
作者:李荣南,艺术家、策展人,观看系统理论(Vision Systems Theory)提出者。其创作与理论实践聚焦人类视觉结构与认知装置,通过绘画、跨媒介艺术与策展实验,探索观看如何被构造以及视觉体验如何塑造认知。
Li Rongnan, artist and curator, founder of Vision Systems Theory. His artistic and theoretical practice focuses on human visual structures and cognitive devices, exploring how seeing is constructed and how visual experience shapes cognition through painting, cross-media works, and curatorial experiments.
观看系统理论(Vision Systems Theory),由李荣南提出,2026年。
Vision Systems Theory
proposed by Li Rongnan, 2026
公理一
观看不是自然能力,而是一种被构造的结构。
人类的视觉经验并非直接来自世界,而是在技术、文化与制度的共同作用下形成。
所谓观看系统,正是这一组织观看的历史结构。
公理二
每一个时代都有自己的观看系统。
透视法、摄影、电影、屏幕与算法视觉不断改变人类理解图像的方式。
因此,艺术史不仅是图像风格的变化史,更是观看系统的变迁史。
公理三
图像不仅被观看,图像也塑造观看。
图像并不是被动对象。
图像的结构、媒介与传播方式会反过来改变人类的视觉习惯与认知模式。
公理四
当图像生产进入无限状态,艺术的问题从创作转向观看。
在人工智能与算法生成图像的时代,图像生产能力已经远远超过人类的视觉需求。
艺术的核心问题因此不再只是创造图像,而是理解和重构观看方式。
公理五
艺术的任务是揭示观看系统。
艺术不仅创造图像,也可以暴露、扰动并重新组织观看结构。在这一意义上,艺术成为一种关于视觉认知的实验
Five Axioms of Vision Systems Theory
Axiom I
Vision is not a natural faculty, but a constructed structure.
Human visual experience does not arise directly from the world; it is formed through the interaction of technology, culture, and institutional frameworks.
What we call a “vision system” is precisely this historically organized structure of seeing.
Axiom II
Every historical epoch possesses its own vision system.
Perspective, photography, cinema, screens, and algorithmic vision have continuously transformed the way humans understand images.
Thus, art history is not merely a history of stylistic change, but a history of transformations in vision systems.
Axiom III
Images are not only seen; they also shape seeing.
An image is not a passive object.
Its structure, medium, and modes of circulation actively reshape human visual habits and cognitive patterns.
Axiom IV
When image production enters a state of infinity, the problem of art shifts from creation to vision.
In the age of artificial intelligence and algorithmic image generation, the capacity to produce images far exceeds human visual demand.
The central question of art is therefore no longer simply how to create images, but how to understand and reconstruct the conditions of seeing.
Axiom V
The task of art is to reveal the vision system.
Art not only produces images, but can also expose, disrupt, and reorganize the structures of seeing.
In this sense, art becomes an experimental practice of visual cognition.

李荣南(李南)
Li Rongnan (Li Nan)
艺术家、策展人
Artist, curator
1983年生于中国山东
Born in 1983 in Shandong, China
毕业山东大学(威海)艺术学院油画专业学士学位
Graduated from Shandong University (Weihai) Art College, Bachelor of Arts in Oil Painting
生活工作在北京、日本、上海 从事油画、水墨创作
Living and working in Beijing, Japan, Shanghai engaged in oil painting and ink creation
观看系统理论(Vision Systems Theory)提出者。其创作与理论实践聚焦人类视觉结构与认知装置,通过绘画、跨媒介艺术与策展实验,探索观看如何被构造以及视觉体验如何塑造认知。
Founder of Vision Systems Theory. His artistic and theoretical practice focuses on human visual structures and cognitive devices, exploring how seeing is constructed and how visual experience shapes cognition through painting, cross-media works, and curatorial experiments.
