Reflections on Chen Danqing's Part

Art has a special language system, and even different arts have their own theoretical systems. However, all the practical exploration and theoretical analysis in the field of fine arts are not enough to perfectly explain why modern artistic changes have taken place.

1839, the first practical silver camera was made in Daguerre. The influence of photography and video recording is the fundamental reason for the change of painting history and even art history in19th century. Since the industrial revolution, the influence of science and technology has led to a fundamental turning point in art, that's all.

Among them, mainly painting, the main changes are:

First, in terms of aesthetic standards, whether the painting likes it or not is not important.

Second, in terms of painting rules, whether it is completed is no longer binding.

Third, in terms of information content, recording and dissemination become secondary functions.

Fourth, in terms of demand, custom painting is no longer the mainstream, and painters become freelancers selling paintings.

5. In terms of media materials, old materials and related technologies are constantly innovating, and new materials and related forms of expression are constantly being introduced.

6. In the cultural sense, the role of painting as architectural decoration and religious attachment has faded and become more independent and free. It can still be hung on the wall, but a lot of it is on paper, especially on the screen.

Since then, differences, unfinished, emotional, personal interests, the use of new materials and independent cultural significance have become the main characteristics of modern and contemporary art.

Photography is not only about pressing the shutter, but also the style of photography (including camera shooting) and its equipment, techniques and post-production are very rich. The schools of painting and even art, as well as their media and techniques, are roughly similar.

—— 2065438+May 9, 2008, such as the state of orchid. It is the sunshine that moistens and refreshes.

—— 2065438+revised on May 25th, 2008, such as Lanzhou. It's a mess and dusty.

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There is an interview video in the sixteenth painting "Duchamp's Decision" of "Partial". Duchamp roughly said these words: "I don't care about the word art, because art has long been notorious. ..... I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary worship of art nowadays. I think this is a difficult situation. I have been living in art and still want to get rid of it. I can't explain what I have done. When people do something, they don't know why they do it. "

The interviewer's questions and Duchamp's words are not at the same level of communication. I can't explain it because I can't understand it.

Chen Danqing: "The era when a society and a civilization no longer need painting has actually started quietly." Art will no longer be dominated by sculpture or painting, and newer media will be the mainstream. Chen Danqing: "The signifier of art and the signified of art are infinitely expanded." New media should be images.

No matter worship or getting rid of it, human beings are among them, and God is among them. Art should be consistent, and artistic attitude should also be consistent. Therefore, in the era of artistic change, we can follow or rely on the attitude of art.

Wang Ruiyun: "What Duchamp left to the world was not his works, but his attitude." It can even be said that art is attitude. What's the attitude? I don't have any poems in my hand, but I have poems in my heart, something like that.

The related changes of modern western painting in China are nothing more than the later period of industrialization and modernization. Just like at high latitudes, when the sun has not set and the moon has risen, different scenes will inevitably appear.

—— 2065438+May 9, 2008, such as the state of orchid. Late rain.

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The first four paintings in Chen Danqing local 1 are "A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers", "Victory of Death", "Victory of the People" and "Work for Beginners". When it comes to the question of which works are good, it comes to the young painter, the early school, the feelings of the public, and the beginners of famous artists. Furthermore, it can be said that the most important thing is the exploration of early teenagers based on empathy.

This kind of works are characterized by different external expressions and the same internal spirit, which is called vivid. Just like Van Gogh's Fisherman by the Sea. About expressing intuition and instinct, a large proportion is a matter of skill. The more recognized mature skills, the more irrelevant personality, ignoring differences, incompetent and meticulous. Language and writing are almost the same.

Too many people are just struggling with the old skills, without trudging and inner. However, how many intuitions and instincts can be discovered and understood, and how many sexuality and differences can be expressed and recognized? This kind of painter is different because he accepted the outside and found the inner difference. Basil is such a figure in the fifth painting "Youth in Paris".

Just like everyone's different reading preferences, they are all manifestations of their respective reading systems in the gradual construction and conscious choice. Reading the same content has different functions in different people's minds, at least because of the different reading time and understanding depth. Read more, you will have preferences, and you will pursue some content tirelessly, but this is not enough. There must always be something that can be met but not sought, so that a person's reading system can be properly satisfied and effectively changed, and his intellectual structure and psychological state can be upgraded.

——20 18 12.6, Rulan. It snowed lightly last night and this morning. The weather is cold and cold.

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In the seventh painting "The Indulgence of Painting", Chen Danqing said, "All finished and closed paintings have problems. You'll never see what this picture looks like in the middle. Cezanne completely exposed the process of painting. "

This matter, focusing on the process or the goal, depends on the situation at that time. When photography replaces most of the meaning of painting in the goal, painting has changed from order to free creation, so it is inevitable to pay attention to the process.

Chen Danqing said, "When everything starts, it is the best time." However, this can only be said when looking back. There are too many things to do, and there is no need to turn back. Besides, the best time is generally not the most meaningful. Therefore, that time is not over yet, and it seems more practical to look back.

Pursuing the goal, once achieved, is like death, or, as Li Bai wrote in "Chivalrous Man", it is necessary to "brush off clothes and hide fame". Imagine that if painting is always in the process, open, unfinished and not over, it will have the taste of eternal life.

However, it should be noted that the unfinished business must be continuous. Once interrupted, the original creative mentality has changed, and the mood to continue to modify can not be found. Then, although it was not finished, it was over. For example, outdoor sketching.

