——2021.5.24 At the beginning of the North Tail Art Group, he first released the painting "After Prosperity and Meaning", to tell the truth, I did not fully understand the intention expressed by the painter, but I only felt that the meaning of the painting was very deep and far away...
Usually, the viewer understands the painting according to his own understanding, which is where the art of calligraphy and painting differs from literary and artistic works such as novels, poetry and prose, but there are also similarities. Usually, the painting is more condensed and concise than the pure text literary works, and the fall of this painting has achieved the effect that many pure text literary works cannot achieve - a word is worth thousands of gold, and a sentence is worth ten thousand sentences.
This is where it is difficult to achieve much in literary and artistic criticism. It is extremely difficult for a painter to capture the artist's independent vision and deep meaning in a work, and it is even more difficult to interpret and interpret the meaning of the work well. In other words, whether a painting is really clever and whether the artistic level is very high depends on whether he can embarrass the critic. If a painting has stumped the critic, it means that the painting is indeed very clever, and the artistic standard is also quite high; this is the case with this painting of the first person today.
Of course, critics can also recreate art, which is also extremely difficult. This is why critics write a thousand words, without so many words there is no way to interpret the painter's work, and it is even more difficult for readers and viewers to understand. If you simply interpret the meaning of the picture, an ordinary viewer can read it. It is nothing more than that the bustling scenery in the lotus pond has disappeared, and as the protagonists behind this prosperity (including those who cannot be seen in the picture, they are also in it), they are still busy. "After the prosperity" can be understood, "meaning and humor" is not so simple.
The layout and chapter of the painter's paintings here are in place, and there are not many blank spaces, which can be said to be just right. However, the brightest highlight is also the appearance of the reed bird and the fish in the water, the painter skillfully integrates their respective looks with "meaning and humor" in the whole picture, the reed bird (or the reed warbler or blue bird) is fully focused on the fish in the water, and the fish in the water swim so cheerfully, comfortably, leisurely, both do not care about the decline of the prosperous scene, nor do they care about the fruits after the prosperity - the lotus seeds and the lotus roots in the water, and even whose home the flowers fall here, spring and autumn, have long been out of their vision and consciousness Even if the lotus pond will prosper again in the coming year, it is not the focus of their attention. The former is now concentrating on their own business, on their prey, and doesn't care about the changing seasons at all. In addition to making a living, the latter is more focused on his own enjoyment- experiencing the feelings of pleasure and happiness, but not knowing that the mantis catches cicadas - the yellow finches are behind, lacking a sense of distress (born of sorrow, died of comfort).
Artists are fundamentally different from ordinary painters in that: simple paintings, ruler paper can actually express the evolution of the entire human race, and even the universe of all things and the real existence, I have said more than once, the combination of art and philosophy, can express the real picture of the existence of the universe, which is the realm that many painters can not reach, painters not only have superb artistic skills, but also have a deep cultural heritage, which requires a long period of accumulation of life. This painting not only depicts the various states of the human world, but also expresses the characteristics of human nature, and even the natural laws of the movement, development and change of all things in the universe, into the wood; there is no lack of wisdom of life, there is no lack of wisdom of the survival of all things in the universe, there is also a lot of helplessness, for example, the former bustling lotus pond can not resist the change of the natural law of the seasons, just like the Tang Dynasty in the heyday of China, England, which was once known as the empire of the sun, can not resist the changes of history, and there are many glorious histories. Modern people who still care about the glory of past history, who will care about those who were once prosperous history, all people focus on the present, looking forward to the future, this is the law of the entire history of human evolution, no one is irreversible, no one can resist.
Although many people understand this truth, but it can be expressed through art, it is not so simple, this is whether the painting is really clever, whether the artist is really creative and even the most critical place to create a shocking work, which is why there are few great contemporary artists, because a great artist, he must go deep into life, and can transcend life, can be insightful and insightful, insightful, but also have a very clever wisdom, There is a profound historical and cultural heritage, there is philosophical wisdom, but also to live and human feelings, there is enough sincerity, human compassion and compassion, these are very noble qualities, need long-term life experience and cultivation, and even through the baptism of blood and fire. Everything, critics and viewers alike, can savor in the paintings. We can see this from the works of Qi Baishi and many famous artists. According to my observation, many of the works of the first people not only have the style of Qi Baishi (both god form, soul in painting, god in shape, vivid image, transcendent soul), but also have a tendency to surpass Qi Baishi, with a fairly high influence and appeal (I call it the power of awakening). Hence a cross poem to praise it with peace:
A stroke depicts the world's feelings;
A piece of paper writes the laws of the universe and illuminates the heavenly court;
In the past, the prosperity was all smoke and clouds, and the world was watched;
Where are the ancient and modern figures?
Millennia of history is in ashes Who cares?
10,000-year-old fossils are also mud Where to find?
Today's people only do today's things in the present;
Today and Tomorrow Become History A new chapter in the exhibition.
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: Author Bio
Wang Yixin, formerly known as Wang Zhanchu, male, born on December 1, 1958, a native of Beiduan Village, Daxin Town, Pingnan County, Guigang City, Guangxi Province, joined the Communist Party of China in March 1976, serving as the director of the scientific research office of the Party School of the Guigang Municipal Party Committee of The Communist Party of China, a state civil servant, a member of the Guangxi Writers Association, a national spiritual mentor, an assistant researcher, a member of the Guangxi Party History Society, a member of the Guangxi Historical Research Society, a member of the Guangxi Youth Research Society, and a special lecturer of the China Working Committee for Caring for the Next Generation. He is a distinguished researcher of the Central Research Office of the Communist Youth League of China, the vice chairman of the Guigang Literary Theorists Association, the director of the Guigang Writers Association, and the member of the jury of the Guigang Municipal Government Lotus Literature and Art Award.
He has published more than 3 million words of papers, poems, essays, novels and other works in national newspapers and periodicals, provincial, municipal and county-level newspapers and periodicals. The essay "Snow Lotus" was published in the Chinese "Selected Essays" and won the first prize of the 2009 Lotus Literature and Art Award of the Guigang Municipal Government; the novel "Olive Branch, Woman and Gun" was published in the 2005 "Long Novel" magazine and won the first prize of the annual Chinese novel; the novella "Birds with Wings in the Soul" was published in the "Chinese Writers" album and won the second prize of the 2006 "Chinese Writers" novella.
He has published more than 10 monographs on local history with a total of more than 3 million words, and began to engage in full-time philosophical research and literary creation in 2011, and has completed more than 500,000 words of "The Theory of Cosmic Evolution and Harmony", more than 1.2 million words of "Philosophy of cosmology", "Philosophical Guide to Human Thought and Action - On the World as cosmic will and image" of more than 200,000 words, "Criticism of the Philosophy of Human Nature", "How It is Possible for Man to Become a Man" and other 5 philosophical monographs.