展览经历
Exhibition experience
个展:
individual exhibition:
2026年《烈焰虚空一一观看无法完成》李荣南巴黎大皇宫巡展 巴黎法国独立艺术沙龙展2026 Blazing Void — Viewing Cannot Be CompletedLi Rongnan Touring Exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris Presented at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Paris, France
2024年 《烈焰虚空》李荣南作品巡展 东京 单向街书店
2024 “scorching Sun” Li Rongnan works Tour Exhibition Tokyo one-way Street Bookstore
2024年 《万物生辉》李荣南作品展 华亭馆 北京
2024 “All Things Shine” Li Rongnan Works Exhibition Huating Pavilion Beijing
2024年 《曜日之光》李荣南作品展 —第五十五届巴基斯坦驻华大使馆学院国际文化日 北京巴基斯坦驻华大使馆学院
2024 “Light of the Sun” Li Rongnan’s Works Exhibition – The International Cultural Day of the 55th Pakistani Embassy College in China Beijing Pakistan Embassy College of China
2024年 《焱燚》李荣南作品展 法国卢浮宫 SFZY Gallery
2024 “Yan Yi” Li Rongnan Works Exhibition Louvre, France SFZY Gallery
2024年 《烈焰虚空》李荣南作品巡展 上海M50明空间
2024 “Flame Void” Li Rongnan’s Works Touring Exhibition Shanghai M50 Ming Space
2023年 《释放》李荣南作品展 北京 摩卡艺术中心
2023 “Release” Li Rongnan Works Exhibition Beijing Mocha Art Center
2023年 高淳国际慢城山花艺术节x李荣南作品展 南京
2023 Gaochun International Slow City Mountain Flower Art Festival x Li Rongnan Exhibition, Nanjing
2019年 《洞变》李南作品展 北京798艺术区先声画廊
2019 “Cave Transformation” Li Nan’s Art Exhibition, Beijing 798 Art District, Xiansheng Gallery
2016年 《言归于好》李南作品展 北京798艺术区中方角画廊
2016 “Reconciliation” Li Nan Oil Painting Exhibition, Zhongfangjiao Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing
2015年 《从消解概念出发》李荣南作品展 北京 大河湾美术馆
2015 “Starting from Dissolving Concepts” Li Rongnan’s Works Exhibition, Dahewan Art Museum, Beijing
联展:
joint exhibition:
2026年 法国巴黎大皇宫 |“2026 ART CAPITAL 法国独立艺术沙龙展”2026 Grand Palace in Paris, France | “2026 ART CAPITAL French Independent Art Salon”
2025年 ART021上海廿一当代艺术博览会 上海
2025年 ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair Shanghai
2025年 日韩联合国际艺术博览会“Studyx PLAS : Asia Art Fair” 日本大阪府立国际会议场
2025 Japan-Korea Joint International Art Fair “Studyx PLAS: Asia Art Fair” Osaka Prefectural Conference Center, Japan
2025年 第 12 届香港Affordable Art Fair当代艺术博览会 香港会议展览中心
2025 12th Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair Contemporary Art Fair Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2025年 法国巴黎大皇宫 |“2025 ART CAPITAL 法国独立艺术沙龙展”
2025 Grand Palace in Paris, France | “2025 ART CAPITAL French Independent Art Salon”
2024年 中国张家界首届新国潮艺术大展 湖南 岩语间美术馆
The first New National Tide Art Exhibition in Zhangjiajie, China in 2024 Hunan Yanyu gallery
2024年 大家都是朋友嘛Friends Everywhere首届BFM艺术马拉松 BFM艺术中心 苏州
2024 Friends Everywhere First BFM Art Marathon BFM Art Center Suzhou
2024年 ART021上海廿一当代艺术博览会 上海
2024 ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair Shanghai
2024年 艺术上海当代国际艺术博览会 上海
2024 Art Shanghai Contemporary International Art Fair Shanghai
2024年 法国巴黎卢浮宫当代艺术博览会 法国
2024 Louvre Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France
策展经历:
Curatorial experience:
2026年《WHEN SEEING IS NO LONGER ENOUGH》《当观看已不再足够》法国独立艺术沙龙展 法国巴黎大皇宫
2026 “WHEN SEEING IS NO LONGER ENOUGH” French Independent Art Salon Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2025年 日韩联合国际艺术博览会“Studyx PLAS : Asia Art Fair” 日本大阪府立国际会议场
