlight, there will be many lives dies during the process. Artistic creation is often lonely and not understood by people. Along the way, I have seen talented people buried because they have not made the transition, which have distorted their mindset. " Zhang Jianjun felt deeply about this. He also thanked himself for his perseverance to go through a variety of pressure, ‘liver over’ and see the light.

或许与他的经历有关，张建军的作品很多是难以理解的极致而又犀利的残酷，打破了人们意识形态中的传统美学，更多是在表达死亡后的重生，即死即生，带着一些哲学的色彩。

Perhaps through his experience, many of Zhang's works are extremely hard to understand and sharp cruelty, which break the traditional aesthetics in people's ideology. They are more about expressing the rebirth after death, that is, death or life, in a philosophical sense.

《最远的距离却是面对着面》 

‘Face to Face - The Furthest Distance’

走进张建军在北京市通州区宋庄镇的创作基地，琳琅满目的大漆艺术品摆放其间。作为中国当代首屈一指的大漆艺术家，张建军和大漆似乎有着不解之缘。熬过极度过敏，他的艺术生涯开始和大漆密不可分。

Walking into Zhang Jianjun's creation base in Songzhuang, Tongzhou district, Beijing, we saw a wide variety of lacquer works. As the leading contemporary Chinese lacquer artist, Zhang and lacquer seem to have an indissoluble bond. After suffering from extreme allergies, his art career began to be inseparable from lacquer.

材质需要语言来表达，新语可塑旧材。张建军将自己的思想与大漆材质的特殊性结合，从封存生命，封存时间，封存历史三个哲学角度，创作了《是否还活着？》《人做一半，天做一半》《最远的距离却是面对着面》三个系列作品。每个系列，都是艺术对生命真实意义的呈现与拷问。

Material needs language to express, new language can give a new life to old materials. Combining his own thoughts with the particularity of lacquer material, Zhang created three series of works:,andfrom three philosophical perspectives of sealing life, time and history. Each series is the presentation and interrogation of the true meaning of life by art.

《人做一半，天做一半》 

‘Half by Man, Half by God’

一直以来，漆器都是神秘的，是陌生的，是国人遗忘在角落，是边缘化进而濒危化的文化。大漆作为古老漆器的材质，更是鲜为人知。从古至今，大漆这个特殊材质被艺术家用于创作封存了许多与历史及生命有关的作品。大漆艺术，是值得被发现和铭记的。

Lacquerware has always been mysterious, unfamiliar, forgotten, marginalized and becoming an endangered culture. Lacquer serves the ancient material, it is little-known to the public. Since ancient times, lacquer, a special material, has been used by artists to seal many works related to history and life. Lacquer art is worth to be found and remembered.

《最远的距离却是面对着面》 

‘Face to Face - The Furthest Distance’

 “在别人看来探索死亡后的灵魂可能更多的是恐惧，这只是简单意识的理解，而这些带给我的更多是人为什么活着的思考，死亡，不是失去生命，而是走出了时间，一切刚刚开始。”

"In other people's eyes, soul after exploring the death may be more about fear, which is just a simple understanding of consciousness, and these bring me to think more about why people think death not losing life, but stepping out of time, everything is just a beginning. "

《是否还活着？》

‘Is it still alive?’

我们不得不承认张建军是勇敢而具创造力的艺术家，血淋淋的牛头、翠绿的芭蕉、盛开的向日葵……在生命最绚烂的时刻用漆艺将其封存，反复打磨，细致到细节纹理，精心雕琢。匠心独妙，因技术自由而找到心的自由。“等北京下了第一场雪要开始对马尸体的封存。”张建军还在不断进行新的尝试和探索。

We have to admit that Zhang is a brave and creative artist. A bloody ox head, an emerald basjoo or a sunflower in full bloom which are sealed up at the most beautiful moment of life with lacquer, polishing repeatedly, and carefully carved with detailed texture. Craftsmanship alone is wonderful and then can find the freedom of heart because of technological freedom. "When the first snow falls in Beijing, I will begin to seal up the bodies of horses." Said Zhang, still making new attempts and explorations.

《人做一半，天做一半》 

‘Half by Man, Half by God’

最近他热衷于用旧宣纸封存空气，鹅蛋形装置——粘贴蛋壳再用大漆涂鸦，标记日期和当天的PM数值。紧紧抓住这一刻生活给的灵感，也借此提醒自己守住对环保的责任。张建军坦言这也将是他未来一段时间长期做下去的项目，时间、空间凝聚在艺术气息浓厚的装置里，真的很美妙。

Recently he has been keen to seal the air with xuan paper, an egg-shaped device that pasted on the shell and daubed it with paint to mark the date and PM numerical of the day. Capturing the inspiration life gives at this moment, also use this to remind of himself to hold to the responsibility of environmental protection thereby. Zhang admitted that this would be his long-term project in the future. Time and space are condensed in the installation with strong artistic atmosphere, which is really wonderful.

张建军的作品凝聚着他对当下社会现象的思考，档案系列是他记录社会现实的作品，一沓沓关于社会历史的时政报纸用艺术化手法被封存。对错是非都交给时间，我们要做的就是尊重。

Zhang's works embody his reflection on current social phenomena. Archive series are his works which are made to record social reality, and a great number of political newspapers about social history are sealed up with artistic techniques. Rights and wrongs are up to time. All we need to do is respect.

