Shanghai Teacher Spends Out Salaries of 32 Years on Collecting (2025)

shén me yàng de méi jiè de zuò pǐn dōu huì shōu cáng

什么样媒介作品收藏

My collection covers a variety of media

dàn qián tí shì rèn wèi hǎo wán

前提认为好玩

As long as I think it’s interesting

yǒu duō jiàn ba

150多件

There’re over 150 in total

fàng zài jiā fàng zài tài tài gōng sī

放在放在太太公司

They’re arranged in my home and my wife’s company

shén zhì huà láng mǎi de zuò pǐn tài zhǐ néng fàng zài tā men de cāng kù

甚至画廊作品只能放在他们仓库

There’re even big ones that can only be stored in the gallery’s warehouse

zǒng jué dé quē le yī miàn dà qiáng

觉得一面大墙

I always feel I should have a large wall

jiào shī yǒng

My name is Shi Yong

cóng shì yì shù dà gài yǐ jīng yǒu nián le ba

从事艺术大概已经30

I’ve been engaging in art for around 30 years

zhù zài kào jìn sū zhōu hé duì miàn jiù shì chuàng yì yuán

靠近苏州河对面就是m50创意

I live next to the Suzhou River at the opposite of M50 creative park

dōu shì bái qiáng shén zhì dōu shì bái de

150白墙甚至

The house covers an area of 150m2, and all the walls and the floors, are white

guà yī xiē zuò pǐn dà dà xiǎo xiǎo yǒu diǎn jié zòu

一些作品大大小小有点节奏

I arrange the works on walls with a certain rhythm

yī gè shōu cáng zhǔ yào shì yuán yú zhōu biān de yì shù jiā péng yǒu men

一个收藏主要源于周边艺术家朋友

The majority of my collection are from my artist friends

wǒ men yī qǐ gòng tóng chéng zhǎng de

我们一起共同成长

We grow up together

dīng zhèn zhāng ēn shēn fán

Ding Yi, Xu Zhen, Zhang Enli, Shen Fan

yī jiàn zuò pǐn hù huàn

一件作品互换

We swap work with each other

huò zhě shēng rì le sòng yī jiàn zuò pǐn tài róng yì le

或者生日一件作品容易

Or give a work as birthday gift. It’s so easy

hái yǒu yī bù fēn de shōu cáng shì yǐ qián xī fāng yì shù shǐ

还有一部分收藏以前西方艺术史

A part of my collection are the works of the masters who had a great impact on me

duì yǐng xiǎng hěn dà de dà shī

影响很大master大师

When I studied western art

xiǎng jǐn bàn fǎ ná dào yī zhāng hěn xiǎo de zuò pǐn

想尽办法拿到一张很小作品

I tried everything to obtain a small piece

dì sān lèi jiù shì nián qīng de yì shù jiā

第三类就是年轻艺术家

The third category consists of works by young artists

yīn wèi chū le dà míng de yì shù jiā mǎi bù qǐ

因为大名艺术家买不起

Because I can’t afford the works of the big names

fēng guó de zuò pǐn chōu xiàng yī diǎn

作品一点

The piece by Qu Guofeng is abstract

zhèng hǎo kě yǐ kòng zhì zhěng gè kè tīng qū yù de qì chǎng

正好可以控制整个客厅区域气场

It can control the atmosphere of the whole living room

rì běn jù tǐ pài de dì èr dài de dài biǎo rén wù sōng pàn

日本具体第二代代表人物

Takesada Matsutani, the representative artist among the second-generation members of Japanese Gutai group

hú zi de liǎng jiàn zuò pǐn

胡子两件作品

Two works by Hu Zi

zǎo qī de dì yī jiàn yóu huà jiào

早期第一件油画edie

Her first oil painting named Edie

rán hòu shì huà de

然后davidbowie

And her portrait of David Bowies

qí tā de xiàng yǒu liào guó

其他

Other artists include Liao Guohe

gāo hóng wěi de

Gao Hongwei

zhào yáng de

Zhao Yang

chǐ cùn hěn xiǎo de

尺寸很小

Works in a small size

dōu shì yīn wèi xǐ huān tóng shí yǒu néng lì shōu cáng

是因为喜欢同时能力收藏

I like them and I can afford them

zhè gè jī běn shàng dōu shì míng zì yī diǎn de

这个基本上名字一点

Works in this part are created by renowned artists

zhè dōu shì sòng de

All of them are given to me

měi guó de liù shí nián dài de jiǎn gài niàn yì shù jiā

美国六十年代概念艺术家

This one is by the minimalism and conceptual American artist in the 1960s

de

sollewitt

Sol LeWitt

niǔ yuē guò lái de dàn shì méi yǒu wài huì

纽约过来但是没有外汇

I went to New York for it, only to find out I had no foreign currency

jié guǒ láo lún sī xiāng gé nà huà láng lǎo bǎn jiù gěi huì guò qù le

结果劳伦斯格纳画廊老板过去

Lorenz sent the money to me and refused my repayment

bù ràng hái qián sòng gěi

不让送给

He gave it to me

wa tiān

I was like ‘oh my god’

