What is art? Most people's definition of art is unique. From the past to the present, all the works of art that have been handed down in the world are incompatible with real life, especially the human body, and there have always been many controversies.
In 2009, a series of oil paintings exhibited at the first art festival in Huangjiaoping, Chongqing, instantly attracted people's attention, its name is "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series Oil Paintings", the picture is very artistic, but the focus of people's discussion is not here.
This series of oil paintings by the Sichuan painter Li Zhuangping shows a woman in nude, and the model is none other than Li Zhuangping's biological daughter, Li Qin.
Model of the "Oriental Goddess".
In January 2009, the first art festival in Huangjiaoping, Chongqing, kicked off, and many people who love art came from all over the world, and the most touching thing was a father and daughter.
They made a special trip from Deyang, Sichuan Province to Chongqing, which was still recovering from the earthquake and was able to leave everything behind and come to the festival, which was appreciated by other artists. The work of the father and daughter is a picture album, on which is a Chinese realist oil painting, which brings great shock to people.
The blend of human beings and nature, the impact of beasts and maidens, and the "divinity" exuded by the woman in the picture are all very eye-catching. There is no doubt that the author's skill is extremely strong, and his style is bold and imaginative.
After watching carefully, I found that the women in the picture are all the same person, this "Wushan Goddess" in the picture is Li Qin, who participated in the art festival with her father, most of other people's mannequins are invited for money, and even his own wife is very rare, not to mention using his own daughter as a model, why does Li Zhuangping have such an idea?
Li Zhuangping, born in Sichuan in 1948, his life changes with the times, Li Zhuangping when he was young, went to the ground, entered the factory, worked as a management cadre, and also served as a teacher and educated people.
Times are changing, but what Li Zhuangping has not changed is always the heart that pursues painting. He likes to paint all the things that have vitality into his paintings, painting mountains and rivers, painting objects, and he has a lot of paintings, but he always feels that something is missing.
The longer he painted, the more dissatisfied Li Zhuangping became, he loved Chinese painting and oil painting, apprenticed to famous artists, and later served as a professor at an art academy and the dean of an art academy.
Years of painting experience did not make him rest on his laurels, and he came up with a bold idea, why not create some unique works of art with some traditional culture?
After the idea of creation sprouted, Li Zhuangping could no longer hold it down. He wanted to be unique, but he struggled with it. It wasn't until he saw Qu Yuan's "Mountain Ghost" and Guo Moruo's "Wushan Goddess" that Li Zhuangping's mind seemed to have a picture directly.
"Mountain Ghost" and "Wushan Goddess", the two are incompatible with each other but closely related, they have a rather unique Chinese style, if you can make the spirit jump on the paper, this is definitely unique.
Li Zhuangping has been engaged in painting art for many years, and he has never seen such a style, and he feels that he can be perfect. After the theme was determined, Li Zhuangping encountered another problem.
The intersection of human beings and nature, nature has been very different from ancient times to the present, but it is not easy to find models similar to "goddesses".
If you want to embody the original beauty of the goddess, you need a nude model who can give people the greatest visual impact and make people feel pure divinity.
Of course, for Li Zhuangping, who has been painting for many years, it is not difficult to find a nude female model, but those models lack the basic requirements he needs, such as having a unique oriental beauty.
Just when he was worried, Li Zhuangping saw his daughter Li Qin. In Li Zhuangping's eyes, his daughter is beautiful, kind, and pure, and as long as he knows Li Qin, he will not have evil thoughts about her. The most important thing is that Li Qin has the characteristics he needs, that is, oriental beauty.
Li Zhuangping thought that this was the oriental goddess in his painting.
Invite your own daughter to be a model
However, this model made him hesitate, because this was his daughter, so he couldn't open his mouth. He told his lover his idea, and his wife agreed and supported it, but whether it would work or not still required Li Qin's consent.
Li Zhuangping communicated with his daughter, but the initial results were not ideal.
In Li Qin's eyes, his father is a very responsible father, from childhood to adulthood, as long as Li Qin wants to do it, his father will do his best to support him. Li Zhuangping is the person who gave her life, and at the same time the leader of her own life.
Li Qin inherited her father's artistic cells, and when she was young, her father often tinkered with painting at home. At the time, she didn't know what her father was doing, but she just thought it was fun.
Later, when she became conscious and came into contact with the things that her father usually came into contact with, she gradually fell in love with painting and art.
Her father would teach her how to draw, how to use colors, how to coordinate the pictures, and finally create a beautiful picture. She knew that there was a mannequin, but she had never been in contact with it, so she couldn't talk about it.
An adolescent girl, after receiving an education, she learned the importance of privacy, her body is very perfect, and in high school, someone approached Li Qin and wanted to invite her as a model.
Li Qin refused without thinking about it, she couldn't accept showing her body to others, even if many people praised her later, Li Qin never had this idea.
