The Second China Internet Art Conference was recently held in Shanghai, and many people from the cultural and artistic circles across the country discussed and exchanged views on the prospects of Internet art creation and the Chinese cultural genes in the Internet era. The Paper learned that during the conference, the first "First Fang Jinyi Award" was announced in Shanghai, the well-known artist and art educator Jin Shangyi won the "First Fang Jinyi Award", Luo Zhongzhong, Yu Youhan and Yang Limin were nominated for the award, and Jia Pingwa won the Artistic Contribution Award.
How to "Strengthen Cultural Self-Confidence and Enhance Cultural Soft Power"
The theme of the second China Internet Art Conference is "Strengthening Cultural Self-Confidence and Enhancing Cultural Soft Power", which is in line with the theme of the first conference, and in terms of conference structure, it continues the mode of the main forum + thematic forum of the first conference, and increases the form of the online conference. Jia Pingwa, chairman of the Shaanxi Writers Association and writer, Wang Zhongwei, director of the Counselor's Office of the Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, and other guests made keynote speeches respectively.
Jia Pingwa, chairman of the Shaanxi Writers Association and writer, recalled his unforgettable memories of his youth and his later experiences during his studies at the scene. He said: "Decades have passed, and I have deeply realized that literary calligraphy is actually together, literature, calligraphy and painting are one, it is like a piece of paper pasted on the wall, it cannot be torn off." When it was torn off, it shattered. At the same time, he also believes that in an era of great changes, everything is being restructured, and such an era is also a time to test the creative talents of writers and artists.
The scene of the 2nd China Internet Art Conference
Wang Zhongwei, director of the Counsellor's Office of the Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, said in his speech: "Today Internet technology has brought broad prospects for our artistic creation. In recent years, whether it is video art, painting art, stage performance art, or other new art styles such as e-sports and games, many excellent works have been produced under the superposition and promotion of various technologies such as Internet technology. Wang Zhongwei also said that when we make full use of Internet technology and other means to promote Chinese artistic innovation, we must adhere to the correct orientation of artistic innovation and development, strive to show our excellent Chinese traditions, vigorously carry forward the in-depth life advocated by our party, go deep into reality, embrace the creative concept and style of the times, and reflect more of our great era, reflecting the vigorous and upward life of our hundreds of millions of people and the hard and outstanding labor and creation.
The combination of Internet technology and art can be seen everywhere in the exhibition
Artist Ding Shaoguang combined his own experience abroad over the years to believe that there are many painters in China, but there are very few critics. "We are really short of critics now, especially experts and critics who have a voice and a voice in the world. Some of our more famous painters in China, because of their lack of theoretical support, often classify their works into a certain School of Painting in the West, such as Abstraction, Romanticism, and so on. Ding Shaoguang said.
Works by artist Ding Shaoguang
Zhang Weiwei, a well-known political scholar, writer and professor at Fudan University, after comparing the prevention and control of the epidemic in China and the West, believes that after the liberation of the mind, literary and art workers should be confident and stand up spiritually, "In today's Internet art, the online literature, animation art, etc. promoted by Chinese young people have sprung up and swept the world. These works have a considerable folk color, and even sometimes rough, but are characterized by vigorous vitality. If we look back at the European Renaissance, for example, the Decameron was crude, but it was a great work of intellectual emancipation in that era, and conversely, I think these products we have today may be the same. Zhang Weiwei said.
The scene of the China Ceramics Masters Forum
It is reported that as the highlight of the second China Internet Art Conference, the "China Ceramic Masters Forum" jointly sponsored by the Organizing Committee of the China Internet Art Conference and the Ceramic Art Committee of the China Calligraphers and Painters Association also kicked off during the conference, and more than 40 representatives of national ceramic artists, non-genetic inheritors and academics, art finance circles, and collection appreciation circles from major kilns across the country participated in the grand event. The delegates focused on the self-confidence of Chinese ceramic culture, the responsibility and responsibility of contemporary ceramic masters, ceramic art and finance, excavating the weight and cultural value of ceramic history, ceramic collection and appreciation, ceramic cultural inheritance and creative transformation, ceramic art and health care, ceramic science and education integration, how to tell the story of Chinese ceramics to the world and other themes.
After the forum, more than 30 ceramic masters signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shuijingfang to jointly promote the new development of ceramic art and industry.
In addition, according to the proposal of Wang Jiamu, Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the China Internet Art Conference, the "35 Porcelain Society (Shanghai) Research Institute" was prepared to gather the positive energy of Chinese and foreign society, shape a new benchmark in the Chinese ceramic culture and art community, and create new value of ceramic art.
Jin Shangyi won the Jin Yi Award, and Luo Zhongzhong and Yu Youhan were nominated
It is worth mentioning that during the second China Internet Art Conference, the first "First Fang Jinyi Award" was announced in Shanghai, the artist and art educator Jin Shangyi won the "First Fang Jinyi Award", Luo Zhongzhong, Yu Youhan and Yang Limin won the "First Fang Jinyi Award" nomination award, and Jia Pingwo won the "First Fang Jinyi Award" Artistic Contribution Award.
Jin Shangyi delivered an online speech
According to the organizers, the birth of the "First Fang Jinyi Award" originated from wang Jiamu, secretary general of the China Internet Art Conference, and the relevant person in charge of Shuijingfang in the process of discussing the cooperation of the second China Internet Art Conference, triggered this idea, named "First Fang Jinyi Award", derived from the evaluation of painting art in traditional Chinese culture, with "Yi" representing the highest realm of painting, Jinyi Award takes its meaning and expresses tribute to artists who have achieved higher breakthroughs, achieved outstanding achievements and made outstanding contributions in the field of art aesthetics.
Jin Shangyi, "The Tajik Bride"
Jin Shangyi, who won the "First Fang Jinyi Award", is the former president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the former chairman of the China Artists Association, and the honorary chairman of the China Artists Association, and is an important pioneer of the Chinese school of oil painting in the 20th century. In the 1980s, Jin Shangyi perfectly combined the Western oil painting form with the chinese cultural spirit and created a large number of artistic masterpieces that attracted the world's attention. Jin Shangyi is not only an outstanding artist, but also a highly respected educator. He worked in the field of art creation and teaching for more than 70 years, perfected the department of modeling and art history during his teaching period, and took the lead in expanding and opening up design and architecture majors in the country. Jin Shangyi has made outstanding contributions to the construction of a new system of Chinese art education, and his artistic advocacy and artistic exploration have influenced the growth of Chinese oil painters of an era.