Liu Yuanxi
In the contemporary Chinese painting art world, the spirit of bitterness and freehand has been long overdue.
There are reasons for the times, but there is also no lack of individual cognitive defects.
Recently, with the appearance of Liu Yuanxi's first compilation of works, "The Collection of Solutions to the Heart", this long-absent meaning seems to have opened its eyes happily. In the real world, life is infinitely stacked, and he creates a gloomy universe on the rich side of the world, giving a nostalgic habitat on the edge of materialism.
Empathy
In the Chinese painting world, the spirit of freehand is like the tip of the pyramid, and it has become a consensus that the high places are invincible. Especially at present, the younger generation is committed to writing and writing small, and there are few people who are committed to writing big. Skills, insights, opponents, etc. are all insurmountable mountains, and they have a stricter growth spectrum due to the high requirements for the comprehensive quality of creators and the subtle control of the relationship between willingness.
Born in Haiyang, Shandong Province in 1989, Liu Yuanxi stayed on to work after graduating from the Chinese Painting Department of the China Academy of Art, and is currently the executive editor of the school history series "Hushan Zhi".
The young Liu Yuanxi has decided to reach the peak in the first step, which is really admirable. The paintings recorded in "Xie Xin Ji" are the crystallization of his sketches and creations completed after work in 2018, divided into two major chapters: "Grass and Trees To Solve the Heart" and "Mountains and Rivers to Transform the Heart", with flowers, birds, landscapes as different, or into series, or independently composed, and nearly 100 masterpieces sprinkled with foreign flowers show the recent thoughts and thoughts of a young Chinese painting artist from different dimensions, from which we can glimpse the creator's deep affection for the millennium context, as well as the brush and ink style of quite self-appearance. For example, the six frames of the "Ink Bamboo Book" sketch the heart, the vaguely shaped bamboo leaves flying freely, the thick and light are dependent, or the storm, or the gentleman is in harmony, all vivid and interesting; the dog's tail grass in "Wei Wei Arrogant" is swaying and whimsical, Chuchu pitiful; the twenty-four frames of the "Mountain and River Heart Book" are all wonderful, whether it is full of mountains and rivers or a scene of small corners, all of which are full of fun and everywhere is gratifying. It is worth noting that its use of ink is quite comfortable, and the rich association with form has a long-standing thought.
Ink bamboo 30.5cm×30.5cm Ink on paper, November 2021
Ink bamboo book (six frames of six) 31cm×45cm Ink on paper, November 2021
Of course, the distance between ideal and reality still exists. For example, in the place where pen and ink are retracted and the form and spirit are combined, it is not yet calm, but compared with the length of years immersed in the art of painting, it is already a rare performance.
Without him, it is too difficult to just write freehand. In the thousands of years of history of Chinese painting since its founding, how many artists have come and gone to forge this unique oriental taste. However, at present, social development is too rapid, the humanistic spirit is increasingly weakened, and the choices of young people are sometimes a mirror that reflects the problems of the times. Liu Yuanxi, who can be counted as the post-90s, is willing to choose capitalization as the guide of the art god, how can he not be grateful?
Nanshan Xiexin Album (one of the 24 frames) 38cm×28cm Ink on paper, May 2019
Nanshan Heart Book (24-11) 38cm×28cm Ink on Paper, May 2019
I like his enthusiasm and respect his purity, and if I had not had a pure heart, how could I have been so sincerely with the mountains and rivers, night and night, and grass and trees? If this is not the case, how can his pen see this vivid ancient meaning and mellow literary tone?
All effects have causes. Liu Yuanxi was born with the coolness and straightforwardness of Shandong Haojie, and there is no lack of introverted delicacy of Jiangnan Scholars, stubbornness and Minrui grow out of each other, and the most important thing is his own persistence. With so many favorable times and places, Fang has this business-rich "Solution to the Heart".
Hearts
Compared with the acclaimed flower and bird paintings, I prefer his landscape sketches. The size is not large, but it is interesting. There are both ancient meanings and rivers and lakes. More crucially, there is a clearer and clearer "Liu Yuanxi".
Seeing yourself clearly is everyone's lifelong lesson.
Ordinary alleys, ordinary people's homes. Those hills and ravines, the grass and trees on the side of the road, washed away the dust under the candlelight of his main spirit, and became a simple and subtle, empty and exquisite artistic conception in the painting frame. Those few dead trees and a cut of wildflowers all exude a super-plucked atmosphere of life. He integrates his emotional experience with nature, painting not the landscape in front of him, but the weather between sizes. Also because of a certain degree of freedom from the shackles of modeling, he was further liberated, escaping, using ink and water to be more relaxed, and the occasional interest was more valued.
