Chinese painting has a long history and rich accumulation, and has formed visual images with unique artistic characteristics and cultural connotations in terms of expressive themes, chapters, styles, and pen and ink interests, among which landscape paintings show a distinct cultural spirit. In the new era of artistic language, how to inherit and carry forward the tradition and draw benefits from it, and how the rich traditional culture can continue to expand in the new environment, has become a new challenge facing the current creators. Throughout the history of Chinese art, artists in different periods and different regions have different experiences and perceptions of form and god, but what they all have in common is the true expression of the heart and the artistic expression of emotions. For the contemporary painting world, how to make "pen and ink with the times" how to inject fresh vitality into traditional forms, how to face the new topics created by Chinese painting, etc., is a historical responsibility and mission. Excellent works should express the creator's thoughts and emotions and subjective imagery through pen and ink color, Mr. Wei Sidong, as a contemporary painter, positions his own creation in walking into nature, culture and tradition, and his works embody the special charm of traditional aesthetics and the spirit of the times in the overall poetic beauty and fresh rhyme.
Works by Wei Sidong
In Wei Sidong's landscape paintings, the snow-capped mountains and peaks are naturally meandering, showing the majesty of the atmosphere everywhere. The overall picture effect, color selection and artistic conception complement each other, light and dark color matching is appropriate, the technique is natural and skillful to construct the three-dimensional sense of space in landscape painting, this three-dimensional sense of space will not appear too abrupt, but has a strong visual effect. Through the selection of the right color of the picture, expressing self-emotion, setting off the charm of the artistic conception in the painting, organically integrating the spirit of the times, regional characteristics and emotional expression, and forming an artistic language that has both traditional spirit and modern consciousness. From his works, we see not only the aesthetic beauty, majesty and majesty of the picture, but also the tranquility and elegance of the natural world, and read not only Mr. Wei Sidong's deep love for nature, but also the beauty, eternity, charm and harmony that are always revealed; the beauty and infinite vitality of nature are vividly expressed, which makes people have a long aftertaste.
"All things are self-sufficient in contemplation, and the tao is outside the heavens and the earth", the painter should be good at contemplating the mysteries of the landscape, and then become a bamboo in the chest, using lyrical brush and ink to shape the natural mountains and rivers, convey the gods for the landscape, and achieve the artistic realm of the unity of heaven and man. Mr. Wei Sidong advocates nature, exquisite pen and ink, deep shape, and ethereal artistic conception; profound cultural accumulation gives him a unique artistic beauty of landscape painting. Through the picture, you can feel his unique observation of the nature of mountains and rivers, special emotions and profound artistic accumulation, from which you can appreciate the wonderful beauty of the mountains, water shows, cold and warm, and caves in the paintings. Mr. Wei Sidong's use of ink and color are otherworldly and unrestrained, and the traditional pen and ink and natural objects and his own perception are clearly displayed on the paper, both randomly writing scenes, but also creating intentions with scenery, natural and not deliberately carving, and the works created are not only powerful and magnificent, but also refreshing and simple, and the realm is lofty.
Mr. Wei Sidong's landscape paintings are rooted in traditional Chinese culture, paying attention to traditional brush and ink and attaching importance to cultural accomplishment. Do not stick to the ancient, do not conform to the old, dare to break through the traditional painting pattern. While inheriting and carrying forward traditional painting, it integrates Chinese and Western painting languages, through full and smooth pen and ink rendering, contrasting cold and warm tones, and sketching lines of dot painting, which not only shows the elegant meaning of landscape and water, but also expresses the "Zen meaning" with Chinese cultural characteristics in its works. Under the interplay of delicate water and ink colors, it is ethereal and ethereal, zen and long, sometimes vast, sometimes quiet. In the careful appreciation, they all reveal the indifference and tranquility of Zen, but also lose the inherent tension and wonderful rhythm of nature, and this unique artistic style is the expression and pursuit of life, so that the cultural connotation and the interpretation of the characteristics of the times can be re-brought into the aesthetics of the contemporary context, and explore their resonance in contemporary art and new perspectives. With his extraordinary artistic courage, Mr. Wei Sidong created the soul of his landscape paintings and the profound, broad and majestic, solemn and beautiful landscape meaning. With a distinct spirit of the times and humanistic atmosphere, it has given new qualities and artistic conceptions to the traditional pen and ink language. Here, we bring together his masterpieces of landscape and new works in recent years, and together we can appreciate his unique poetic rhythm and refreshing artistic atmosphere.
Wei Sidong, pen name Xintian, born in 1969, is a native of Garrong, Fujian. Senior teacher of fine arts at Yucai Primary School in Haicang District, Xiamen City, national first-class artist, the first batch of primary school art teaching teachers in Fujian Province, and the leader of Wei Sidong Famous Teacher Studio of Primary School Art Discipline in Fujian Province.
Awarded the Medal celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The deeds were exhibited and broadcast on official channels such as China Education Television, CCTV's "Treasures in the World", and the Old Story Channel of the Central News Film Studio, "Building a Dream Space". He has also won the European Honor Award for Chinese Contemporary Artists, a famous Chinese artist in China, a world-class Chinese artist, and the first batch of inheritors of Chinese paintings in the country in the centenary of the founding of the Party.
In December 2020, he was awarded the title of Outstanding Chinese Artist on Chinese Culture - Japanese Stamps. Five works, including the fine art work "Kyushu Ruiqi Linji Glacier", were made into Japanese stamps and included in the "Stamp Album commemorating the 42nd Anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan" by the Japan Post Office.
Four works, including the fine art work "Ming Xin Ze Pei Qian Shan Quan", were made into four European stamps such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg, New Zealand, finland and other european countries and were published and issued by Shikoku Post. Published 36 papers on art education. He is the author of "The Construction of Children's Life Art Creation Education" and "Sheng Shi Han Mo Danqing Collection: Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art Works Wei Sidong", which have been collected by the National Library of China and the Academy of Fine Arts Library of Tsinghua University.