chī fàn de yī biān jiù fàng le rì běn pài de jiān zhì xióng

吃饭一边日本

In the dining room, I arrange a work by Kishio Suga, the representative figure of Japanese Mono-ha

bā shí nián dài yī gè zōng hé cái liào de zuò pǐn

八十年代一个综合材料作品

A mixed-material work in the 1980s

hóng yán sè de chén yīng zhè gè shì zuì xiǎo de

红颜色这个最小

The red piece by Chen Ying is the smallest one

mǎi de zuì dà de gāo zhǎng de

最大1.63.6

Another one I bought is as high as 1.6m and as long as 3.6m

fàng zài méi dǐng huà láng le shí zài huí lái

放在没顶画廊实在回来

I place it in Madein Gallery because I really have no space for it

chú fáng nà biān yǒu yī gè shì hěn yǒu yì sī jiù shì yǒu yī jiàn wáng xīng wěi de zuò pǐn

厨房那边一个有意思就是一件作品

An interesting piece in the kitchen is a work by Wang Xingwei

dǎ pái shū gěi le jiù jiàn zuò pǐn huí lái

打牌输给作品回来

He lost to me when we played cards, so I took back that piece

yòng jiǎn tiē de fāng shì yǒu diǎn xiàng yǐ qián xiě nì míng xìn

剪贴方式有点像以前匿名信

It’s a collage like an anonymous letter

guò dào lǜ sè de nà gè zhǐ shàng zuò pǐn shì jiān zhì xióng de

绿色那个作品

The green one in the passage is also by Kishio Suga

tè bié xǐ huān wěi tuō yī gè péng yǒu cóng pāi mài chǎng pāi huí lái

特别喜欢委托一个朋友拍卖场回来

I really liked it and asked one friend to buy it for me in the auction

dào zài cǎo dì shàng chuān zhù qún zi de nà gè nǚ hái

草地上穿著裙子那个女孩

The girl who lay down on the grass in dress

shì rì běn de nà gè qíng sè dà shī huāng jīng wéi de

日本那个情色大师

That is a picture by Nobuyoshi Araki, the Japanese master of erotic imagery

mǎi le jǐ jiàn qí tā de zuò pǐn dāng rán bù tài hǎo guà

几件其他作品当然不太好

I also bought several of his other pictures which are not suitable for hanging here

wò shì yǒu yī gè dīng zǎo qī de zuò pǐn

卧室一个早期作品

I have an early work of Ding Yi in my bedroom

shì cóng zǎo qī yòng chǐ huà de rán hòu yòu zhuǎn xiàng yòng shǒu huì

是从早期然后转向手绘

He painted with a ruler in the early times and later he turned to hand-painting

zhuǎn zhé qī hěn zhòng yào de yī jiàn zuò pǐn

转折期重要一件作品

It’s an important work in his transition period

yáng dōng gěi de yī gè shè yǐng fàng zài de chuáng biān tǐng hǎo

一个摄影放在床边

A photo by Yang Fudong is arranged beside my bed

hái yǒu yī zǔ niǎo tóu de shè yǐng

还有一组鸟头摄影

And a group of pictures by Birdhead

yǒu yī zhāng pāi shì wǒ men lǎo bǎn de bǐ jiào nián qīng de shí hòu

一张我们老板比较年轻时候

One of them shows our boss in his young age

xiǎo péng yǒu ā yí zhù de dì fāng guà le yī zhāng ōu yáng chūn de yóu huà

小朋友阿姨地方一张欧阳油画

I also hang an oil painting by Ouyang Chun in the room where my child and the nanny live

