When it comes to artists, people often associate them with the word deviant, and it is true that many artists are famous for their particularly rebellious ways, such as Michelangelo and Caravaggio, both of whom can be called the "Gao Qiqiang" among painters, and they have been "soaring" in the art world. There is also a controversial painter in the mainland, he is Li Zhuangping from Sichuan.
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In 2009, Li Zhuangping exhibited his work "Oriental Goddess Mountain Ghost Series Oil Paintings", which won numerous awards, but also caused widespread controversy. Because the characters in the painting are not wearing clothes, if only that's it, painting nude models in the art world is nothing new, but the heroine is Li Zhuangping's own biological daughter.
Having one's own daughter be this kind of model sounds awkward, and it makes it difficult for people to accept it on a moral level, and at the same time they don't understand this so-called art.
So, what made Li Zhuangping make this seemingly ridiculous decision? In fact, the origin of all this is that he got inspiration from Qu Yuan's poems, and wanted to create the image of the goddess of the East - the mountain ghost, but the image of the mountain ghost is "wearing a stone orchid and waist around Du Heng", calling for the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, that is, without clothes.
This made Li Zhuangping difficult in the selection of models, and it is difficult for ordinary models to find that wonderful and mysterious feeling, let alone being a nude model. Li Zhuangping, who was distressed, saw his daughter, Li Qin, who was not yet an adult at this time, only 17 years old, and his appearance was pure and beautiful, which was very in line with the image of a mountain ghost in Li Zhuangping's heart.
After Li Zhuangping told his daughter about this idea, Li Qin refused at first, but after being exposed to mannequin painting classes and his mother's guidance, he agreed to his father. In this way, the two put in a lot of energy, which lasted 7 years, and finally completed the "Goddess Mountain Ghost Series Paintings", which set off an earthquake in the art world.
After becoming famous, it also attracted a lot of criticism, and some people even thought that Li Zhuangping was doing something contrary to morality in the name of art. Some netizens thought that he was borrowing the label of art to cover up his absurd behavior.
More netizens think that there may be an artistic aspect in it, but it is inevitable to be immoral.
Some netizens believe that Li Zhuangping did this on purpose, in order to use this incident as a gimmick and cause controversy, so as to achieve the result of becoming famous, and finally sell his works at a good price.
Li Zhuangping is also very aggrieved by this, he believes that this is his painstaking artistic creation, but people only focus on the special relationship between the author and the model.
However, there are also people who complain about Li Zhuangping, such as the famous sociologist Li Yinhe, who believes that the controversy is mainly caused by people's traditional concepts, thinking of father and daughter is associated with special relationships, and seeing nude models is associated with sex. Some netizens also expressed their opinions, he believes that artworks should be viewed with artistic eyes, and it is blasphemy to look at artworks from secular eyes.
Everyone looks at things from a different perspective, and perhaps in the eyes of those of us who are laity, Li Zhuangping's behavior is immoral, but in the eyes of the artists, this is the dedication of the father and daughter to art, and it is a revolution in the history of painting. Netizens who also looked at the problem from different angles pointed out that in Li Zhuangping's eyes, his daughter is just a model. I believe that when he paints, he also does not have those lewd thoughts.
However, from an artistic point of view, I can't find much to fault. But from a social point of view, it is still a little unreasonable, the artist is also a person in this society, and these works are also exhibited, and have an inseparable relationship with the society, so they should abide by the universal values that most people agree with.
And there is another problem, although Li Qin voluntarily agreed to be a model, Li Qin was still a minor at that time, and some ideas were also easily influenced by parents, so it was still a little inappropriate for a minor to freely choose to become a nude model. Therefore, I think Li Zhuangping's behavior is somewhat excessive.