Although calligraphy, which is the core of traditional Chinese culture, is increasingly valued by the state, the chaos in the book world is still spreading. The phenomenon of "ugly books" has always been on the cusp of controversy in the book world, from the authorities of the book world to the charlatans, ugly books have been regarded by them as "Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick", and they have even mixed up.
Although the authority and influence of the book association have been greatly reduced, and even the calls for "dissolving the book association" on the Internet have risen and fallen, the status of the book association in the Chinese book world is still difficult to shake in a short period of time. Under the initiative of several axes of previous book associations, the development of ugly books has encountered unprecedented prospects, and Chinese calligraphy has also embarked on a road of no return.
But in the final analysis, it is a group of people who can't write, people who are not good at writing have mixed into calligraphy professors, stole rights, and mastered a certain right to speak in the calligraphy circle, and even influenced a group of calligraphers who took the traditional road to embark on the ugly book road in the name of "innovation", the most fundamental reason for which was the inaction of the book association.
Now the more calligraphy is written, the more the people do not know, is the people's aesthetic consciousness can not keep up? Or is the calligrapher's creation divorced from the masses? According to the cultural requirements of art serving the public, calligraphers make "ugly books" so that the people can't understand, not because there is a problem with the eyes of the common people, but because some calligraphers' "ugly books" exceed the edge of ugliness and beauty, and fall into the disgusting mud of ugliness and stink.
People whose status is in the position of professor, president, dean, chairman, these calligraphers are different from ordinary enthusiasts, they are the 'big winners' of the book industry, can influence the atmosphere, can dominate the wind, if these people write 'ugly books', it will definitely make the book world far back to tradition, ugly wind rampant. In fact, in recent years, the ugly trend in the book world is not the result of the efforts of book lovers, but the reason why professors show ugliness, and ugly books have made the book world messy and dark.
Of course, in the face of ugly books, they stamped a term called "modern calligraphy", which is typical nonsense. Modern calligraphy is different from traditional calligraphy, it should be said that it has brought a new atmosphere to the book world, but it is difficult for literary friends who have been influenced by traditional calligraphy for a long time to accept, but I do spare no effort to explain to my friends, and later I leave my friends in the cloud tour often receive phone calls from friends, more and more problems, I had to suggest that friends seriously read the history of reading calligraphy.
To tell the truth, Chinese calligraphy theory is lagging behind, especially the "modern calligraphy" theory is fragmented, and basically communicates in circles, it is difficult to "fly into the homes of ordinary people". Most of the so-called dancers around me are talking about the "Two Kings" and "Ou Liu Yan Zhao", and it is impossible to have a macro grasp and cognition of the general pattern and trend of calligraphy.
More than thirty years have passed, and the concept of modern calligraphy has long been replaced by "ugly books". Looking at the current book world, "ugly books" are surging up, and scholars are competing to offer ugliness, only ugly is better, only ugly is respected, and there is a great tendency to flood into disaster. Correspondingly, the public's criticism and accusations of "ugly books" are overwhelming, and even accusations of spitting, verbal and penal criticism, and regard "ugly books" as a flood beast.
What was it like to look at the works of the Chinese calligraphy circle thirty years ago? Looking at the current appearance, we know how serious the blasphemy of calligraphy is now? This is not innovation, it is a blasphemy against culture.