Backwall Echoes Archive · Tan Xiaozheng
BACKWALL · 艺术访谈 · 2024.07 → 2026.05 · 20 VOICES

— 档案 · 艺术家的日常,慢记录 后墙回声档案 The Backwall Echoes — An Art Dialogue Archive

「后墙」不在北京,不在上海,在成都。我们不追流量,也不做爆款。后墙做的事很慢 — 走进艺术家的工作室,坐下来,聊一聊他们的日常。这些对话不润色、不总结、不喊口号。它们只是一些回声 — 来自那些还在画、还在做、还在认真活着的人。 BACKWALL is not in Beijing, not in Shanghai — it is in Chengdu. We do not chase traffic, nor build viral moments. What we do is slow: we walk into an artist’s studio, sit down, and talk about their everyday. These conversations are not polished, not summarised, not made into slogans. They are simply echoes — from people who are still painting, still making, still living with intention.

这份档案收录了 20 位艺术家的访谈,跨度 2 年。从 2024 年 7 月到 2026 年 5 月。他们是当代中国艺术真正的肌理 — 不在双年展的中心,在工作室的日常里。 This archive gathers 20 artist conversations, spanning two years — from July 2024 to May 2026. They are the actual texture of contemporary Chinese art — not at the centre of biennales, but in the everyday of the studio.

我们做这件事的初衷很简单: 每一个认真做事的人,都值得被认真对待。 — 谭小正 Our motive is simple: every person who takes their work seriously deserves to be taken seriously in return. — Tan Xiaozheng

— ARCHIVE
Twenty Echoes — 20 位艺术家的回声 · 2024.07 → 2026.05
20 VOICES
Mickey
2026.05.21

Mickey · 23 Years Still Painting

米奇 · 二十三年还在画
“Twenty-three years later, she’s still at it.”
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Wei Yan & Zhao Huan
2026.03.30

Wei Yan × Zhao Huan · 85 New Wave

魏言 × 赵欢 · 40 年成都地下艺术史
“Why is our history being erased?”
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He Liping
2026.03.10

He Liping · Sand in Your Heart

何利平 · 心里有沙,哪儿都是马尔代夫
“Art isn’t about showing how clever you are.”
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Meizi
2026.03.10

Meizi · Finding Clarity in Blur

梅子 (游玉梅) · 模糊中的清晰
“Sometimes blur is what makes the important things clearer.”
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Zhao Huan & Martin Rendel
2026.02.14

Zhao Huan × Martin · Boredom in 2055

赵欢 × Martin · 双年展闲谈
“Embrace boredom — that’s when the mind can go for a walk.”
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Kaili Shangguan & Jingli Gou
2026.01.30

Kaili Shangguan × Jingli Gou

上官凯莉 × 苟静莉 · 成为自己之前
“An exhibition is a form of communication training.”
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Shaoyan Yu
2026.01.11

Shaoyan Yu · Cracks of Time

余少龑 · 时间裂缝
“Art is not a final statement, but a long-term process.”
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Tan Xiaozheng · Pink Flipside
2025.12.27

Tan Xiaozheng · Pink Flipside

谭小正 · 粉色背面
“Tan Xiaozheng vanishes into the pink flipside.”
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Jenny
2025.11.25

Jenny · Living at the Edge of Fog

Jenny · 雾的边缘
“A person who lives at the edge of fog.”
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Zhu Xin
2025.11.25

Zhu Xin · Sun on Yulin West Road

祝鑫 · 玉林西路的太阳
“How Zhu Xin turns grief into color.”
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Liu Weiping
2025.11.21

Liu Weiping · Seven Days in Dali

刘伟平 · 大理 7 天驻地
“An artist-in-residence chronicle.”
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Dong Menli
2025.10.08

Dong Menli · Music & Art Salon

东门里 · 音乐与艺术沙龙
“A special event quietly unfolded.”
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Xue Manli
2025.09.26

Xue Manli · 20-Year Journey

薛漫丽 · 20 年真爱与重生
“From state-owned company to a full artist.”
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Xiong Yanze
2025.09.24

Xiong Yanze · Art Returns to Life

熊晏泽 · 艺术回到生活
“When art returns to life, we rediscover ourselves.”
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A-Jin
2025.03.03

A-Jin · Street Artist to IP Creator

阿金 · 街头艺术家到 IP 创作者
“Rather than stability, I want the freedom to breathe.”
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Wan Xianjing
2025.02.22

Wan Xianjing · Wild Grass by the Ditch

万贤婧 · 污水沟边的水墨
“From data analyst to ink artist.”
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Exploration of Art Circle Exhibition
2024.09.26

Backwall · Origin Point

艺术圈探索 · 后墙起点
“Since September 2023, I started exploring.”
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Backwall × PANDADOKI
2024.09.24

Backwall × PANDADOKI

艺术家联名创作
“Artists’ joint creation crossover.”
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Victoria Lu
2024.09.13

Urbart @ Victoria Lu

陆蓉之 · 动漫美学与潮艺术观察
“About Victoria Lu’s aesthetics and pop-art observation.”
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Yutaka Yokoyama
2024.07.31

IP Design @ Yutaka Yokoyama

横山豊 · 日本 IP 设计大师
“Yutaka Yokoyama, Japanese IP Design Master.”
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— Provenance · 资料来源

All 20 conversations published on tanxiaozheng.com/category/news/ under the Backwall series (Jul 2024 – May 2026). This index page is a redesigned entry point — each card links to the full long-read on the original site. Originally gathered from backwall.cn (the legacy Backwall archive) and re-published on the Tan Xiaozheng platform.

Twenty artists across 22 months: Chengdu locals, returnees, late starters, veterans, and student voices. The series “The Backwall Echoes” is curated by Tan Xiaozheng; the interviews recorded by the BACKWALL editorial team in Chengdu. The legacy archive lives at backwall.cn (2023–); all new work and re-publications continue on tanxiaozheng.com.

— BACKWALL · 20 VOICES · 2024.07 → 2026.05 · CHENGDU