2025 Japan-Korea Joint International Art Fair “Studyx PLAS: Asia Art Fair” Osaka Prefectural Conference Center, Japan
2025年 策划SFZY Gallery参展第12届香港Affordable Art Fair当代艺术博览会 香港会议展览中心
2025 12th Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair Contemporary Art Fair Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
2025年 策划SFZY Gallery参展法国巴黎大皇宫 |“2025 ART CAPITAL 法国独立艺术沙龙展”
In 2025, SFZY Gallery will participate in the Grand Palais in Paris, France | “2025 ART CAPITAL French Independent Art Salon Exhibition”
2024年 策划SFZY Gallery参展艺术上海当代国际艺术博览会 上海
2024 Plan SFZY Gallery to participate in the Art Shanghai Contemporary International Art Fair Shanghai
2024年 策划SFZY Gallery参展法国巴黎卢浮宫当代艺术博览会 法国
2024 Plan SFZY Gallery to participate in the Louvre Contemporary Art Fair in Paris, France
2024年 《曜日之光》当代艺术展——第五十五届巴基斯坦驻华大使馆学院国际文化日 北京巴基斯坦驻华大使馆学院
2024 “Light of the Sun” Contemporary art exhibition – 55th Pakistan Embassy Academy in China International Cultural Day, Beijing, Pakistan Embassy Academy in China
2024年 《万花筒》康珂绘画作品展 上海m50明空间
2024 “Kaleidoscope” Kang Ke painting exhibition, Shanghai m50 Ming Space
2024年 《宁静与野蛮》陈玉娟作品展 上海m50明空间
2024 “serenity and barbarism” Chen Yujuan works Exhibition Shanghai M50 Ming Space
2024年 《繁絮》TaylorChyn(陈鸣瑀)当代艺术画展 上海M50明空间
2024 TaylorChyn (Chen Mingyi) Contemporary Art Exhibition Shanghai M50 Ming Space
2024年 寒竹油画展上海M50 明空间
2024 Hanzhu Oil painting Exhibition Shanghai M50 Ming Space
2023年 “大重启”当代艺术展 北京
2023 “Great restart” Contemporary Art Exhibition Beijing
2022年 ETARTNO.1中国当代艺术数字藏品展 广东
2022 ETARTNO.1 Chinese Contemporary Art Digital Collection Exhibition Guangdong
2022年 元奇点当代艺术大展 北京
2022 Yuan Singularity Contemporary Art Exhibition Beijing
2021年 释潮艺术国际邀请展 上海 POLIS SPACE艺术空间
Shanghai POLIS SPACE Art Space of 2021 International Invitational Exhibition of Shichao Art
2021年 遇见犄角当代艺术国际邀请展 山西太原太有文化艺术空间
Meet Horn International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art in 2021 Taiyuan, Shanxi Province has cultural and artistic space
2021年 上上潮流艺术展 北京上上国际美术馆
2021 Shanghai trend Art Exhibition Beijing Shangshang International gallery
2020年 释放主义宣言国际邀请展(济南)山东时代美术馆
2020 release Declaration International Invitational Exhibition (Jinan) Shandong Times gallery
2020年 “释放生命的真实”释放主义宣言国际邀请展(北京)北京金宝汇共享艺术空间
2020 “the Truth of Life” International Invitational Exhibition of liberalism (Beijing) Beijing Jinbaohui sharing Art Space
2019年 “启程”释放主义女艺术家协会艺术展 北京东空间
2019 “departure” release Doctrine Women artists Association Art Exhibition Beijing East Space
2019年 环保相约•笔墨同行 百位名家环保灯箱文化展 北京
2019 environmental protection agreement pen and ink peer 100 famous environmental protection light box cultural exhibition Beijing
2019年 “驿站前行”当代艺术展 北京东空间
2019 “Post Station” Contemporary Art Exhibition Beijing East Space
2019年 “逢辰”黄皮火车艺术展 北京东空间
2019 “Fengchen” Huangpi Train Art Exhibition Beijing East Space
2019年 「八佰上艺」北京
2019 “Ba Bai Shangyi” Outdoor Light Box nomination Exhibition-release of low carbon, release of Environmental Protection, release of Life in Beijing
2019年 「应时而生」释放主义艺术国际邀请展 北京同泽艺术馆
2019 “born at the right time” release Art International Invitational Exhibition Beijing Tongze Art Museum
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