Zhao Yanjun's trio
Text/Wang Weilin
Shangyu Chapter-1-Zhang Xiaobiao "Cao'e Temple"
102cm×70cm 2019年
Zhao Yanjun is a well-known artist in the contemporary book world, and naturally has become an important calligrapher who cannot avoid the development of contemporary calligraphy.
In Zhejiang, in the Yangtze River Delta, in the national book world, Zhao Yanjun is a favored lucky person, his fame is undoubtedly first of all grateful for the era, the reform and opening up in the 1980s gave birth to the revival of calligraphy, gave birth to the calligraphers association, gave birth to the exhibition hall culture, but also emerged a group of excellent young and middle-aged calligraphers such as Zhao Yanjun. I remember that in the early years, some media launched the top ten scribes of the 1960s, and there was no name of Zhao Yanjun. So in the next angry about this, he wrote a pen with the intention of introducing the most representative and influential writer in his mind in the 1960s, but in the end, due to inertia, the article was put aside, and then after a long time, he had no intention of comparing the truth.
Shaoxing chapter -1 - Cui Guofu's "Su Fahua Temple" sentence
234cm×53cm×2 2020年
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To be an excellent association manager
Xinchang Chapter-1-Zhang Bi "Female Crown"
363cm×80cm 2020年
Year after year, the scene is renewed. From time to time, colorful brand activities have allowed the book circles around the world to see Zhao Yanjun's style and feel his boldness and wisdom. There is no doubt that in the 21st century, Zhejiang has become another leading goose in the book world after Henan in the 1980s and 1990s, which set off the tide of ink and sea. In a sense, the Qiantang tide set off by Zhejiang calligraphy in Zhu Guantian, Bao Xianlun and Zhao Yanjun for several consecutive presidencies has a more sustainable development impact, and the foundation of this sustainable development comes from the historical accumulation, cultural self-confidence, open concept and inclusive feelings of Zhejiang calligraphy from ancient times to the present. And this impact is both vibrant and calm. Therefore, it also gives Zhejiang calligraphy more rational color, publicizes individuality without going to extremes, encourages innovation and diversity, promotes creation to pay more attention to rooted education and inheritance, strengthens academic leadership, and the "four-fold" (emphasis on learning, character, foundation, and personality) of the Zhejiang Book Association leads zhejiang calligraphy to develop steadily in inheriting classics and opening up a new realm. Thus, we see a lively and wise Zhejiang calligraphy leader Zhao Yanjun.
Zhejiang East Chapter-1- Bai Juyi's "Answer to Weizhi on the Table" sentence
158cm×85cm 2019年
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As an award-winning bookmaker
Shengzhou Chapter-3-Liu Yanshi "Right Army Ink Pond"
246cm×124cm 2020年
In fact, people first knew Zhao Yanjun and accepted Zhao Yanjun in the book world because of the National Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Works and the National Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Works of Young and Middle-Aged People. As early as the Fourth National Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Works in 1988, the China Book Association implemented the award for the first time, and Zhao Yanjun of Shanyin stood out in the fierce competition of tens of thousands of people and won the bronze award. In the following years, he won the first prize in the fourth, fifth and sixth national exhibition of calligraphy and seal engraving works for young and middle-aged people, which can be described as the first place and unlimited scenery. It should be known that the national exhibition of young and middle-aged calligraphy and seal engraving works has always been to encourage bold exploration and promote individual creation, and the award-winning calligraphers who have launched have solid traditional skills and a strong sense of exploration, and have unique achievements and insights in the pursuit of the spirit of the times and personality. And to be able to win the laurel like Zhao Yanjun for 3 consecutive years, and always maintain the peak state in the whole 6 years of time, it is really precious and enviable! Zhao Yanjun's brilliance shows that his ability to go deep into the classics and take root in tradition is recognized, and at the same time, it also shows his strong sense of exploration and efforts to pay attention to the book world.
Xiao Shan chapter -2 - Fang Gan's "Send Wang Lin to the lift" sentence
233cm×53cm×2 2019年
To truly get to know a bookmaker, you must fade the aura of winning awards and see his true face. In fact, in Zhao Yanjun's eyes, there is something more important than winning the award, that is, the independent personality and feelings of the artist. There is no doubt that Zhao Yanjun is an "award-winning professional household" who stands out in the contemporary "calligraphy fever", which shows that the development of contemporary calligraphy plays a positive role in discovering and introducing calligraphy talents, and the rapid development of contemporary calligraphy has also spawned the culture of the exhibition hall. Under this calligraphy ecology, many calligraphers, especially the vast number of young and middle-aged people, are keen to submit articles to participate in the exhibition, one-sidedly pursue the exhibition hall effect, and ignore to fundamentally enhance the inherent comprehensive cultivation, so that the exhibition body that emphasizes form, technique and remake is noisy for a while. Zhao Yanjun's wisdom is reflected in his frequent awards and even sought after by the book world while always maintaining calm thinking, firmly or even obstinately following his own path, and striving to form a self-style. Although for a long time after winning the award, Zhao Yanjun was not as enthusiastic about holding exhibitions everywhere as most booksellers, and used various media to publicize and package himself, but chose to dive, choose to think, and choose to accumulate thick and thin. This immersion is more than 20 years, and more than 20 years of accumulation and thinking have finally made people see his gorgeous transformation into an artist with unique personality and thinking.
