Have you ever seen a daughter naked in front of her father?
There is such a father and daughter in Deyang, Sichuan, the 61-year-old father asked his 23-year-old daughter to take off her clothes and stand in front of him as a mannequin in order to paint.
Moreover, my father also exhibited his painted works everywhere for people to enjoy, and said that the works were worth at least one million.
Even the daughter's mother claimed in an interview: I envy my daughter very much!
The father and daughter are the painter Li Zhuangping and the daughter Li Qin.
So, why does the old father have to let his daughter be his naked model?
Wild Painter
In 1948, Li Zhuangping was born in Enshi, Hubei, and he has a rich life experience.
He was once a farmer, farming for a living, and later a laborer, but his favorite job in life was painting.
In his opinion, painting can retain the beauty of the world and even prolong a person's life.
Chongqing is adjacent to Enshi, so people in the two regions communicate frequently.
It was also during the exchange that Li Zhuangping met his Chongqing wife and lived in Chongqing for many years, claiming to be half Chongqing.
In 1986, their daughter was born, and Li Zhuangping named his daughter Li Qin.
Later, due to family reasons, the whole family settled in Deyang, Sichuan, where the Sanxingdui ruins are located, Li Zhuangping's artistic ideas gradually became active.
And Li Zhuangping also wants to train his daughter to become a painter.
Even when his daughter was 9 years old, he didn't let her have much contact with the outside world.
Because in Li Zhuangping's view, only in this way can a woman's innocence be guaranteed, and if she often goes in and out of society, she will be impregnated by the filth of the outside world.
So when his daughter was a teenager, Li Zhuangping had a bold idea.
Graceful mannequins
When Li Qin was a teenager, she was just entering adolescence.
In order to paint, she went to Qiang Village in western Sichuan to collect style, which has a very strong ethnic style and is a place where many painting and photography enthusiasts often come and go.
Although Li Qin was only a teenager at this time, he was already slim, with a bumpy figure and a very feminine style.
So in the process of collecting style, she met a Hong Kong body photography artist, and the other party wanted to invite her to be a mannequin.
But Li Qin was very conservative at that time, and when he heard that he was going to take off his clothes and become a mannequin, he immediately felt very ashamed, so he didn't agree.
At this time, Li Zhuangping got inspiration from Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs: Mountain Ghosts" and Guo Moruo's "The Goddess of Wushan".
Because Qu Yuan is a native of Zigui, Hubei, and Wushan is located in Chongqing, these places are where Li Zhuangping once lived.
So he plans to use this as a prototype to create a whole set of works.
But to create this set of works, a mannequin is required, which makes Li Zhuangping a little worried.
It was at this time that Li Qin told his father that someone wanted to make him a mannequin.
It doesn't matter if you don't say it, Li Zhuangping began to look at her daughter's figure and appearance.
Sure enough, he found that his daughter was not only tall and beautiful, but also had an oriental beauty on her face, which resembled the goddess of Wushan.
So he told his daughter that instead of modeling other people, it would be better to be his own mannequin and let them create together.
1. Information source: China.com, the link has been attached at the end of the article
This idea shocked Li Qin a little, but under the persuasion of her father, she finally agreed to be a mannequin for her father.
"God" came out
Li Qin has been working as a mannequin for his father since he was a teenager, and this time is five or six years.
When recalling working as a model for her father, Li Qin said that even if she stood in front of her father without clothes, she was not afraid, because it was her father.
And I think it is a very holy thing to model for my father, because there are precedents for this in many Western countries.
Michelangelo, for example, once created the Sistine Chapel fresco, in which the Madonna is all nude, as is the statue of Venus.
Li Zhuangping also thinks that when he watched his daughter draw, he felt that he was bathing her when he was a child, and he didn't have any evil thoughts in his head.
The only thing he wanted was to draw his daughter's perfect body on paper and make her a real "goddess of Wushan".
When creating, Li Zhuangping's wife will also watch from the sidelines, helping her husband pose for his daughter.
His wife even said that she was very envious of her daughter, who was able to leave her youth in such a beautiful way.
2. Information source: Global Network, the link is attached at the end of the article
When she was young and beautiful, she didn't have such an opportunity, so she left regrets in her life.
In the end, with the joint efforts of Li Zhuangping and his children, it took them five or six years to create more than 30 paintings of "Wushan Goddess" and "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series".
In 2009, they also participated in the first art festival of Huangjueping in Chongqing with their paintings.
As soon as the work was exhibited, it caused a major sensation, and at the same time, it was accompanied by a huge ethical controversy.
Because the "goddess" painted by Li Zhuangping is actually the naked appearance of his daughter.
In the painting, the "goddess" is either standing next to the mythical beast or kneeling on the ground, and her graceful figure is in full view.
When many viewers see these paintings, they say that the characters in the paintings are so beautiful that it is difficult for people to have any improper thoughts.
However, some people say that China is very influenced by Confucian ethics, so it is a little uncomfortable to exhibit such works in China.
On top of that, the protagonist of the painting is the painter's daughter.
Therefore, whether the practice of Li Zhuangping's father and daughter is dedicated to art or immorality has aroused many discussions.
Debated
In the face of controversy, Li Zhuangping claimed that he did not think about any ethical issues when he was creating.
Moreover, this set of works created by him and his daughter expresses the theme of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, which has a certain significance of the times.
In response to their actions, some artists considered them "very respectable".
praised Li Zhuangping and his daughter for not only completing this painting, but most importantly, breaking through the shackles of morality and ethics, because in the past, there was no precedent for letting her daughter be a mannequin.
Moreover, feminist scholar Li Yinhe also believes that it is normal for fathers to use their daughter's human image to create, and some people feel uncomfortable because their traditional concepts are at work.
Relying on his works and overwhelming controversy, Li Zhuangping and his daughter successfully became popular, and also went to Beijing to participate in the exhibition.
With the increase in popularity, many people approached Li Zhuangping, hoping to buy his works, but he refused.
He said that in the future, he wants to build a museum of oriental goddesses, and put all the works on display in it for people to enjoy.
But if he had to put a price on his work, he thought it would be worth at least seven figures.
Despite facing many controversies, her daughter Li Qin did not care, she said that she would continue to be a model for her father in the future, helping her father create the "Dragon Girl" and "Flower Fairy" series.
3. Information source: Global Times, link attached at the end of the article
As she said, "It is a very pure thing to dedicate oneself to the arts, especially to the art of my father." ”
And Li Qin had only had a short first love, and she hoped to find a boyfriend with a heavy relationship and noble character in the future.
Now, after many years, Li Qin has also become a painter and a member of the Chinese Artists Association, and continues to follow in her father's footsteps on the road of art.
Information sources:
1. China.com: "Daughter Becomes a Nude Model for Painter's Father"
http://district.ce.cn/newarea/roll/201501/15/t20150115_4350782.shtml
2. Global Network: "Artist's Father Paints Daughter's Nude Causes Controversy, Wife: Envy of Daughter (Picture)"
https://society.huanqiu.com/article/9CaKrnJGIgR
3. Global Times: "Sichuan Deyang Painter Li Zhuangping Painting His Daughter's Nude Was Criticized for Incest, and the Oil Painting Works Are All Three Points Exposed"
http://www.mnw.cn/news/shehui/842717.html
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