His 17-year-old daughter made him a mannequin and needed to be completely naked.
For the sake of unnecessary trouble, during the six years of creation, he also asked his daughter not to fall in love.
As soon as this news broke, countless people criticized and thought that such behavior was simply contrary to ethics.
However, when his work won numerous awards, people's perception changed unexpectedly.
So what's going on here?
01
In 2009, the first art festival of Chongqing Huangjiaoping kicked off, the most eye-catching of which was a catalogue of "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series Oil Paintings".
Each of the pictures in the album has one thing in common, that is, the beautiful picture, there is a naked goddess of Wushan like Venus, which shocked countless people.
However, it is not only the nude art that is surprising, but also because the archetype of its "goddess" is particularly special.
Inspired by his own daughter, the painter Li Zhuangping created this nude painting.
Anyone who is concerned with this fact would consider it inconceivable, even to the point of deviance.
Therefore, as soon as this oil painting was exhibited, it aroused people's heated discussions.
As people often say, "children avoid their mothers, and daughters avoid their fathers", in the early days of Li Zhuangping's creation, his daughter was still in the prime of her life, and art should not be a reason to break through the bottom line of ethics and morality.
Some people oppose it, others support it, believing that the father and daughter duo are just the relationship between the writer and the person in the painting, and should not involve other relationships, so art will no longer be pure.
It is enough to see that the result is beautiful, why mix the subjective consciousness of the individual with it, and confuse the pure and flawless art in vain.
Li Zhuangping was not affected in the slightest by this kind of argument, and in his opinion, only people who are not pure enough in their hearts will look at people with colored glasses.
And her daughter Li Qin also insisted on herself in the early days, thinking that she was dedicating herself to art, which is an extremely pure thing, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.
However, this is only a small part of the spread, and when things become more and more uncontrollable, Li Qin will inevitably waver.
With the rapid spread of all walks of life, the content of oil paintings has been watched by more and more people, and there have also been foul language like a tide.
In contrast, art appreciators are gradually overshadowed by the general trend, and for a while, these bad remarks even affect the normal life of the father and daughter.
At that time, Li Qin was only in her early twenties, and she could self-regulate once or twice and didn't care much, but with the fermentation of the incident, she still inevitably took the overwhelming abuse to heart.
For this reason, during that time, Li Qin often hid in her room all day long, crying secretly in the bed, she didn't want to face the outside world, and she didn't dare to face the outside world.
Li Zhuangping saw all the changes and experiences of his daughter, and for this reason, he fell into self-doubt more than once, was the original choice really wrong?
02
In 1948, when New China was about to be founded, a small county town in Sichuan ushered in Li Zhuangping's new life.
Although the era of war is a thing of the past, the living conditions at that time were not much better, and the need to have enough to eat was still the biggest problem people faced.
So, in such a situation, it would be so unrealistic to talk about dreams.
But Li Zhuangping is that "outlier", the more difficult the conditions, the more persistent he is to the love in his heart.
When he first came into contact with painting, he was shocked by the realistic vision, and Li Zhuangping's mood had never felt such joy and excitement.
Perhaps it is precisely because of his love that he will apply it to all aspects of his life, as long as he has a paintbrush in his hand, the earth and the wall are his drawing boards.
In the process of painting day after day, Li Zhuangping's painting skills have long surpassed those of his age.
Even so, he could not continue to move forward on the path of art.
The burden of survival weighs on him, and painting is so unattainable no matter how you look at it.
In order to survive smoothly in this barren era, Li Zhuangping can only keep trying various jobs.
He stepped from a migrant worker at the bottom to the position of a teacher, and only Li Zhuangping himself knew the hardships along the way.
Fortunately, in this process, Li Zhuangping was able to meet many people of all kinds, and at the same time, his painting also made a qualitative leap.
However, there are many kinds of paintings, and there are many kinds of masters, each with their own unique style, and Li Zhuangping realized that if he wanted to stand out, he also needed to find a style that suited him.
I have to say that Li Zhuangping is undoubtedly lucky, by chance, he was able to learn about Qu Yuan's "mountain ghost", which is regarded as a god-like existence by some people.
In Qu Yuan's pen, it adds a lot of romantic qualities to living alone, and undoubtedly adds romanticism to the "mountain ghost".
On this basis, Li Zhuangping boldly imagined the combination of gods and humans, mainly highlighting the beautiful vision of a harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
In order to implement this idea, it is necessary for a pure and unflawed woman to play an important role in embodying the harmonious beauty of coexistence between man and beast.
Then the selection of this woman is the top priority, Li Zhuangping saw some of the stars on the big screen from rural women, but he did not find a candidate who satisfied him.
At that time, he didn't think about whether the other party would be willing to be picturesque, because he himself was not satisfied, and even had the idea of going to South Korea to find it.
However, at this critical moment, Li Zhuangping's eyes fell on his daughter...
03
At that time, Li Qin had just turned 17 years old, because of the protection of her parents, her mind was extremely simple, and she did not have so many distracting thoughts, which was very in line with the pure and flawless "Wushan Goddess" in Li Zhuangping's heart.
When this idea came up, Li Zhuangping was also scared by himself.
But he couldn't stand his inner pursuit of art, every time he saw his daughter, the thoughts in his heart became stronger and stronger, and finally Li Zhuangping confessed to his wife.
What he didn't expect was that his wife understood his pursuit of art very well, and she was honored that her daughter was chosen by her husband.
In order not to make Li Zhuangping feel embarrassed, his wife personally became a lobbyist, trying to persuade her daughter to agree, but the result can be imagined, Li Qin decisively refused as soon as he heard it.
Under the influence of her father, Li Qin has also been moving forward on the road of painting, but even so, she cannot understand her parents' thoughts.
To make her naked in front of her father, this is undoubtedly an unspeakable thing for a girl who is just beginning to fall in love.
Li Zhuangping was obviously expected by this result, and he did not force it too much.
And the turning point that really made Li Qin change her mind happened after she was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts.
In the academy, Li Qin learned a lot about body art paintings, and she began to gradually understand her father's creative state of mind, and then took the initiative to mention the idea of acting as a mannequin.
Li Zhuangping was overjoyed by this, and then it was a six-year creative time, and the father and daughter had agreed on three chapters, during which Li Qin was not allowed to fall in love.
Otherwise, it is easy to make her emotional, thus losing the innocence and innocence of the "goddess".
It is worth mentioning that Li Qin's mother is also an important witness to the creation of the two, and has encouraged Li Qin many times.
If you look closely at Li Zhuangping's works, you will find that he hides the fatherly love hidden in the paintings, and when dealing with the key details of his daughter's body, he will use the technique of blurring to protect his daughter.
04
Art is called art because of its purity and nobility, which has long gone beyond what can be seen by sight.
Not every artist has his own selfish motives, and of course this kind of person is not worthy of the name of an artist at all.
In fact, body art is still a controversial topic, what do you think about it?
Resources:
1. On January 19, 2009, Phoenix.com released a report on "Sichuan Old Artist Invited His Daughter to Be a Nude Model and Painted the Goddess of Wushan and Was Praised".
3. On January 19, 2009, China News Network published a report on "Asking Your Biological Daughter to Be a Nude Model Old Artist: She is the Oriental Goddess".
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