liǎng gè xiǎo jiā huǒ zài hù xiāng duì zhì jué dé tǐng pèi

两个小家伙互相对峙觉得

The two little guys are fighting with each other

tài tài wò shì jiù shì shēn fán de chí qún de zuò pǐn

太太卧室就是作品

In my wife’s bedroom, there’re works by Shen Fan and Chi Qun

jiǔ shí nián dài hái cóng yǒu yī wèi yì shù jiā nà lǐ

九十年代一位艺术家那里

In the late 1990s, I visited an artist

tè bié zǒu dào jiā lǐ xiàn jīn fàng dào zhuō zi shàng

特别家里现金放到桌子

I went to his home and put the cash on his desk

shuō hěn xǐ huān de huà gěi mǎi xià

喜欢买下

Saying ‘I like your painting very much. I want to buy it’

yòng le yī gè duō yuè de gōng zī chà bù duō kuài rén mín bì

一个多月工资差不多4500人民币

I spent around 4,500 RMB, over a month’s salary

dàn zhēn zhèng yǒu yì shí shōu cáng yīng gāi shì zài nián

真正有意识收藏应该2013

But I really started collecting consciously in 2013

shuāng fēi xiǎo zǔ yǐ qián zhèn yī qǐ dài guò tā men bì yè chuàng zuò

双飞小组以前一起他们毕业创作

The Shuangfei Group, I instructed them in their graduation portfolio with Xu Zhen

yáng jùn lǐng lín dào shàng hǎi lái

杨俊上海

Yang Junling and Lin Ke went to Shanghai

gāo tiě shàng nà gè de zhǐ dài quán bù shōu jí qǐ lái

高铁那个纸袋全部收集起来

They collected some garbage paper bags on the high-speed train

zhǔn bèi yī biān huà yī biān zài wēi xìn shàng pāi mài

准备一边一边拍卖

They painted on them and started an auction on WeChat

jué dé tè bié yǒu jì niàn yì yì quán bù mǎi xià lái

觉得特别纪念意义全部买下来

I thought they were really meaningful, and I bought them all

zhè gè kāi shǐ tū rán jué dé shàng yǐn le

这个开始突然觉得上瘾

Since then, I suddenly realized that I began to have an addiction

bì jìng gōng zī de bù shì yī gè yǒu hěn duō qián de cáng jiā

毕竟工资不是一个很多藏家

After all I’m not rich. I earn salary.

rú guǒ de zuò pǐn yǒu xiāo shòu le kě néng jiù zuò bù zhù le

如果作品销售可能坐不住

If the work I like is being sold, I will get excited

jiù yào kàn kàn yǒu méi yǒu zuò pǐn kě yǐ mǎi

就要看看有没有作品可以

I will see if I can buy it

mǎi le zhī hòu jīng jì shàng huā hǎo jiǔ cái néng huǎn guò lái

之后经济好久才能过来

After purchase, it usually takes me a long time to bring myself again

dàn shì yǒu shí hòu jué dé

但是有时候觉得

But sometimes

zhè dōu shì yì shù shǐ de yī bù fēn shōu cáng le

艺术史一部分收藏

I think it’s a part of the art history and I have to collect it

hěn duō nián qīng yì shù jiā bù shì yīn wèi tā men qióng mǎi yī jiàn zuò pǐn

很多年轻艺术家不是因为他们一件作品

As for young artists, I don’t buy their works because they’re poor

ài cái ma zuò pǐn hěn hǎo hěn yǒu yì sī

作品有意思

I admire talented people and interesting works

rú guǒ yǒu jī huì jiù jiè shào yīng gāi mǎi de zuò pǐn

如果机会介绍应该作品

If I get a chance, I will introduce their works to people

dì yī cì kàn jiàn de zuò pǐn de shí hòu

第一次看见作品时候

The first time I saw your works

xiǎng qǐ yì dà lì de chāo qián wèi de yī gè yì shù jiā

想起意大利前卫一个艺术家clemente

They reminded me of Clemente, a contemporary artist from Italy

nǐ men dāng zhōng yǒu yī zhǒng qì zhì hěn jiē jìn

你们当中一种气质接近

You were similar to each other in a way

hòu lái shì yī zhí xiǎng yīng gāi yǒu yī gè shén me hé zuò

后来一直应该clemente一个什么合作

Then I always thought you should cooperate with him

duì hái shì yǐn jiàn de

还是引荐

Yeah, you introduced me to him

kāi zhǎn lǎn xiě le

展览

He wrote a preface for your exhibition

hěn hǎo zhōng yú chéng wèi wàng nián jiāo le

终于成为忘年交

Nice. You finally become friends

hái jī yú de yī gè diàn huà

基于一个电话

It thanked to your call

yì shí dào shì yī gè bǐ jiào shēn de cáng jiā

意识一个比较藏家

I realize that he is a senior collector

měi jiàn zuò pǐn dōu hěn tè bié

每件作品特别

Each piece of his collection is really special

nà zhǒng chú xíng mó hú dìng xíng zhī qián de zuò pǐn

那种雏形模糊定型之前作品

The rudiments, the vague and unshaped works

rán hòu dōu shōu xià lái le

然后收下来

You collect them all

dāng shí shì zhōu tiě hǎi shuō lái zuò zhè gè shōu cáng zhǎn

当时周铁这个收藏

Zhou Tiehai said ‘you should hold an exhibition of your collection’

