第六集：莫宝 “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”丨Episode 6: Mo Bao
“Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”
Episode 6: Mo Bao
艺术家生态图录 第六集：
莫宝 —— 不当摇滚歌手的
水墨画家不是好的艺术家
（Time/时长：03' 21''）
Albert Camus once said that, no artist could live without reality. Art can question reality, but art cannot escape from reality. Compared with most mature artworks, the living
conditions and life stories behind the art production seem to be more intriguing. Taking from the first-person perspective, CAFA ART INFO is now presenting you with our latest micro video program, “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”. With a focus on individual artists’ life stories, we will take you on a tour to explore how an artist actually works and lives in real-life situations. This series will be filmed at a part of the artists’ studios in some art districts at Beijing. Each artist’s unique character will be revealed to our audience in a more realistic and tangible way.
阿尔贝·加缪曾说，没有一个艺术家离得开真实。艺术可以怀疑真实，却不能逃避真实。相对于成熟的作品来说，隐匿在艺术家背后的现实境遇与生活方式或许更为神秘引人。中央美术学院艺讯网英文版微视频栏目《艺术家生态图录》以记者第一视角切入，从艺术家个人的生活微话题出发，在趋近平视的视角中窥探其工作环境与生活状态。首先基于中国北京部分集中艺术区的艺术家工作室进行走访，每位艺术家的独特个性在镜头之外徐徐显现。
Mo Bao—A Chinese Ink Artist Cannot be a Great Artist Without Dreaming to Become a Rock Star
莫宝：不当摇滚歌手的
水墨画家不是好的艺术家
莫宝工作照
Mo Bao was born in 1981 in Guangxi province. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree on Traditional Chinese Painting from Guangxi Arts Institute, and a Master’s
degree from China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a focus on the traditional Chinese landscape painting in freehand style. Meanwhile, he also serves as the vocal in his rock band “The Groundless”. In the past ten years, Mo Bao has immersed himself in his own world of art utopia, in a state of half art and half music. He lives between making art in serenity and roaring out in excitement. Mo Bao describes himself more like a person with schizophrenia, who switches freely between these two personalities.
莫宝生于1981年，来自广西。莫宝本科毕业于广西艺术学院国画系，研究生毕业于中央美术学院，主攻写意山水画。同时，他也是“莫须有”摇滚乐队的主唱。在过去的十多年中，莫宝沉醉于自我构建的艺术乌托邦，“一半挥洒笔墨，一半奏响音乐”。时而沉静地作画，时而尽情地咆哮宣泄，莫宝形容自己仿佛是一位精神分裂者，在两种状态之间，来回切换。
莫宝和莫须有乐队2018年演出现场
Mo Bao was interviewed by the Chinese
music magazine “The Popular Music” in 2005
莫宝于2005年接受国内音乐杂志《通俗歌曲》采访
At the beginning, Mo Bao was interested in painting scenes of rock concerts with ink and wash. He has also been interviewed by the Chinese music magazine “The Popular Music”. Mo Bao’s style has always been evolving, and varying with the the changes in his living environment and creation state.
一开始，莫宝用水墨来画摇滚题材，为此他曾接受国内音乐杂志《通俗歌曲》的采访。他的作品风格一直跟随自己内心，随着生活环境和创作状态的变化而变化。
ink and wash, 2018
莫宝，《山水相逢》之一，水墨
ink and wash, 2018
莫宝，《山水相逢》之二，水墨
Mo Bao’s current painting style is more like traditional or even classical. Freehand landscape painting is one of the oldest Chinese forms of painting, which has been popular in the past thousands of years among scholars and artists. Mo Bao attempts to integrate rock music with traditional Chinese ink art. The way he creates is combining two things that seem entirely different. Mo Bao keeps exploring the boundaries in between and how to seamlessly mix the two different medias. A new art media that was born out of the integration of the other two, is what makes Mo Bao’s art unique.
莫宝现今的绘画创作回归到传统甚至是古典。山水画是中国古老的画种，也是文人画家追捧的题材。莫宝在其创作中结合摇滚和水墨，将这两种看似有着天壤之别的方式结合在一起，并十年如一日地探索如何融合两种媒介，或许，这便是令他最具个人特色的地方。
“Floating Clouds and Flowing Water”, 2016
莫宝原创纯音乐专辑《行云流水》的封面和封底
Mo Bao’s mother loves to sing folk songs when she was young. And her husband has great interest in calligraphy. Mo Bao’s parents often visit their son from Guangxi province. Maybe, Mo Bao’s utopian way to pursue art has put some burden on them. Realistically speaking, his parents are hoping that their son could get married soon and have his own family. As for the artists, eventually you will have to make a choice between pursuing art persistently and living a normal and stable life.
在艺术家的工作室我们看到了莫宝的母亲，年轻时候的莫母爱唱山歌，而她的丈夫则是位书法爱好者，这几年，两位老人和儿子住在北京，或许，莫宝这种乌托邦式艺术追求对他们来说是一种压力，两位老人希望儿子能够早日成家立业。对于艺术家来说，执着的艺术追求与现实生活之间总是要有所选择的。
Interior of Mo Bao’s Studio
莫宝工作室内景
莫宝工作室外景
Artist Mo Bao
艺术家莫宝
下期预告
In the next instalment, we will take you to the artist Xu Feng’s studio. Please stay tuned.
下一期我们将带观众走进艺术家许峰的工作室，敬请关注。
Artist Xu Feng
艺术家许峰
Art Walk: Behind the Scenes
《艺术家生态图录》往期回顾
“Art Walk: Behind the Scenes” Episode 1 : Wang Qingsong丨第一集：王庆松
第二集：黄文亚 “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”丨Episode 2 : Huang Wenya
第三集：卜云军 “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”丨Episode 3 : Bu Yunjun
第四集：汪华 “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”丨Episode 4 : Wang Hua
第五集：付小桐 “Art Walk: Behind the Scenes”丨Episode 5 : Fu Xiaotong
Special thanks to the artist Mo Bao
鸣谢 艺术家莫宝
Strategy Planning Director: Zhang Yanzi
总策划：章燕紫
Producer: Zhu Li
监制：朱莉
English Producer: Sue Wang
英文监制：王姝
Copy Writer: Zhang Yizhi
文案策划：张译之
Director / Videographer: Chen Peihua
导演/拍摄：陈佩华
Translator / Dubbing Specialist: Miao Yinan
翻译/配音：缪亦楠
Post Production: Hu Sichen
后期制作：胡思辰
Technical Adviser: Yang Yanyuan
技术指导：杨延远