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Is Cui Hanbai's "Lanting Award" award wrong?
■ Liao Guangrong
The review of Cui Hanbai's work at the 7th Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Gold Award has been going on for a long time. I am a calligraphy enthusiast, and I have read a lot of articles commenting on Cui Hanbai's award-winning works on the WeChat public account of "Calligraphy Newspaper", and I do not raise the bar for what relevant critics say is reasonable. What am I trying to say? As a calligraphy author, Mr. Cui is seriously creating and actively submitting articles according to the requirements of the 7th Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Award Call for Papers? No.
At this moment, I am reminded of a local dialect: "Nai bu huo li (gè) flea pounding recommended." "A fleas are fleas, and a flea is a straw mat." People sleep on grass mats and are bitten by fleas, and you can't do anything with fleas, but you take the grass mats out of breath.
Calligraphers may wish to think that it is the judges who hold the power of life and death in the hands of calligraphy judges. The judges' evaluation has its authority, rationality and fairness, which is an important factor to ensure the authority and gold content of the "Lanting Award".
Cui Hanbai The 7th Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Gold Award
Book of Xin Jiaxuan (Partial)
First, the authority of the judges
The judges should be authoritative. The judges themselves should be able to bear the four words of "virtue and art double xin", and their knowledge, scholarship, book art, and virtue should all be models in the industry, but some judges are in important positions, but they do not want to make progress, neither read books, nor post, are lonely and unheard, shallow in knowledge, and have a low style. I know a calligraphy author whose works have been exhibited in two national exhibitions, one of which was the first National Youth Calligraphy Exhibition. His two national exhibitions are copied parts of ancient posters, and it is not known whether such works are plagiarism or copying. Even such works have been included in the national exhibition, which makes people have to question the sense of responsibility and insight of the judges of the national exhibition.
Excerpts from the Treatise on the Pro-Thesis (Partial)
Second, the rationality of the review
Let professional people do professional things. Now the classification of exhibitions at all levels is being refined, the classification and evaluation, and the rationality is being enhanced, which is a good thing. But the judges also have to reasonably group them according to the style of the book he is good at, and evaluate the style of the book he is best at. "There is a specialization in the art industry" and "interlaced like a mountain" This is an ancient adage for thousands of years, Zhang Xu may not be proficient in Xiao Kai (of course, there are rumors that he wrote the book "Langguan Stone Pillar Record"), and Dongpo may not be able to write Wei Steles. However, even with the classification of evaluation, if the mechanism is not sound, unscientific, and the evaluation is unreasonable, the truly excellent works will be missed.
Book of Ancient Poems (Partial)
3. The impartiality of the judges
Entering the national exhibition through calligraphy works and joining the China Book Association is like entering the university through the college entrance examination, which is a formal way for many grassroots talents to be discovered, and then they have the opportunity to communicate and learn with a higher level and a wider range of calligraphers. But there is also no shortage of people who are eager for success and quick profits, selling fame and reputation, speculating on drilling camps, and taking advantage of the opportunity to fish for gold, linking calligraphy exhibitions with interests, and the judges run classes to receive apprentices, so those calligraphy training camps, crash courses, master classes, and national exhibition sprint classes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the fish and dragons are mixed. If the judge participates in such a short training class run by an interest group, can you still expect him to be able to make a bowl of water when participating in the national exhibition review, make a fair judgment, and ensure the clear flow of the calligraphy world?
Cui Hanbai's 7th Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Gold Award exposed problems such as single calligraphy line shape and lack of literary connotation have been picked up by some critics and netizens, which is understandable. It can also promote Cui Hanbai to work harder in the future to practice the internal and external skills of characters, so that his creation will become more rigorous. Some people may say that Cui Hanbai's 3 works were awarded the 7th Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Gold Award, but can this be blamed on Mr. Cui?