Chen Hongbiao | wen
Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy solo exhibition, "jianghu body" or touting the grand event, that is just someone else's carnival, is it really related to us?
Those who criticized Liu Xiaoqing for engaging in a calligraphy solo exhibition were too reasonable, so that Zhang Guan, Li Dai, and Li Dai talked about things that were already very clear, but instead they became a pot of porridge, and there was not much nutrition in the soup and soup.
Of course, in addition, there are acid that does not pull, almost acid and teeth, and jealousy. These are negligible. The question is how did what was already clearly stated get mixed up?
1. Can Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy exhibition disrupt the calligraphy market?
First, Liu Xiaoqing is not a wholesaler in the vegetable market, nor has she raised prices, how much can her calligraphy solo exhibition have, how much destructive power can it have, and how much can it disrupt the calligraphy market?
Even Liu Xiaoqing didn't believe that he had such great ability, so why did you believe it for her?
It's not nonsense, but what can it be?
What is the mode of thinking of disrupting the calligraphy market to buckle people's hats? Is it a step backwards to that special era? The old lady took a few eggs, went to the market for some money to buy some salt, and was put on a big hat of speculation to disrupt the market and engage in bourgeois privatization, which could crush people in those days, and now it can only be a joke.
Besides, how much does Liu Xiaoqing sell for a piece of writing, and does it have a half-cent relationship with us? Will it give you a commission, or can it be shared with you?
Yes, Liu Xiaoqing held a solo exhibition, since it is to display works, there will naturally be sales, circle of friends, fan circles, collection circles, and now people, as long as they have a mobile phone in their hands, who can not have a few circles? However, no matter how to trade, it is only a niche market, even if it sells high, it has nothing to do with the calligraphy market, and it has nothing to do with us ordinary people.
The reason is very simple, if it were you, would you spend money to buy Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy? So, she sells calligraphy, sells expensive and sells cheap, what are you in a hurry? Is it related to you?
Second, why can the "jianghu body" calligraphy still have a solo exhibition?
Before talking about this, it is necessary to clarify what a solo exhibition is.
The solo exhibition is just a display of the calligraphy and paintings written by himself, and the people invited to the exhibition are all acquaintances of calligraphers and painters, not relatives and friends, or people in the same way; not people in the circle, or people around. Anyway, she doesn't know you, or has a normal relationship with you, and you won't be invited.
Solo exhibitions will not be like other exhibitions, will be ordered to organize school students, units and the public to watch.
Solo exhibition is that no one organizes you, no one begs you, no one forces you, you pass by, love to see or not. So it doesn't have much to do with us ordinary people.
As for, do you think that people's writing is poor, why can they still exhibit? After you know what a solo exhibition is, you will naturally have a correct understanding of the standards of an exhibition. Isn't it like a kind of elegant collection of ancient literati and scholars, and isn't it a kind of friend gathering of modern people?
This is not the same as when you write an article to submit an article, other magazines also have an editor's check, the editor feels that your article is average, naturally it will not be published for you, even if your article is good, it may not be published. It's the editor who decides.
Unlike participating in calligraphy and painting competitions, people have judges who vote to decide whether your work can be selected and whether you can enter the exhibition after being selected. Of course, there is a lot of cattiness, fairness and justice should not be too extravagant, but at least others have the final say.
When a calligrapher or painter holds a solo exhibition, it is not someone else who has the final say, it is entirely the calligraphers and painters themselves who have the final say, and the standards are in the hands of the calligraphers and painters themselves.
Therefore, there is no direct relationship between running a solo exhibition and the quality of the work, but with the venue, with the funds, and with the curator.
The most important thing is that you feel that people write poorly, that is what you think, and it doesn't matter how you feel. Everyone's aesthetic standards and perspectives are different.
You think that the calligraphy written by Liu Xiaoqing is a jianghu style, that is just the words of your family, and people also say that this is Liu Xiaoqing's style, which is self-contained and unique. People are professionals, and they are famous and famous, and it is not like you fight alone, people are self-contained teams, group action, you say this is touting, this is obviously people's carnival, is blowing to the sky, and we have little to do with it, why do we have to mix? Besides, have you been able to mix people up?
Third, criticize when to turn on the "sitting mode"
Sitting is the most inhuman system of feudal society. Now even criticism likes to use consecutive sittings.
Some critics not only criticized Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy as belonging to the jianghu style, but also criticized the Yidege Art Museum, which provides a venue for Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy exhibition. Saying that holding such a solo exhibition is too cheap, it is to see the money in the eyes, is to smash their own signboard.
Yidege Art Museum is a private art museum facing the market, it is not a public art museum, it has neither financial appropriations nor public resources. Holding an exhibition for Liu Xiaoqing is a market behavior, as long as the works in the exhibition meet the regulations and there is no content that is not allowed by law, it can provide a venue for the exhibitors.
At the same time, stars like Liu Xiaoqing can also bring traffic to the art museum, killing two birds with one stone, why can't they do it. According to critics, exhibitions must be held in a high-grade manner, and the worst must be high-grade. Such an idea is good, but it is too unrealistic.
What art museum doesn't like to be in the grade of its own exhibitions? But high-level calligraphers and painters of the highest grade, not only famous artists, at least figures with heads and faces, will they come to private art galleries to hold exhibitions? The answer to reality is two words: dreaming.
Because they hold exhibitions, they take another channel, that is, public public art galleries, museums and other free public materials. Therefore, it is not right and immoral to be unaware of the current situation of the survival of private art museums and to make random accusations when they come up.
What is even more outrageous is that the netizens who were biased said that because the Yidege Art Museum held Liu Xiaoqing's solo exhibition, they were very disappointed in the Yidege Art Museum and would never buy Yidege ink again in the future. I don't know what logic this is, this Dege ink is not produced by the art museum, where is this and where, this is too far away.
In contrast, the problem of various criticisms of Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy solo exhibition is not Liu Xiaoqing's problem, nor is it the problem of "jianghu body" calligraphy, nor is it the problem of Yidege Art Museum, but our problem, which is also the most fatal problem in today's cyberspace, that is, the lack of tolerance.
Everyone wants to be an alum, and everyone wants to make the muddy water in their eyes clear. Originally this was a good thing, a manifestation of responsibility, but the result was extremely counterproductive, the original muddy water can occasionally see the swimming fish and aquatic grass in the water, now more and more muddy can not see anything, because the surface of the water is full of floating bubbles. It is useless to say more, let alone become alum than anyone who says it, and alum is not standing on the shore, standing on the moral high ground of self-righteousness, and slobbing into the river.
Alum's mind is extremely broad, and he uses the power of tolerance to dissolve impurities in the water and let them settle down steadily.
What do you think of Liu Xiaoqing's calligraphy exhibition, welcome to express your views.
This article is the exclusive original of [Chen Hongbiao's Writing and Painting], written by Chen Hongbiao, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, biographer and critic of calligraphy and painting, who has published 16 personal works, including the long biography "Xu Mangyao's Oil Painting World" and so on. Image from the web.