mù de qí shí hěn jiǎn dān jiù shì shuō yào zhēn zhèng rú guǒ rè ài yì shù

目的其实简单就是说真正如果热爱艺术

My aim is simple

qí shí méi yǒu hěn duō qián kě yǐ shōu cáng yì shù de

其实没有很多可以收藏艺术

If you really like art, you can collect even though you don’t have much money

zuò pǐn hěn duō suī rán xiǎo

作品很多虽然

I’ve collected so many works although they’re small in size

jiā lǐ fàng bù xià me kěn dìng dì yī gè xiǎng dào tài tài

家里放不下肯定第一个想到太太

My home is not big enough to contain them. So I think of my wife in the first place

tā men gōng sī dōu zhàn lǐng zhù

他们公司占领

I’ve occupied her company

jiǔ shí nián dài gǎo dāng dài yì shù de rén duō yīn wèi tài kǔ le

九十年代当代艺术因为太苦

There were a few people doing contemporary art in the 1990s because it was too hard

méi yǒu měi shù guǎn lái yāo qǐng nǐ men cān jiā zhǎn lǎn

没有美术馆邀请你们参加展览

And no gallery invited us for exhibitions

yǐ qián de gōng zuò shì jiù shì shuì jué de dì fāng

以前工作室就是睡觉地方

We used to sleep in the studio

shàng hǎi de yì shù jiā dào běi jīng dōu shì lǜ pí huǒ chē

上海艺术家北京绿皮火车

Shanghai artists went to Beijing by the old green trains

dàn shì méi wèn tí jiù shì hěn xīng fèn

但是问题就是兴奋

But we were excited

wǒ men zài yī qǐ jiù shì tán yì shù

我们一起就是艺术

We gathered together to discuss art

zhǐ yào xiāng gé nà huà láng yǒu huó dòng wǒ men dōu huì jù jí dào nà lǐ

只要格纳画廊活动我们聚集那里

We gathered in the ShanghART Gallery as long as there were activities

chuàng zuò de huà yào yán zhù de xiàn suǒ de gài niàn

创作的话沿线索概念

When I’m creating, I have clues and conceptions to follow

bù duàn jì xù zhuī wèn de

不断继续追问

I keep asking

chù yú yī zhǒng fēi cháng jǐn zhāng de zhuàng tài

处于一种非常紧张状态

And I would be really nervous

dàn shōu cáng yī yàng

收藏一样

But collecting is different

kàn dào hěn duō sī lù hěn yī yàng de lìng wài yī gè shì jiè de dōng xī

看到很多思路一样另外一个世界东西

You see lots of different things from another world

zhè jiù xiàng lǚ xíng shēn xīn shàng de yī zhǒng diào hé

旅行身心一种调和

It’s like a tour to balance your body and mind

yǐ qián nián qīng de shí hòu dōu shì tōng xiāo dá dàn de

以前年轻时候通宵达旦

I stayed up a lot when I was young

yī gè xīng qī sān tiān tōng xiāo tài zhèng cháng le

一个星期三通宵正常

It was normal for me to stay up all night for 3 days a week

xiàn zài dào wǎn shàng liù diǎn zhī hòu jué bù gōng zuò dǎ sǐ gōng zuò

现在晚上六点之后决不工作打死工作

Now I never work after 6:00pm. In no case.

tīng tīng yīn lè kàn kàn shū yǒu shí hòu hē jiǔ

听听音乐看看书有时候喝酒

I listen to music, read and drink

měi yī gè shōu cáng jiù shì yī gè gù shì

一个收藏就是一个故事

There’s a story behind each piece of work

ruò gàn nián hòu huí guò tóu zài lái kàn

若干年回过来看

When you look back several years later

yì shù jiā de gù shì

艺术家故事

The stories of me and the artists

duì zhè gè zuò pǐn de gǎn shòu

这个作品感受

And my feeling about the works

yǐ qián de yī zhǒng huí yì zài lǐ miàn zhè dōu shì hěn yǒu jià zhí de

以前一种回忆里面价值

I have memories about them and they’re really valuable

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