Ge Jun
Hong Qiaojun
Ge Jun has the title of 4 "national masters" such as Chinese arts and crafts masters and Chinese ceramic design art masters, which is unique in the national pot art circle and rare in the national craft circles, but artists do not speak with titles, but with works to speak.
Ge Jun speaks with his works, and these titles of his are obtained through the works of speaking.
He used the purple sand language to interpret his pottery students, and used his professional advantages to make the works more charming and literary, thus forming his own unique artistic style.
So some people called his creative concept "Ge Jun phenomenon".
The "Ge Jun phenomenon" runs with the brand of the times and forms a strong fashion wind.
His original "color decoration method" broke through the traditional purple sand art and changed the previous situation of "a thousand faces and one color" of traditional purple sand, but the technique returned to tradition, because the colorful colors were the traditional raw materials "five color soil". This has injected new elements and new styles into the purple sand culture.
Han style
I am a long-time researcher of pots, and I have been following the development and innovation of pot art for decades.
Turning over the long volume of the history of pot art, there are not many authors who can really innovate in batches, and Chen Mansheng is a benchmark figure in history, which shows that the innovation of pot art has not been easy from ancient times to the present.
Innovation is the life of art, and Ge Jun has been innovating, just like the title of his portfolio, innovation is always "on the road".
People who study pots know Ge Jun, and they pay special attention to the "Ge Jun phenomenon".
Pay attention to the "Ge Jun phenomenon", you have not seen Ge Jun, and you also have the impression of Ge Jun, which is the power of the soul of art.
I like to read pots, once wrote "The Art of Reading Pots", I said in the text, to understand a good pot is to have an artistic vision, reading pots not only to have the ability to appreciate pots, but also to have a deep artistic literacy.
Reading pots, like news writing, require sensitivity and value. If you have inspiration, you can read it in a short period of time, and only when you really understand it can you understand its connotation and know its artistic value.
Leopard
Reading a good pot is like reading a good book.
A good book is like a pot of tea, refreshing the heart; a good book is like a pool of clear water, quieting people's heartstrings.
Mr. Ye Shengtao said: "Life is like a source, articles are like a stream, the source is abundant and not exhausted, and the stream naturally flows endlessly. "In fact, if you can read the pot, when you are reading the pot, you will definitely have this state of mind.
I said in another article that I like to read pots, and reading a good pot can often read the mind of the author. When reading Dabin's pot, you can read his resolute and steady momentum, which is the wind of an ancient gentleman; reading Gu Jingzhou's pot, you can read his handsome and flowing charm, which is the style of a literati...
So what did you read about Ge Jun's pot? Read out one story after another, read the soul of art in the "Ge Jun phenomenon".
If you are reading people, reading the pot tasting, the benevolent person is moved. During this time, I was concentrating on reading Master Ge Jun's pot, reading his "General Kettle", reading his "Han Feng" series, reading his "Walker" series, reading his "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest"...
After reading so many pots of Ge Jun, I know such a truth, the excellent pot maker, can turn himself into the pot, is to put that unique charm into the pot, to give poetry to the pot, to inject the spiritual soul into the pot, so that the pot becomes a work with rich connotations.
After reading so many pots of Ge Jun, I understand such a truth, the beauty of the shape is the soul of the pot art image, the beauty of the shape obviously comes from the design, and the beauty of the art design comes from nature and life, from the accumulation of experience of the designer, of course, but also pay attention to the subtle social function, follow the vivid aesthetic principles. From "Han Feng" to "Walker", we can see the designer's careful conception and get innovative inspiration in the pursuit.
Walker
The beauty of the art design of pot art is mainly the beauty of texture, shape and decoration. Ge Jun's original "color decoration method" is a breakthrough in the decoration of pot art, making the image of pot art more heroic and beautiful. This is especially prominent in Ge Jun's "Han Feng" and "Golden Leopard" series. In the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" and "Walker" series, the elements of sculpture are born from the ground.
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest
Some designers today pursue curiosity and exaggeration, exaggerated to deviate from the essence of the pot, this kind of creation is obviously a failure. Ge Jun is a sculptor, but he does not seek to be exaggerated, because he knows how to create a good pot, and he must achieve an organic combination of practicality and artistry.
Artistic personality has two forms of expression: the personality of artistic thinking and the personality of expressive technique. Looking at the creation of today's pot art, there are few innovations and many similarities. The most difficult thing for the craft industry to do is to "not repeat others, nor repeat yourself", but Ge Jun has been working in this direction, which is a very valuable spirit.
In July this year, I came to Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and in Master Ge Jun's studio, we talked about the development and innovation of today's pot art, and he also talked about his life path.
General Pot
We graduated from high school in the same year, and after I lost my college entrance examination, I returned to my hometown to work as a farmer, because of the writer's dream, I struggled for 8 years to get out of the countryside and was admitted to the county party committee. Ge Jun persisted for 6 years and finally was admitted to the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute.
He also told me about the difficulties of coming to Yixing in the first place, using the ground as a paving, just to realize the artistic dream in my life. Interestingly, at the age of 40, he gave himself the name "Fifty Thousand Residences", and his goal was to achieve "five ten thousand": ten thousand books, ten thousand bottles of wine, ten thousand cakes of Pu'er tea, ten thousand calligraphy and paintings, and ten thousand teapots.
With the passage of time, from not being confused to knowing the destiny of heaven, Ge Jun's "fifty thousand residences" became "five taste residences", from the pursuit of quantity to the pursuit of quality. Now it is "meaningless residence", which shows that Ge Jun has reached another realm.
Age of Civilization
The water is still and can be observed, the mind is still and observable, and the highest state of life is "quiet". Now Ge Jun spends most of his time in the temple, and even if he is not in the temple, he is as calm as water. Zhuangzi said: "The husband is humble and idyllic, lonely and indifferent, the peace of heaven and earth and the morality of the supreme." ”
"Emptiness" is to put the human spirit into an extremely calm state of no desire, no gain, loss, and no utilitarianism, so that all the beauty and richness of things will be revealed in front of the eyes.
"Emptiness" is the essence of nature, the essence of life, and the essence of art.
Life needs precipitation, and life must know how to make trade-offs.
From the changes in Ge Jun's master's name, we can not only see his wisdom, but also his attitude towards life and his artistic realm.