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As a writer with an independent personality and thinking
Shengzhou Chapter-1- Liu Yuxi's "Sending Cao Xuan back to Yuezhong Old Hidden Poems"
137cm×70cm 2020年
Whether it is "Traces of Landscape and Water" in 2019 or "Traces of Poetry And Roads" in 2021, it can be called the mental journey of Zhao Yanjun as a writer with independent thinking. A collection of two thick volumes of calligraphy, between the lines of the words condensed his contemplation of the contemporary "calligraphy fever" for 40 years, what to write? How to write? How to create the calligrapher's own proud works and representative works belonging to the contemporary book world? Zhao Yanjun used the great passion of volcanic eruptions, with the deep accumulation of more than 20 years of immersion, with the 12 chapters of "Landscape and Water Traces" and 8 chapters of "Traces of Wild Geese on The Poetry Road" that ordinary people could hardly imagine, a total of 715 works before and after truly and strongly expressed a feeling: inheriting classics, lyrical era, transcending oneself, and opening up new realms. This is his outstanding contribution to contemporary calligraphy, which is epitomized in the following two points:
Zhejiang East Chapter-3- Kyaukran "Send Sun Shi Yu Yu Yue" sentence
122cm×38cm×2 2019年
First, to respond to the call of the times. Zhejiang's landscapes, rivers, history and culture nourished Zhao Yanjun, and his calligraphy, his career, and his life were all full of spirituality. And Zhao Yanjun, who is full of spirituality, is more considerive of return, and he uses poetic passion and landscape-like feelings to sing the praises of a mountain, a river, a grass and a tree in his hometown, and the beauty of Zhejiang's landscape and humanities, thus giving the art of calligraphy a fresh vitality. In his world of calligraphy, whether it is cursive calligraphy that travels for thousands of miles and gallops across the world, or it is a graceful and delicate calligraphy, or a line of calligraphy with large beads and small pearls falling on a jade plate, Zhao Yanjun's calligraphy has been endowed with a soul because it has sustenance and rhythm. The geese are sonorous and powerful, and the geese are down-to-earth. It enlightens people that the new development of calligraphy is far more than just the change of form and the contrivance of technique. "Traces of Landscape and Water" and "Traces of Poetry" are a successful road of traditional calligraphy to contemporary times, which responds to the propositions of the times where calligraphy creation comes from and where it goes.
Shengzhou Chapter-2- Qi Bai "Sending Lonely Virgins", Liu Changqing's "Gift to The Micro Master" 98cm×50cm 2020
Second, respond to the call of history. In contemporary times, the production of calligraphy masterpieces is not an empty phrase. In history, all accomplished calligraphers have created classic masterpieces, from the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" to the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" to the "Huangzhou Cold Food Post"... Abound. Aspiring calligraphers of all generations have pursued their own masterpieces or proud works. In the seemingly prosperous development pattern of contemporary calligraphy, it is common for people with the same appearance and style of calligraphy, and even the phenomenon of a thousand faces appearing in the same exhibition and even in different exhibitions. The reasons for this phenomenon are naturally multifaceted, but the fundamental reason is that the utilitarianism of the writer is at work. Because pandering to the judges and catering to the award-winning works usually receives miraculous results in the judging, many bookmakers and enthusiasts with considerable foundation and talent have become followers of the exhibition body. On the surface, such works are very complete in skill, the form is also very eye-catching, and even can win the favor of the judges for a while, but in the depths, the most fatal thing about such works is that they do not have a unique aesthetic, a unique personality, and independent thoughts, so they lack strong vitality after all. On the contrary, Zhao Yanjun took a different creative path. He said: "When art is contemporary, its purpose is to not only seek artists to find out the unique peaks and maintain their own independent pursuits; but also to require artists to conform to the natural sounds of the times and seek commonality in the race of thousands of horses." This kind of creative ecology that is compatible with personality and commonality is the road to artistic creation. From "Traces of Landscape and Water" to "Traces of Wild Geese on Poetry Road", Zhao Yanjun is committed to exploring the humanistic passage of contemporary calligraphy. Here, calligraphy creation is not only limited to pen and ink skills, but also to the formal level. Artists pay more attention to the interconnection of history and contemporary, the interconnection of classics and personalities, the interconnection of literary poetry and the lovers of books, and the interconnection of artists' personal emotions with the natural and social history of heaven and earth. There is a saying: "The cold waves are still quiet behind the sea, and the road passes through the forest." "Reading Zhao Yanjun's calligraphy, in his ups and downs, we see a writer full of confidence and wisdom! And to truly understand Zhao Yanjun, we can't help but pay attention to his trio.
Producer: Yang Chao, Zhu Zhongyuan
Editor: Zhao Yang