When his father told Li Qin that he wanted her to be his mannequin, Li Qin's first reaction was to be embarrassed. She can't understand mannequins, because nudity is often hooked up with something bad.
But the person who invited her to be a model was her father, and her father would not harm him, nor would he have any distracting thoughts about himself. She was very entangled, so the initial communication did not go well.
When choosing to go to university, Li Qin chose a major related to art painting. After all, she couldn't be more familiar with painting, she likes painting and the beauty of art.
The courses taught at the university are more specialized, and in order for students to grasp the structure of the human body, the school invites mannequins to come here and let them draw.
Time passed quietly, Li Qin went from being curious and afraid of mannequins to finally accepting them calmly, she felt that mannequins were also for art, and there was no need to look at them with strange eyes.
She revisited her father's invitation, and finally chose to agree, and in this way, she became the protagonist of her father's pen.
Break the conventional wisdom and work together to succeed
The first time they got naked, both father and daughter were a little awkward, but every time they worked together, they were very natural.
Li Qin believes that it is holy to be a model for her father, and that her father will not have any dirty thoughts about her, and that she is deeply loved.
Li Zhuangping said that he treats his daughter as if he bathed her when she was a child, giving her pure love and not mixing other ideas.
In Li Zhuangping's paintings, his daughter's figure is accurately outlined, and he will consciously make some changes, such as hair strands, which make the model and the goddess of Wushan successfully merge.
The interweaving of wildness and divinity, the integration of nature and humans, the collision of art and reality, coupled with Li Zhuangping's many years of painting skills, "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series" was successfully born.
When they heard that the first art festival was held in Huangjiaoping, Chongqing, they wanted to bring their works to Chongqing to participate in the exhibition. The choice of Chongqing is actually the common meaning of the father and daughter, which is not accidental, it is their inexplicable fate with Chongqing.
Li Zhuangping has lived in Chongqing for a long time, he has feelings for Chongqing, and even regards himself as half a Chongqinger.
Li Qin was born in Chongqing, she grew up here, and she loves art, so of course she has to come here with her works.
After the exhibition of the paintings, many people were amazed by the artistry and shocking beauty of the works, but after learning that the model was the author's daughter, another wave of voices exploded.
Many people think that mannequins are understandable, and that it feels strange to have their own daughter as a nude model.
After all, the combination of the words "daughter", "father", "nude", and "model" makes it easy to associate the bad aspects.
As the saying goes, a woman avoids her father. Li Zhuangping and his daughter's behavior will make people feel uncomfortable.
But others believe that Li Zhuangping and Li Qin's paintings are very beautiful, that they really created art, even if they are daughters and fathers, but no matter what aspect they admire the paintings, they do not remind people of the filthy aspects.
But it's about ethics, and people in the art world are chattering about it. There was never a time when no one would use their own daughter as a mannequin because it didn't meet the basic requirements of morality.
Artists create, many of them are based on their wives, and I have to say that Li Zhuangping's behavior is very bold and bold.
The outside world is getting louder and louder about the paintings of the "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series", and many people come to know about it, and there is no doubt that from an artistic point of view, this series of works is very successful.
In the face of the fierce reaction from the outside world, Li Zhuangping also responded to some statements.
Art is art, and the paintings in this series were created by myself and my daughter, and I and my daughter agreed, so there is no so-called loss of moral standards, ethical issues, etc.
Besides, when I was creating, my wife was also watching from the side, and she agreed and supported her decision. The wife is even a little envious of her daughter, who can leave her most beautiful youth in this way, and although she herself was once young and beautiful, she did not have such an opportunity to leave a good side.
Later, a reporter heard about this incident and specially interviewed Li Zhuangping's father and daughter, and they said: "No matter what color glasses others wear to look at us, we are very frank. ”
Now Li Qin has also opened an account on the short video platform, she is not affected by the gossip from the outside world, but faces life positively, often shares some of her life and paintings, she is still free, pure, and beautiful.
Write at the end
Some people say that the father and daughter have the same understanding of this matter, Li Zhuangping thinks that he is a painter, and his daughter is just an aesthetic object; Li Qin thinks that he is a model and is very holy in his father's mind, and since neither of them thinks there is anything about this matter, it doesn't matter to them what the outside world says.
After all, from an artistic point of view, they did create a series of very shocking works, and they broke through ethics and morality, and contributed to the development of art.
Some people also said that from an ethical point of view, Li Zhuangping's behavior is inappropriate, and he will affect more people, which is a phenomenon that should not occur.
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this?
Resources:
1. January 15, 2015 - "Artist's Father Paints His Daughter's Nude Nude Causes Controversy, Wife: Envy of Daughter (Picture)"
2. China News Network, January 19, 2009 - "Invite Your Biological Daughter to Be a Nude Model Old Artist: She Is the Oriental Goddess (Picture)"
3, Douyin Encyclopedia - Li Zhuangping
4, Douyin Encyclopedia - Li Qin