一个没有市场份额的艺术家算不算成功的艺术家?回答是否定的。放眼当今世界艺坛,凡在当代艺术中具有影响力的艺术家,背后几乎无一例外的有一份著名拍卖行的价格表。这是所谓“后现代”与“现代”的不同。“现代艺术”可以把贫穷当作艺术的营养剂,“后现代艺术”则不行,它必须与市场为伴。在“后现代”的社会中,没有市场的艺术家也许根本算不上艺术家。这话听起来刺耳,却是一个不争的事实。我们看到的当代文化英雄,每人都盘踞着一块市场,如安迪·沃霍等。中国当代画家中,史国良是一深谙此道的人。几年前,史国良从国外回来的第一件事,就在琢磨中国艺术市场的特 An artist who has no market share is a successful artist? The answer is no. Looking at the art world of today, artists who have an influence in contemporary art, almost without exception, have a price list of famous auction houses. This is the difference between so-called “post-modern” and “modern.” “Modern art” can treat poverty as an art nutrient, “postmodern art” does not work, and it must be accompanied by the market. In a “postmodern” society, artists without a market may not be artists at all. It sounds an unpleasant fact. We see the contemporary cultural heroes, each occupying a market, such as Andy Warhol and so on. Among Chinese contemporary painters, Shi Guoliang is a man who understands this. A few years ago, Shi Guoliang came back from abroad, the first thing, pondering the special Chinese art market