《人做一半，天做一半》 

‘Half by Man, Half by God’

他觉得艺术没必要高高在上，接地气的艺术才更真挚。他的创作基地有很多由旧鞋子、陈年报纸、废弃的宣纸创作的作品，这样贴近每个普通你我他的艺术透着烟火气，让更多人产生共鸣。既然找到了大漆这个美妙的“语言”，他就要尽情的表达。

He felt that art did not have to be high above the masses. There are many works created by old shoes, old newspapers and discarded xuan papers in his creation base. In this way, his art is close to every ordinary person, which is full of ordinary senses and resonates with more people. Now that he has found the wonderful "language" of lacquer, he will express it to he wishes.

对于张建军而言，艺术是命中注定的事业。他认为艺术无关生死，即使生命消失，艺术依然存在。或许这恰恰是艺术的魅力之一，可以超越时间、空间延续下去。而自己和许多艺术家一样，只是艺术延续路上的一个执行者，也为自己能找到生命种最重要的事业深感幸运。

For Zhang, art is his destiny. He believes that art is not about life and death, even if life disappears, art still exists. Perhaps this is just one of the charms of art, which can transcend time and space continue. Like many artists, he is just an executor of the continuation of art, and he feels lucky that he can find the most important career of life.

金钱、欲望、享受，我们的生活中充斥着各种诱惑。成长的太快，难免浮夸，忘记自己的初衷。“要不断的吸收，建立自身的文化。人一旦空虚，就容易随波逐流。”张建军时常自省，不断吸收，希望守住心中的侨福芳草地，能够用真心对待艺术以及身边的朋友。

Money, desire, enjoyment, our life are full of all kinds of temptations. Growing too fast, inevitably grandiose, forgetting their original intention. "Constantly absorb and build your own culture. When one is empty, one is apt to drift with the tide. " Zhang often introspections, constantly absorbs, hopes to keep the Parkview Green FangCaoDi as he remembers, treating art and friends through heart.

提及艺术品最终的归宿，张建军认为艺术最终的使命应该是回归大众。虽然只有匆匆一面之缘，侨福芳草地这样一座公共艺术品的集合空间却给他留下了深刻印象。“作为一座商业建筑，侨福芳草地还具备浓重而多元的艺术氛围，利用具象空间浓缩不同风格的艺术家作品，创造了一个启迪灵感的创意环境，充分体现了它的包容性。没有刻意的布置和渲染，艺术作品就安静的出现在不经意的角落。”他觉得侨福芳草地是艺术品回归公共空间很好的案例，是独特的，创意的存在。

Referring to the ultimate destination of artworks, Zhang believes that the ultimate mission of art should be to return to the public. Although it was only a brief encounter, he was impressed by Parkview Green FangCaoDi - a public collection of art works. "As a commercial building, Parkview Green FangCaoDi also has a strong and diverse artistic atmosphere. It uses concrete space to concentrate the works of artists of different styles and creates an inspiring creative environment, which fully reflects its inclusiveness. Without deliberate arrangement and rendering, art works appear quietly in casual corners. " He thinks Parkview Green FangCaoDi is a good example of art returning to public space. It is unique and creative.

侨福芳草地是一个绿色、环保、艺术的商业综合体，在2017年获得了亚太地区首个LEED® Dynamic Plaque™动态奖牌。长达236米亚洲最长的室内步行空吊桥对角穿过中庭广场，让来到这里的人们自由徜徉。不止着眼于商业，侨福芳草地更想传递美好的生活方式。那些谈笑风生，闲庭信步的来客看似已成为匆匆路人。但他们在这里度过的欢乐时光却已渗入侨福芳草地的骨血，就像大漆封存生命，关于你和侨福芳草地的记忆永远鲜活。

Parkview Green FangCaoDi is a landmark that fuses green living, environmental protection, art and was awarded the LEED® Dynamic Plaque™ by the US Green Building Council in 2017. Asia's longest indoor walking suspension bridge, 236 meters long, crosses the atrium square diagonally, allowing visitors to roam freely. More than just focusing on business, Parkview Green FangCaoDi wants to deliver a better lifestyle. People who talk and laugh, strolling around the court seems to have become passers-by in a hurry. However, the happy time they spent here has penetrated into the place, just like the lacquer seals life, and the memories of you and  Parkview Green FangCaoDi will always stays fresh.

张建军书房陈设

北漂14年，张建军坦言对于北京而言自己或许只是一个匆匆过客。无论身处何处，都要是知道自己是谁，在生活的重重迷雾中找到真实的自己。“打破时间、空间、感官的心物相合，一切从枯中来，因寂而醒且孤从中来，禅意催生空灵生命，绚烂的诠释归于无界。”关于生命张建军有着自己的理解。

Drifted to Beijing for 14 years, Zhang admitted that he may be just a traveler in Beijing. No matter where you are, if you know who you are, find your true self in the fog of life. "To break the unity of time, space, mind and senses. Everything comes from the dead, waking up from the silence and being alone. Zen gives birth to the ethereal life. " Zhang has his own understanding of life.

 “我未来十年的梦想是拥有一个自己的艺术园林，组建一个属于我自己的团队。我的团队成员大部分是残疾人，我想把他们培养成优秀的工匠。让艺术安慰命运的伤，帮助他们找到自己的价值……”提到未来，张建军的脸上带着平和又期待的笑容。尽管十一月的北京格外冷，此刻他的书房里，却充斥着一种别样的温暖，关乎一个美好的愿望。

"My dream for the comingten years is to own an art garden of my own and form my own team. Most of my team members are disabled and I want to train them into excellent craftsmen. Let art comfort the wounds of fate and help them find their own value... "Speaking of the future, Zhang has a calm and expectant smile on his face. Although the weather of Beijing is particularly cold in November, his room is filled with a different kind of warmth, full with great wishes.