Text/Feng Haitao
Painting is the hobby of literati and inkers, and it is the obsession of lovers. But in the current era, painting has become a profession and a means of making a living. Therefore, painting is no longer the hobby of literati and inkers, but has become a magic weapon for other literary and artistic circles such as film and television. It is also because of the particularity of the profession of painting that it has attracted people from all walks of life to join, resulting in the phenomenon of the magic dancing in the painting world, and thus making painting a road of no return.
Gao Zhigang landscape painting
Painting is a road of no return, but the more there is no return, the more there is an unusually great temptation. Because as long as you kill from this road of no return, you will become a figure that attracts the attention of the world. This, we don't have to look at the predecessors, we look at the present dynasty. For example, the painters who are now alive, Fan Zeng, Cui Ruzhuo, Zeng Fanzhi, etc., which one is not killed from this road of no return. Who can not admit that they have reached the peak of their lives and become the celebrities we admire. Therefore, knowing that painting is a road of no return, there will be thousands of people who will step in. Turn the river and the sea inside, and pass the kill.
SongZhuang is a place where painters chase their dreams, of course, this is said to be elegant, or for once was. However, now what Song Zhuang paints is actually to gamble on life. They all hope that they can become Fan Zeng. Become Cui Ruzhuo, become Zeng Fanzhi and Fang Lijun. Make a name for yourself and enjoy the admiration of the world. But have you ever thought that the field of painting can carry several such people? This kind of knowing that there is no way back, but also to tip the head to squeeze in. Or is it a pure painter? Isn't this just a gambler who gets away with it! Of course, not all paintings are in the mood of gamblers. There are also paintings that come to pursue art and like. But under the friction of time, these people also gradually changed their taste and were also assimilated into gamblers.
Speaking of Song Zhuang, it was originally the cradle of painters, but it gradually evolved into a hot land for gamblers. If we analyze the reasons for this phenomenon, we have to talk about the current calligraphy and painting market and the calligraphy and painting circle that has become strange. In the painting and calligraphy market, from the beginning to the end, the appearance of the painting is almost the same, that is, there are two kinds and three kinds, and they are all homogeneous things. Therefore, the paintings in the painting and calligraphy market are no longer artistic. In the former calligraphy and painting circle, everyone made a block of either chanting poems or "expressing emotions" or discussing and exchanging their painting experiences with each other. Looking at the present, every day in the calligraphy and painting circle is talking about saying that they are artists, and their works are self-aggrandizing people who have been trained for thousands of years, the key is that the cow has not been blown, and when he turns his head, he will go to a live broadcast room to perform, and when he looks back, he will say that he has walked hundreds of paintings in this live broadcast room and bought hundreds of thousands of dollars. The literary popularity of painting is gone, and the artistry of painting is gone. So will this painting still have collectible value? I hope that you will paint and collect while reflecting. If there are other cognitions or insights, we can explore them together.