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The times call for good works of art, and even more for fine works with great realms. Calligraphers and painters take "both form and god, and wonderful thinking" as the mental image, emphasize the "creation of foreign teachers, the source of the heart", the pursuit of the realm of "the unity of heaven and man, the two things and forgetting", they integrate subjective spiritual factors with the objective world, the vast universe, heaven and earth and all things in their own cultivation, knowledge, emotions and even the pouring of life, the moment of beauty is frozen into eternity, and the great image and great realm with profound connotation are transmitted from the scale.
Great Realm • 2022 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masters "Welcome the Top 20" - Zhao Yi.
Introduction to art
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Zhao Yi is a member of the China Artists Association and an associate researcher of mass culture.
He studied Chinese painting figures from Bai Desong, Du Xianqing, Fu Zhongchao and other teachers.
He studied flowers, birds and landscapes from Yan Songwen and Zhou Beixi.
He studied printmaking with Lü Shuzhong and Corning.
The coexistence of elegance and custom is a reflection of each other
A brief review of Zhao Yi's new work: 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar
Text/LuLu
In the impression of many people, most of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar are completed with landscapes or flowers and birds, and it is relatively difficult to use characters to express this subject.
As a traditional Chinese painting, it has always advocated ink painting as the mainstay, in order to appear unstained from the world and highlight the interest of the literati. However, as the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar summarized by the working people's thousands of years of life observation, it is indeed a life node that is seamlessly connected with the people's food, clothing, housing, labor and cultivation, and is full of secular dust. Therefore, what form to use to express this closely related theme needs to use some brains. Just think: if you use the expression of traditional literati painting to paint, and paint the characters in white and fluttering with fairy spirit, this seems to be a little far away from the "earthly atmosphere of the world"; If you use realistic means to paint, it is closely related to life, but you feel that there is less penetration of ancient style and ancient rhyme; Although the color painting is simple, although it has a certain "sense of superiority", it is not close to the people; The painting is gorgeous and less cultural. The trade-off between these takes into account the painter's cultivation behavior.
When looking at Zhao Yi's recent lunar calendar 24 solar terms completed with figure paintings, the most intuitive feeling is: the coexistence of elegant customs reflects each other:
The figures in the painting are between realistic painting and literati interest, and are in a "half-immortal" state. In this group of works, when the scene of agricultural labor is expressed, the author's concretization of the facial and limb structures of the characters in the paintings, the deliberation of the dynamics of the characters and the composition of the expression of strength are all in place. It is a good service to the content of the picture to be expressed; In the performance of some scenes of flowers and willows, this "half-immortal" character shape can also fully reflect the flowing elegance of the sleeves of the ancient robes and the ancient charm of the ancients. This "half-immortal" style of character treatment is very suitable for the theme.
Color handling is done properly. In addition to the characters in the picture, there are also a large number of flower and bird elements, and the bright and stable color relationship is very appropriate to link the two closely and thoughtfully: "gorgeous but not vulgar and not fancy", neither flattering the world, nor pleasing to Qinggao. In particular, in the different environments of the four seasons, four different colors of flat painting representing the four seasons have been added, which increases the sense of composition of the picture, so that the works show the atmosphere of the times in the atmosphere of traditional Chinese painting, which is not far from the ancient law and informal. This treatment is particularly commendable.
The content of the text is close to the people. There are many poems that exclamate the 24 solar terms, but the text expression in the painting does not use the ancient poems of "tall and tall", and all the folk proverbs or children's songs that are used are smooth and slippery, which is easy to read and remember, narrows the distance between the painting and the viewer, and can stir up the aesthetic feelings of ordinary people to resonate.
In addition to the above points worthy of praise, it is also the painter's composition ability pen and ink kung fu is very superior, and will not be repeated.
Finally, to conclude with another painter's evaluation of the 24 solar terms drawn by Zhao Yi: "The series of works created with the theme of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar are extremely wonderful, although they are character paintings, they also have flowers and birds and quiet (scenery), the content is very rich, the shape has personality, the ink color is moist, fresh and unworldly, there is a great momentum to see, there are small details to taste, although it is a traditional pen and ink, the visual effect is quite fresh, the thickness is not blocked, the thin place is not single, the width is good... ”
Looking forward to Zhao Yi bringing us more good works!
Works on display
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Great Realm Calligraphy and Painting Operation Center
Special Consultants: Zou Liying, Li Dong, Li Hui, Luo Jianquan, Bian Shucai, Liu Junjing
Art Consultants: Chen Tianzeng Da Da Fang Qiang Gao Xuetao Han Yi He Renchen Jiang Yaonan Jin Gege Lang Hua Hu Hui Li Zelin Li Zilong Li Renfu Li Yumin Liu Yanhui Liu Xinchun Liu Jianguo Lumin Lv Dajiang Ma Changjiang Ma Wanguo Mu Chunhua Qin Mingqiang Ren Wei Shen Fengtao Shen Keming Song Shicao Su Tong Sun Liangli Wang Ben Wang Dingsuo Wang Li Wang Juting Wang Xincong Wang Xiaoyin Wang Youxue Wang Shiwei Wu Kang Xu Zhimin Ye Lan Yu Zhaoke Yu Xinmin Zhang Yibin Zhao Yi Zhao Baoguo Zhou Jing Zhu Fugang Zuo Jing Zuo Jing (in order of surname initials)
Director: Wang Yinghong
Support: Gansu Gallery Alliance Network 《Gansu Gallery》