Writers use words to record the changes of the times, while painters use brushes to depict the imprints of the times. Chinese painters in the new era have warmth and enthusiasm, and they use their brushes to express our lives, from children on the street to Olympic athletes, to astronauts and space teachers, family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, and world affairs can all be painted. This is not only the humanistic care of the artist, but also the vitality of Chinese painting. So, how did the painter use his brush to paint the contemporary "news headlines"? In the face of the same scene, how did the contemporary painter have different interpretations from the ancients? What kind of special experience did he have as a descendant of Fan Zhongyan? In this issue of "Let's Talk", we invite Fan Yang, a painter from the China National Academy of Painting, who painted the fireworks market and hot news on rice paper with Chinese paintings, traveled all over the motherland, sketched beautiful mountains and rivers, recorded the times, and told the world beautiful Chinese stories.
"News headlines" in fine art
Teacher Fan Yang likes to use a paintbrush to record the bits and pieces that happen around us, and these records constitute the background color of the times. At the beginning of the program, Mr. Fan's four sets of works take us to relive the time in 2023 - the first flight of the C919 large aircraft, the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the "God 16" and "God 17" crew space divisions, and the concert to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra's visit to China, these moments worth remembering are solidified on the drawing paper with the pen and ink of the Chinese. Teacher Fan said that in fact, the artistic style of using art to record news has existed since ancient times. For example, the Tang Dynasty's "Bu Yuan Tu" was the "news headline" recorded or "reported" by Yan Liben, the deputy prime minister and great statesman at the time, as a painter, that Tang Taizong met with Lu Dongzan, the envoy of Tubo.
The "famous scene" in the Qing Dynasty's "Ice Splash"
Fan Yang is the first Chinese artist to hold an exhibition of sports-themed paintings at the headquarters of the Olympic Committee. In 2019, IOC President Thomas Bach awarded Van Yang the Coubertin Medal for his contribution to the Olympic Movement. In the interactive session, Mr. Fan, a "sports fan", brought interesting knowledge of calligraphy and painting. Speaking of Bing Huan, what impresses everyone the most is An Lingrong's ice dance in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", in fact, the "famous scene" of Bing Huan in the Qing Palace is far more exciting than in the TV series. The Qing Dynasty's "Ice Play" depicts the Qianlong Emperor's "check-in" ice games, in which figure skating and ice acrobatics are almost as difficult as modern ice and snow sports. Fan Yang explained that this may be because in addition to sports and leisure, the ancient ice frolic also had an element of military training.
What is different about the painter's "sightseeing in the mountains and rivers"?
People call Mr. Fan "Sketch Fan Yang", because he is a painter who likes to travel, and his footprints have traveled to almost every province in China, but this "tour" is not exactly tourism, but also a kind of learning Xi and experience. In the sharing session, Mr. Fan told the story and thoughts of using a brush to portray the country. Over the years, he has followed the footsteps of the ancients, from Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower, to Zhao Mengfu's "Quehua Autumn Color Map", from Shen Congwen's Phoenix Ancient City, to today's "Belt and Road" cities along the new social style, Fan Yang used a brush to depict the beautiful mountains and rivers of the new era. He said: "A new era must produce a new artistic language, and we must use our own brushwork to express this era." ”
At 22:30 on December 30th, the file "Let's Talk" will enter Fan Yang's art world!