Recognize? Not necessarily, this is Zhang Daxia's charm calligraphy", the so-called "charm calligraphy" is on the basis of traditional calligraphy, breaking the appreciation habits and expression of ordinary people's traditional calligraphy, using the characteristics of Chinese characters, dots, strokes and lines, based on the Chinese oracle bone bell ding, true grass li seal zigzag, through the shape change of the character form, the formation of a quite Zen calligraphy form.
Zhang Daxia's original name was Zhang Wei, number: Daxia, word: Yunlai, also number: Mr. Baizi, tang number: good forgetfulness. He is currently working for the Supreme People's Court and is a senior photographer at the Chinese Court Museum.
Zhang Daxia liked to dance stone and make ink since he was a child, and in his youth, he was fortunate to be taught by Mr. Xu Zhiqian, a calligraphy and seal engraver in Beijing, and he gained calligraphy and seal carving. In addition to calligraphy and seal engraving, he is also good at portraits and documentary folklore photography.
Zhang Daxia's creation of a new calligraphy style, "Charm Calligraphy", does require great courage, is an innovation, and is also the embodiment of his comprehensive calligraphy strength. Because, it is not easy to start a family.
Zhang Daxia has been studying books for nearly 30 years, the truth, grass, li, seal all the way to the decent practice, the fun of which only he knows, perhaps on the rice paper of the creation of the will, a new calligraphy handwriting jumped on the paper, the novelty of the line seduced the hero again and again to reproduce it, deduce it, enrich it, until the development of today's "charm calligraphy".
The font structure of the charm calligraphy draws on the pictographic construction methods of oracle bones and gold scripts; the pen method draws on the unique characteristics of the large and small seals, giving the font hieroglyphs the formal beauty and the rhythm of the pen when moving the pen, forming a dignified and informal font structure, the writing is smooth and not scattered; the novelty is pregnant with a deep retro meaning!
There may be viewers who feel that this is not calligraphy, but appreciating calligraphy is also a process of benevolence and wisdom! Whether calligraphy is good or bad has a great relationship with the mood and appreciation of the viewer.
Zhang Daxia's "charm" calligraphy, as a new thing, is undoubtedly subject to praise or criticism, a new form of calligraphy. It is also one of the results of many young calligraphers in the process of traditional calligraphy innovation.
Of course, it can also be said that the ancient and elegant calligraphy art of Han culture still has strong vitality in the change of years, in today's digitalization, informatization and networking, and the majority of calligraphy enthusiasts use it to lyrically express their aspirations.
Zhang Wei's "Charming Calligraphy" work "Ri Geng"
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