Everyone has an artistic dream in their hearts,
It's never too late to turn it on at any time.
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In the tide of the times, some people follow the tide, some people guard the pursuit, the crowd is noisy, and the spiritual path of a generation of artists is gradually clear. In this issue, Liu Ping, deputy director and senior editor of the Cultural And Information Department of Hebei Daily, shares with you the novel "Artists", allowing us to witness the social picture of the great era with the eyes of art.
Some critics say that the novel "Artists" is a biography of modern and contemporary artists, shouldering the responsibility of shaping the image of typical artists in the new era. Mr. Feng Jicai's identity has made him able to undertake this mission, he is both an excellent writer and a good painter.
Feng Jicai
Mr. Feng Jicai said in the book "Writing in front": "I have always wanted to write this novel with two pens, and my words are not mysterious. These two pens have always been pens, and one is a paintbrush. I want to use the pen to write about the extraordinary pursuits and very different fates of a group of painters; I want to use the brush to write about the perception that only painters have. ”
The novel "Artists" has created three groups of painters, the first of which is the image of a painter led by Chu Yuntian, who keeps up with the times, adheres to artistic ideals, and pursues both virtue and art, and also extends the image of the highest artists who regard art as their lives, such as Yi Zhiran and Gao Tianyu. The second category is a group of people represented by Love, captured by the market, lost in the copper stench of money, buried their artistic lives, and finally ended up committing suicide. The third category is the group represented by Luo Qian, who is forced by secular life to abandon their artistic ideals, become art shop owners, let life kidnap art, and finally leave their hometowns to sell cheap art.
Feng Jicai painting
The work also puts forward the development and changes of domestic art and social environment in the same period, as well as the impact, persistence and innovation they bring to artists: for example, how do artists get lost, scattered and persevere in the face of the tide of the market? How do they persevere and pursue their true artistic dreams? How to keep up with the times to create, innovate, inherit and develop? How to promote Chinese painting to the world... I believe that Only when Chinese art maintains its own characteristics and shows cultural self-confidence in continuous innovation will it gain the recognition and respect of the world!
It is worth reminding that to read this book, you need to reserve a certain basic knowledge of Chinese painting and Western art history, so that it is easier to understand and grasp the unique artistic mood of the novel "Artists" and the beautiful "painting meaning", "color sense" and "picture sense" that constantly appear in the book.
The encounter between each of us and art is an encounter of beauty, a enjoyment of beauty, and the elevation of beauty. At this moment, it is timely to recommend this book to everyone through the "Ji Tu Yue Reading" column!
Planning | Zhang Zhaoyan (Hebei Provincial Library)
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