Album of Mountains and Rivers (24-4) 39cm×24cm Ink on paper, June 2021
Album of Mountains and Rivers (24-11) 39cm×24cm Ink on Paper, June 2021
Capitalization is a kind of vertical and horizontal observation and comprehensive cosmology. It is both spiritual and corresponds to matter, not illusory. In his works, there is a personal understanding of how art and history are mixed into human perception.
"Yuan Xi does not seem to belong to the present, and his ink-breaking landscape is full of rich ancient meaning, which is not the common out-of-control, decorative splashing, dyeing and ticking sense of ink today, but the reckless and desolate mental image." This kind of ink breaking method does not have the fierceness of Zhang Xuan and Xia Gui's style, but it has more of a Huang Binhong style of mud and warmth. "Kong Lingwei praised.
"What yuan xi implants in his works is an attitude to life and a fantasy of objective objects, rather than pleasing the eyes and pleasing the heart." Han Lu believes that he is not only talented, but also a great talent, "He uses the pen and ink of great wisdom and foolishness to reflect on his heart, look at the mountain ropeway, pick flowers and wake up, this kind of immersion and persistence, there is no need to seek aesthetic beauty, but seeking true feelings is the transmission of true disposition." This kind of temperament is not something that all literati painters can do, and this kind of endowment is not something that pedantic literati inkers can have, it is encounterable and unattainable, only seen in Xu Wenchang, Zhu Yun, etc., rarely seen in later generations. ”
Han Bi commented: "The principle of Hue in the ancient world of Siqian, and the realm of Chinese pen and ink to the spirit, Yuan Xi knows and cultivates it, indicating that the understanding is too human." ...... Yuan Xi deeply liked Qingteng, Bada, Binwong, and Shou ren, all of whom were first-class figures who could recruit the teachers of the top; for example, his understanding of pen and ink was not only a matter of skill, thinking that anger was caused by anger, but also deserved by mental strength, which showed his serious self-consciousness. ”
Album of Mountains and Rivers (24 frames of 14) 39cm×24cm Ink on paper, June 2021
Screen Nine Fold 100cm×49cm Ink on Paper, July 2021
Liu Yuanxi was born in a scholarly background, and his grandfather's words and deeds taught him to have a pure artistic heart early on, keep his heart and hold the Tao after studying and working, face the world relatively indifferently, and seriously take the China Academy of Art as the base point to excavate, study and present the deeds of his artistic predecessors, etc. This patience and composure are very rare among his peers. In addition, it can also contain the mood, generate artistic creation in various intervals, unite hands and hands, envy and multiply.
In fact, in addition to painting, Liu Yuanxi has been devoting himself to writing all year round and has compiled a lot of works, including "The Great Dictionary of the Road of The Beauty of the United States, The General Volume, The First Volume", "the Great Ceremony of the Road of the Beauty of the United States, the Painting of Heaven and Earth, and the Continuation of Learning", "What is the Thing about Chinese Painting" (by Lü Fengzi), "The Calendar of the National Beauty (2021 AD)", "The Collection of Character Paintings of Lü Fengzi" and so on. Perhaps, it is this kind of "communication" with his predecessors and the nourishment from the text that makes his next stroke naturally have some rare literary tone, and it is also a fortunate thing that the literature and theory are promoted.
Lone Lan Shengyou 35cm×42cm Ink on Paper, May 2021
Writing a miniature book of ancient paintings (four of the four frames) 39cm×24cm Ink on paper, June 2021
Hangzhou, the mountains and rivers are clear, and the creation of nature constitutes a kind of spiritual wonder outside the heavens and the earth. In the development history of more than 90 years, the China Academy of Art has always overlapped two clear academic veins, one is the idea of "blending East and West" represented by the first president Lin Fengmian, and the other is the idea of "traditional innovation" represented by Pan Tianshou.
The influence of this water and soil and this academy on Liu Yuanxi was enormous. In the "Afterword" of the book, he said: "Over the years, The vision of Teacher Gao Shiming for the future direction of Chinese art education and Chinese painting creation has subtly influenced me. I once asked the beloved teacher Xu Jiang with a sample of the album, and Teacher Xu commented on them one by one and gladly signed and inscribed the inscription, encouraging me to learn the meaning of the five. ”
"The Collection of Solutions to the Heart" by Liu Yuanxi, Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House
Artists are the most perceptive breath suckers, and the shadow of the times is hidden in their works.
Carrying on the ambitions of qingqing and practicing far-reaching. Therefore, he also found his own spiritual world on the shore of the lake and mountain.
"For me, it's a summary and the beginning of a big journey." Liu Yuanxi said. (Author: Zou Ping)
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Xu Jiang
November 2021 book
Wide untie clothes, often untie, put pen to relieve people
Listen with an open mind, learn to condense the mind, and practice the spirit of the heart
Fan Xiaowen
Walkers do not dwell
Catalogue of The Solutions