I am me, I am myself, I am - reading Hong Hewen's paintings
Zhang Ruitian
When we look at a style or a genre without being confined to one style, our aesthetic horizons will be further expanded, and we will also know many excellent painters and see more wonderful works in the wider society.
As the director of the China International Cultural Exchange Center Art Gallery, painter Hong Hewen curates exhibitions and studies classic paintings. His works are simple, fresh and distinctive, and have won the love of readers. Hong Hewen paints for the sake of sexuality, and he says that he paints himself to cultivate aesthetic ability. As the organizer of cultural activities, Hong Hewen does not compete in the domestic art world, but is willing to watch and paint quietly. This kind of life makes his art feel extremely sensitive and easy to use his brush.
Work appreciation
Work appreciation
I am no stranger to Hung Hewen's paintings, and I often ask him for drafts when I plan exhibitions. Hong Hewen is weak and candid, and his cursive writing is sharp, open, and lyrical. After having a foundation in calligraphy, he began to learn painting again, starting with copying "Mustard Seed Garden Painting", laying a solid foundation. He also studied calligraphy, flowers and birds, freehand painting, and gongbi. His paintings of flowers and birds are accurate, the lines are concise, and the style is bright, especially the interesting and unfinished inscriptions impressed me, and I felt that I couldn't put it down after covering the volume. With such exquisite skills and rich artistic appeal, it is not inferior to placing Hong Hewen in the contemporary art world.
Work appreciation
Work appreciation
Reading Hong Hewen's paintings of flowers and birds, it is not difficult to see that he was deeply influenced by Bada Shanren, Shi Tao, Yangzhou Eight Monsters, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi and others. Shi Tao said in "Quotations on the Painting of Bitter Melon Monks": "A painter is the foundation of all beings, the root of all things, and the world does not know it, so the method of painting is self-reliance." Those who set up a painting method cover it with the inability to produce the law, and use the law to run through the law. "Opposing the antiquity and emphasizing artistic personality is Shi Tao's important artistic thought. Although some people attribute the decline of flower and bird painting since the Qing Dynasty to the rise of "courtyard painting", Hong Hewen has his own understanding of this. He believes that flower and bird painting must maintain a close connection with tradition, and there is nothing wrong with imitating the ancient, but it is just that there is a different spiritual character of an era, and the mountains and rivers, birds and flowers in the eyes of a generation often have the connotation of an era. Then, if the painter wants to get close to the ancients and make the painting have a novel feeling, only by climbing the famous mountain, wading through the river, traveling thousands of miles, and observing and sketching by himself, can he be broad-minded and have a broad vision. Hong Hewen understands this principle very well, and when he is on vacation or resting, he usually goes to the field alone to observe and sketch, so that his brushes are closely connected with nature.
Work appreciation
Work appreciation
Hong Hewen's flower and bird paintings are flexible, and different themes correspond to different brushstrokes. He paints flowers, birds, trees, and stones with fine brushstrokes, and the brushwork is concise and layered, giving the picture the texture of time. At the same time, at the turning point, the thick brush is outlined, sometimes hearty, sometimes simple, and the center and the partial front are used together, so that the texture of the branches, the vividness of the birds, and the softness of the flowers all have a poetic interest. Hong Hewen pays attention to the changes in ink method, rationally adjusts dry, wet, thick and light, and integrates the characteristics and colors of ink to portray the character and elegant posture of flowers and birds. In terms of layout, Hong Hewen used the "three fars" method to the advantage. Based on his own sketching experience, he selects the scene by the "interception method", which is large and strong, small and simple, and uses anthropomorphic and exaggerated artistic techniques to give the picture colorful charm and life emotion. Searching all the peaks, diligent pen cultivation, coupled with his correct artistic concept and deep life experience, Hong Hewen's flower and bird works have reached the height of "I am me, I am me".
Work appreciation
Work appreciation
Hong Hewen, Hui nationality, born in 1963, is a native of Shandong, known as "Sanshi Zhai Master". Director of the International Cultural Exchange Art Museum of the China International Cultural Exchange Center. Organized and planned many cultural exchange activities between China and foreign countries. Since childhood, he has studied the art of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, and has been working hard for decades, and his calligraphy is devoted to the cursive masters Mao Zedong, Yu Youren, and Lin Sanzhi, believing that the beauty of calligraphy is first in the structure and form, followed by the taste of pen and ink, and it is necessary to constantly look for the inner and outer beauty of Chinese characters, the only and the diverse, the neutral and the right. Through nearly 30 years of study, he gradually formed a thin and sinister artistic style. Chinese painting is devoted to Mr. Qi Baishi's flower and bird paintings, bay leaf grass and insects and Mr. Fu Baoshi's landscape paintings. Integrate the frank and bold freehand with the meticulous and elegant brushwork, and gradually become its own style. "China Art Daily", "Chinese Artists", "People's Artists", "Chinese Calligraphers and Painters", "Learning to Power the Country" and other newspapers and magazines, as well as the Central People's Radio and other media have made special reports. His works participated in exhibitions such as "The First Chinese Writers' Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition" and "The First Shutangshan Literati Calligraphy Week", and were well received by the audience.