Regarding art films, Red Face Xiuying has introduced two very high-rated masterpieces,
Best Bid and Masterless.
Today, Hongyan Xiuying will also recommend another "Outlaw Painter" for everyone,
There is a very interesting commonality between these three films:
Originally, art-themed films that should be full of beauty and high-grade sense are always inseparable from one word: "deception"!
For example, in "Best Bid",
A beautiful, withdrawn, cold girl, with a crowd phobia character setting,
She let the elderly art connoisseur collectors let down their guard step by step, and eventually led to the theft of her life's collection of paintings by a gang of thieves who cooperated with the girl.
We can even experience the real, heart-wrenching feeling of being deceived with the old man in the movie.
Emotional deception is the highest realm of "lao qian",
And the old man who had been an art connoisseur all his life and identified countless fakes was deceived by a gang of inferior, fake props and stole his life savings, he
Gave everything, but because of false love, lost everything,
In the end, knowing that it was impossible, he was still waiting in the Time Hotel for the one who would never come.
An art connoisseur who specializes in identifying fakes is deceived by emotion, which is also the falsehood and truth of art:
Even if there is absolute truth and falsehood between counterfeits and genuine products,
But in an elaborate scam, "there's something real in the fake!" ”
The authenticity of the artwork and the falsity of the feelings are intertwined, and finally a scam of both true and false is formed.
And in "Masterless Works",
In the face of pure art, everyone is so complex, fragile and unbearable,
The aunt was destroyed by showing the "self" in the abnormal years, the father-in-law suppressed the secret of the "self" after the defeat and feared, the wife was controlled by the father to control the desire and pursuit of the "self" and wanted to break free,
Everyone has their own position and pursuit, but true art is "masterless".
Truth and art are an excellent proposition to show the value of art films.
Deceive with people's reverence for beautiful art, and finally find that there is a little truth in the original fake things,
Is this setting a vivid display of the real and psychedelic qualities of the artwork?
There are always people who don't know how to pretend to understand, some people who have been brilliant and abandoned by the times, some people think they have artistic talent, but in fact they can't keep up with the torrent of the times.
The new artist seems to have unlimited creative power, but he is ridiculed by the elderly artist, and he is poor and destitute to the artist who is overwhelmed by the world.
All people and things are changing, there is no definite number,
Even the value of a work of art can change dramatically because of the author's life and death, and only art is eternal.
Today, the "Great Painter of Outlaws" that Hongyan Xiuying wants to introduce to you is also a subject of artistic deception.
It's just that this time the eternal art and the eternal theme have added a new eternity - feelings.
Some time ago, Hongyan Xiuying introduced a director who specializes in telling stories of intellectuals, artists and the middle class:
Woody Allen
In his story, the seemingly high-ranking intellectuals cannot escape the trap of class.
For example, in "Midnight in Paris", the writer who is obsessed with the past era, averse to reality, and finally chooses to stay in the era he has traveled through.
Disgusted with the real times, yearning for the past times, unwilling to face the reality,
Looking down on each other between "talented" and "wealthy", and having to gain mutual benefits and needed confrontation,
This is the essence of class differences seen through the cloak of art.
And in "The Great Painter of Outlaws",
It is to use a popular method to let everyone see the absurdity and ridiculousness in the art and art evaluation.
A painter who became famous at a young age, when he was old, became a bad old man who was hated by others.
Unable to pay the rent, unable to sell a painting at the exhibition, his girlfriend left, he looked like a poor man abandoned by the times.
But he only complains about the status quo, wants money to pay the rent, and is unwilling to paint commercial paintings against his heart.
The young girlfriend obviously wants to discuss art and photography with him, but he only cares about the young and beautiful body of the other party.
He never appears in his own exhibitions and is reluctant to accept the views of young artists.
Go to the restaurant to eat a bully meal, drink too much, go to the street to complain, scold the street, but was hit by a speeding car,
If the world is changing, but you are not willing to change, is this persistence or a stubbornness?
If the artist easily changes himself, will he lose the essence of artistic pursuit?
As an artist, it seems that the untimely death of Shelley and Van Gogh is the most perfect ending.
In this way, his works can flow through the ages, without being humiliated by the world because of the passage of time.
As the old painter said after being hit by a car:
"Sometimes I feel like I'm better off dead."
Old age and lack of appreciation of art are the embarrassment of many artists in their old age.
In "The Great Painter of Outlaws", it really brought everyone a big oolong,
Art critics and artists joined forces to kill them, and the value of the paintings of this "last living painter" soared.
The royal family from Arabia directly said:
"I'm going to buy the whole gallery of paintings to decorate my palace."
After just seeing one of his paintings and buying them all, is this prince really just an art lover, or does he regard money as dung for art?
The greater black humor is that
After the two old artists and connoisseurs were known to the world for their fraudulent deaths, the value of their paintings rose again.
And the old man who was still making loud noises in the restaurant, unwilling to pay, and wanting to die after being hit by a car, said after the unexpected success and fame:
"What are you thinking about every day right now?"
"Death!"
"What is your view of death?"
"Now my point is rejection!"
Artists who were rebellious before, but after gaining fame and fortune, they were satisfied and happy.
In the eyes of the world, stubborn, chic, poor but insistent on self-reliance, and retired old men who have been adopted by unexpected fame and fortune,
Which one is the true self that pursues what you really pursue?
How to have their own artistic pursuits and reap commercial benefits has always been a pseudo-proposition pursued by artists.
Vupova said:
"When suffering comes, inspiration comes, and work comes."
However, an artist who cannot eat enough can only become famous for profit under the impetus of interests, is it a ridiculous reality that is pushed back by the exaggerated era?
In an era when everyone is unique, the final outcome of everyone is to go with the flow,
Even the most maverick artists are no exception!
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