在全球化时代,作为世界当代艺术标志性场合的威尼斯双年展无论如何也不可能是毫无意义的。相反,恰恰是这一极其重要的平台,必须好好利用,使之成为中国艺术“屹立于世界民族之林”的绝佳舞台,这也是很多人如此重视威尼斯双年展以及中国馆的合理逻辑。说到威尼斯双年展的国家馆,首先要厘清一个逻辑:它到底是奥运会还是前沿阵地,抑或是世博会、大秀场?侯瀚如在访谈中对于国家馆讲得很明白:对于美国、德国等当代 In the era of globalization, the Venice Biennale, as a landmark of world contemporary art, can not be meaningless anyway. On the contrary, it is precisely this extremely important platform that must be properly utilized to make it an excellent stage for Chinese art to stand in the world of nations. This is why many people attach so much importance to the Venice Biennale and the China Pavilion logic. Speaking of the Venice Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, we must first clarify a logic: it is the Olympic Games or the frontier position, or the Expo, a big show? Hou Hanru interviewed for the pavilion made it very clear: For the United States, Germany and other contemporary