Who is the current pick of Chinese contemporary art?
Wen, Cao Xi Frog
This article is last year's article, posted on Artron Art Network, can be combined with this year's article "What kind of curator is the most suitable for artists?" The article reads, which has practical uses for young artists, although it is a common sense, but many artists tend to work hard professionally. - Author's inscription
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world art market hard, and there is no doubt that many museums, galleries, galleries, galleries, and auction houses have been severely affected in the past few months. I am afraid that the next few months and six months will not be able to slow down, and this impact will continue for at least two to three years. But the more such a crisis is rife, the more many new artists rise, this time is when everyone is secretly resisting with strength, and it is precisely such a time when those artists who have always prided themselves on their strength come out.
Screenshot of Artron Art Network
In those years, many artists looked at money vigorously, all over the world, mixed buddies with familiar faces, buddies and sisters gossiped, or got together to talk about the wind and cool, but now it is completely different. Now the direction of art has changed, many artists mixed together have begun to divide your and my ideas, to divide your art and my art, rather than mixed together to say our art, no matter your art group we essentially refer to a large circle, or a small circle, it does not matter, the important thing is the long night, can you see the true self of your art, even if your art for a while everyone looks down on, can not see, but as long as you find your own true fire that blows will become more prosperous.
Artist Van Gogh
Generation after generation of artists, there is a period of creativity that no one understands loneliness but is full of creativity, this period from youth to middle age will slowly become clear, there are precocious 30 years old or so, followed by about 40 years old, most of them are around 50 years old, this golden period will generally have more than ten years of time, even for a creative artist for more than ten years is enough. Of course, to become a master, it will not be until after the age of 60, and many buddies and sisters will really be slowly boiled, and the five fingers of one hand will finally be left with the thumb. At the beginning, it was a horizontal comparison, a comparison of the same generation, a comparison of the whole country and the world, and then a vertical comparison, the ratio of history, always compared to the comings and goings, the dead are still compared, of course, there are always people who are more annoyed, and finally many people themselves go down ahead of time. If you look at art history, there are only a few people in the end.
Zhao Qiaoyun was in front of her painting
Of course, this is on the macro view of art, this is also a pessimistic view of art, and the essence of art philosophy is completely opposite, in fact, the essence of art philosophy is more concerned with the micro, pay attention to the present, pay attention to you and me in the era, just like everyone in the mobile phone group, the upper limit of the group is 500 people, a lifetime you really comb with these 500 people to comb the relationship is very good, in fact, if your art can get 500 people to understand, the world will understand you. You have to be able to fire in this group of 500 people, you can fire all over the world, you don't want to fool around, just as the greatest artists can't use a 12-person support team to shine in history, and a team of 10 people can push you to the top of the world.
Artist Picasso
Of course, the team of 10 people first you have to take a place, which is very important, if you are not firm, no ideals, no ideas, everything is in vain, without this important point there is no other existence, about this point will not be spent here today. The remaining 9 people are the main body of today's article, including 1 professor, 1 journalist, 1 gallerist, 1 critic, 1 collector, 1 auctioneer, 1 art gallery director, 1 banker, 1 politician. They are all the real selectors of artists, the real promoters of every step and stage of artists, and these selectors will not appear before time, let alone you can find them all over the world, as if there is really an invisible hand behind all this.
Liu Zhifeng and his oil painting "City"
Of course, there are many professors, journalists, gallerists, critics, collectors, auctioneers, art museum directors, bankers, and politicians in this world, but there is only one who really has a relationship with you, which is completely dependent on fate, not what you call pulling relationships, finding doors, and planning behind closed doors, let alone the so-called mixed circles that can be mixed, here to remind those artists who go to the camp every day to grasp their own serious things, and your current artistic experience is important. The following is a review of the different stages of art communication zones:
I. The Breadth of Primary Communication zone of art: In the primary zone, artists will meet 2 important selectors: professors and journalists. The professor here refers to your teacher, the master, the teacher of your art, anyone's art has a teacher, as for how you teach that is not very important, private schools, studios, universities, libraries can be, depending on fate. The reporters here are the people who can officially spread your art to the four directions, there are journalists, writers, etc., they may not be professional art practitioners, but the representatives of the art audience, the opinion leaders, are your initial art fans, and the last responders. Ordinary art, can reach this primary breadth, can get the support of professors, journalists, has been considered an entry.
Artist Shen Shubin
Second, the breadth of art in the middle of the spread zone: in the intermediate zone artists will meet three important selectors: gallerists, critics, collectors. The gallerist here specifically refers to the fact that your artwork has entered the commercial circulation channel, and only by entering the commercial circulation channel can it really enter the society, and only then can your art have the function of self-hematopoiesis, at least it can survive independently in the art world, so this gallerist is very important to the artist. The critic here refers specifically to your art critic, which is equivalent to the academic positioner of your art, not to casually claim to be a so-called art critic, of course, all kinds of art critics are useful, but no matter how many kinds of art critics can not replace your art critics, academic positioners, especially in China, there are very few art critics. Collectors here refer to professional collectors of your art, in addition to collecting your representative works of various periods, but also pay great attention to various aspects, not just buying a piece of your work can be called your collector. At this stage, the artist is basically counted, and the rest depends on the creation of God.
Ding Qiufa in his studio
Third, the breadth of high-level dissemination of art: Artists who can enter this stage are considered successful artists, and such artists will meet 4 important selectors: auctioneers, bankers, art museum directors, and politicians. The auctioneers here are, of course, big-name auctioneers, and at this stage your work will become a milestone symbol of these big-name auctioneers, and your most brilliant moments have their hammers, and you are basically not present, only their testimony. The bankers here may still be Western bankers for the time being, because the bankers here are only encountered when your works are over 100 million, and most artists may not meet them for life. The director of the art museum here, of course, does not refer to any art museum director, but specifically refers to the director of the art museum of national importance or folk importance, which is the treasure house of mankind or the art museum of spiritual temple. As for the politicians here, it is simple, more depending on fate, artists with fate will receive direct or indirect protection from these politicians in their lifetime, and those who have no fate will have no luck for life.
Cézanne in the studio
Most artists may not be related to their high-level zone in life, but they have the responsibility to grasp their own mid-level zone, where eighty or ninety percent of artists are active, living, working, and waiting for the selectors of the high zone to come.
Critic Li Xianting
This time the new crown epidemic has just passed, many artists do not know where to start, I will give you a combing, these truths seem to be known, but often forget, just like the old saying "the tail of the cow swings around, I don't know how many legs the cow has.". This time the new crown epidemic is very special, everyone warns everyone not to get together, then do not get together, just do a little more creative, academic things, make good use of this time to sort out their own art, and then create a few new works after academic combing. Since everyone is in the intermediate breadth of their art, think about who is your gallerist? Where to find him? Who is which art critic you've appointed? Where is the collector you destined for?
Maybe if the gallerists, critics, and collectors you have destined have arrived, then everyone will ponder your art academic exhibition, and the audience may not be more, only professional, even if only a professional audience is on the spot, history will witness all this, and you and your chosen one determine your luminosity in reality and history.
May 21, 2020 at the Crescent Hall in Beijing