Leng Jun painted faucets for millions. Why is a painting so expensive? After zooming in 5 times, no more questions. Why?

In 20 18, a cold painting named "faucet" sold for a high price of 265,438+10,000 yuan. There are no complicated items in the painting, only a realistic rusty old faucet, which has become the object of contention and a rare item more valuable than a brand-new faucet.

Moreover, the cold and more valuable work, the 20 1 1 cold oil painting "Portrait of Xiao Jiang" sold for 70 1.5 million yuan on 20 19, which is the most valuable work so far and one of the few extremely expensive works in the painting and calligraphy circles.

In the decades of Leng Jun's creation, his masterpieces broke through the limit again and again in the auction, constantly refreshing the auction price and rising all the way, from the initial hundreds of thousands to the recent tens of millions. Someone joked that according to this market, it won't be long before the cold price will surpass Ma Yun.

In fact, what we don't know is that some high-priced works are not directly auctioned by painters, but changed hands several times in the middle. When collectors buy some works from painters for the first time, the price will not be too high. Everything in the first transaction depends on the artist's intention and confidence in the work, thus setting the asking price.

Moreover, the production cycle of a work is often very long, and it needs to be polished after a long period of repeated consideration. For a stunning work, the painter should concentrate, work hard and devote all his enthusiasm and energy. There is a folk saying that "you can watch the doorway, but you can't watch the excitement." No one can succeed casually, and the process of making any good thing is not easy. Of course, the formation of a priceless painting will not be that simple.

Cold works are frequently sold at high prices, but at the same time they are subject to more and more controversy. Some people like his works, while others question them. Some people in the cold exhibition were dissatisfied with the cold paintings. They think that a cold art exhibition looks like a photo exhibition, and each painting is like a photo, which has no artistic appreciation value. Indeed, in the eyes of ordinary people, the current camera can complete the information collection of daily things, so why do people draw it with a brush bit by bit? People should do things that machines can't do.

Maybe all artists have a lofty heart. In the face of doubt, Leng Jun did not agree. He admits that praise will not change the creative line because of doubts. In his view, if others have the freedom to speak, then he has more freedom to do it.

Valuable works that are breathtaking and truly brilliant after being magnified five times can stand the test of practice and time. Cold works are constantly tested from all directions in people's praise and questioning. In order to study whether the cold painting is collectible and really worth so much money, someone used a magnifying glass to scrutinize every detail of the painting. People wanted to find out the flaw and overturn the previous conclusion, but they didn't expect to find the true soul, true meaning and research value of cold works.

Through a magnifying glass, people can see every perfect and delicate detail. As we all know, even the photos taken by the camera will be distorted after a certain amplification. Even if it is hand-painted by Leng Jun, it is still intact even if it is magnified many times. You can even see the tiny freckles on the girl's face and the fluff on the sweater. At this point, people finally acknowledged the profound knowledge of Leng, and believed in the artistic value of his paintings.

Lengjun is really meticulous in creation, and this spirit of treating art with Excellence and pursuing Excellence is almost unparalleled.