I have been practicing the art of calligraphy for 62 years. In many years of calligraphy cultivation, I have studied tradition, rooted in tradition, and have a very sober taste of calligraphy and life, which is the root of my creation and has become an inseparable and important part of my life. Sang Yu Fan's heart is to express that I have an ordinary heart, the persistent pursuit of calligraphy art, perseverance, lifelong perseverance, until the end of my life.
- Kong Keli
The 54 calligraphy works exhibited in the "Mulberry Fanxin Calligraphy Sketch Exhibition" are mr. Kong Keli's new works in the most recent year. The works are novel and interesting, mr. Kong Keli in the phalanx of the Doufang, the use of small but fine characteristics, the concept of traditional Chinese studies, calligraphy style essence condensed. Overcoming the limitations of space, the writing is integrated into multiple contexts. Distant view, gathering and scattering, light and heavy, dense and staggered; close view, thick and light ink, leaving white flying ink lotus broken silk, rich in details; when frustrated, the strong wind of heaven and earth counterattacked; between gentle turns, the flowing water between the mountains... Pen and ink are like abstract language, coming through thousands of years to a covenant of heaven and earth.
"Birds in the Garden" "Although the monuments are still in sight"
The content of individual exhibitions is usually based on the field of calligraphy, which is a relatively common phenomenon in the exhibition of calligraphy works, and for creation, focus is the main one. Booksellers involved in various types of books rarely ask about it, for how to grasp the content and the rules of the book, the accurate transmission of emotions between pen and ink, the ability to control the book body, the connotation and background of literature, etc., these steps are completed freely, the transmission of mutual aura and the connection of each other's ink rhyme, the manifestation of personality, is a test.
Sponsored by the Wuhan Calligraphy and Painting Research Association, the Hubei Provincial Revolutionary Shouyi Calligraphy and Painting Institute, and the Wuhan Calligraphers Association, the Exhibition of Calligraphers of Sangyu Fanxin Calligraphy was officially launched from May 1 to 15, 2022 at the Hanshang Art Museum in Wangjiawan, Hanyang, where 54 sketches in five fonts were exhibited on site, covered by the calligrapher Professor Kong Keli.
"Lotus Seed Heart Bitterness" "Celadon Non-sub-Tile"
Wang Hongling, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Qin Mingshan, full-time vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Ouyang Yun, full-time deputy chairman of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and many other art celebrities, people from all walks of life and calligraphy and painting art lovers attended the opening ceremony and visited the exhibition.
Zhou Jun, vice chairman of the Wuhan Calligraphers Association, exclaimed when he watched the exhibition: "The characteristics of the Baozi calligraphy are bold, upright and simple, and it has always been a big weather, which shows its strangeness, danger and fun in the square. It is difficult to express the Baozi body in the doufang, this is the calligraphy dancing with the shackles in the unfree space, and the pen edge is just right everywhere it goes. ”
"Natural Deep Show Eaves Front Village" "Less Water and Sand Appear"
Chu Qunjie, vice chairman of the Wuhan Calligraphers Association, said, "In watching this exhibition, there are the following three experiences: First, Teacher Kong's traditional culture is deep, and the traditional culture is very deep. The whole exhibition follows the inheritance and innovation means of classic traditional culture, and uses the shallow surface of calligraphy techniques to express the grandeur of thick culture, which requires sufficient artistic freedom and creative ability. Second, Teacher Kong's calligraphy is used a lot, and the calligraphy of the whole exhibition is varied, and the five bodies of calligraphy are involved. Third, Teacher Kong's calligraphy is new. Each work is very novel, each combined with the content of the change, according to the book style changes, coupled with the chapter, and superimposed changes, the superposition of this change, forming a continuous force, the power of aggregation, showing the beauty of the elephant in the sketch. How many changes will be combined when the lines change, the ink color changes, and the changes in the rules? A thousand words, a thousand words, a thousand faces. This kind of kaleidoscopic, different styles, is a grand view. Greatly meet the professional art creators and art lovers to explore the art channels of different scenes. "
In Mr. Kong Keli's view, Chinese calligraphy is the national essence of the Chinese nation, which is simple and complex, and contains infinite richness in simplicity, which fully embodies the traditional Chinese philosophical thinking of "Tao Sheng One, Life Two, Two Life Three, Three Lives", which is a unique form of thinking of Orientals. Only one kind of book style, it is difficult to fully express. Over the years of artistic creation, he has been moving forward and exploring, paying attention to the inheritance of tradition, using a variety of book styles is an ideal and free artistic state that he has formed in the process of increasing fatigue.
The mortal mind is the ordinary mind, and the impermanence is regarded as ordinary. Things are always changing, and a mortal heart, impartial, can open the heart and mind infinitely. Artistic creation is in a very open state, in order to transcend the limitations thousands of times in enlightenment, soberly discover the essential connection of the bottom layer, and bravely step into the unknown field.
"Books are like people", calligraphy is the exposure of life's state of mind, the display of temperament and character. Now is the good teacher, reading Mr. Kong Keli's words, reading the unique character of his art, understanding the essence of inheritance, freeing up the space for inner confusion, and healing the hurried life, it is never too late.
(Text/Cao Yiqiu)