Such a new degree of completion, completion standards and the like generally lie in two aspects: first, performance, goal direction, relevance, significance, feeling right, inevitable connection with the real world, not necessarily like it, emotion, personal interest and the use of new media, independent cultural significance and so on are the main characteristics. Secondly, in the sense, in the category of process, intuition, instinct, unsustainable inspiration and interruption are the main characteristics.

Picasso: "A framed picture hangs on the wall and dies." The real completion should be limited to one's own ability and level, infinitely close to the state of being unable to complete further, that is, unable to complete, which has nothing to do with concreteness or abstraction.

——20 18 12.7, Rulan. Solar terms and heavy snow.

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Unable to complete. This standard is more free and personalized, but more real and accurate.

For example, the previous standard was a mountain with a certain altitude, and now the standard is a god on the head. Ye Cunren of the Qing Dynasty said: "There are gods three feet above the head, and I am not afraid of others knowing or myself knowing." People have different heights, but there is an insurmountable height above their heads.

The writing of modern poetry is roughly like this modern painting.

Chen Danqing said, "The so-called unfinished and open works are an outdated proposition and a revolution. But all revolutions have an endless legacy. Except for a few geniuses ... the four seas ... painted countless graffiti and unfinished paintings. The best is ... and endless. " Perhaps, we can boldly guess that the latecomers and their art look back at their predecessors, and it really happens? For example, in the Song Dynasty, I read Tang poems, while literati paintings focused on meticulous painting.

Of course, although it is difficult to tell, there is always a horizontal line there. The meaning is above this. This is what Picasso said, "Greeks, Romans and Renaissance people all have a rule to paint there. But at the beginning of Van Gogh, everyone had to be his own sun. " "My own sun" is not only on my head, but also on everyone's head.

Which works are good in the first to fifth pictures? Attention should be paid to the exploration of early teenagers based on empathy. The sixth to eighth paintings show that since the mid-9th century, the rules have changed, the situation has changed, and the "unfinished" works have shone brilliantly.

In the eighth painting "Informal Charm", it is said that "unfinished works will be turned into informality" by borrowing ancient literati paintings in China. After all, art is somewhat "informal" because of its independent cultural significance. If there is "informality", there is a corresponding "formality". This opposition is not good, at least for avant-garde art. Because they generally do not show the integration with "form", and "form" is not entirely a backward tradition.

——20 18 12.7, Rulan. Solar terms and heavy snow.

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So, will painting be replaced by photography and video? No, painting has something that photography and video can't reach. Pictures 9 to 1 1 deal with this problem.

First, aesthetic feeling does not depend entirely on reality. The aesthetic feeling should be higher, imaginative, mysterious and imaginative. There is an imaginary beauty that can be painted, but not photographed. Moreover, how can reality create necessary and sufficient conditions for stimulating this unique aesthetic feeling of imagination? In The Ninth Painting: Varadon and Mother, Chen Danqing said, "Now, Valadon has given an excellent opportunity, a rare opportunity, that is, a woman looks at a naked woman and draws it herself. What is the situation? " He said, "Valadon also draws naked men, which is another unique skill. In the history of painting, the male nudity described by female painters is very limited. She gave us another excellent and almost unique example. " More imaginative beauty, painting can't be drawn.

Second, the painter's personality is more important in painting. Think about the difference between eyes and lenses. Everyone's eyesight is different. After reading The Tenth Painting: Female Painters in the Republic of China and The Twelfth Painting: Information and Farewell, we can say that personality is really important. "His personality, his nature ... he will look different when he looks outside, and it will change when he brings it into his works." To say that the embodiment of the author's temperament in photography and photography is naturally not as serious as painting. "(Painting) techniques and technical traditions are continuous and will not change overnight." The same painting still life and techniques, the same shooting location and equipment, is definitely the former with more personality. Even photography, photography is mostly just a machine perspective, and there is little temperament of the creator. However, after the intervention of image post-processing technology, the individuality of photography and photography has been strengthened, and of course it is even more unreal.

Third, the painting is also rich in information. "Scroll painting itself is for narrative painting. ..... I value Xu Yang ... not entirely the so-called artistry of painting, but a media function of painting. " The more information (emotions or facts) an art form carries, the more vitality it has. But objectively speaking, it is not realistic to exhaust the information of a painting in a short time. A person can see so much, even if he looks at it all his life, it won't be much profound. Especially in literati painting, blank space is also a profound expression. We can't see through other people's hearts, maybe we can't see through a painting. First of all, because we only look at what we want to see and can see; Secondly, some people will see what the painter thinks. "The core secret of painting is sometimes not painting, not all paintings, but what the painter looks like." Will anyone investigate the facts and the truth by watching?

Does it mean that the more real a work of art is, the less personality it has and the less aesthetic feeling it has?

Then, make a choice, which is better, painting or image, between beauty, personality and information or truth, goodness and beauty? I think if you really want to choose images, you'd better choose paintings. Beauty naturally depends on your own imagination.

Everything is in your own viewing instinct. Whether it is the western perspective or China's broad vision, the key is instinct, and what you can see instinctively is enough.

You can find your own position, viewpoint and system if you like.

—— 20181211,such as Lanzhou.

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In The Thirteenth Painting: Injustice in Russia, Dostoevsky said, "In Asia, we are Europeans; In Europe, we are Asians. " The significance of Russian painting, from a certain point of view, can be used as a mirror of the relationship between China's modern painting and western painting. In addition, after the Renaissance, western painting turned from divinity to humanity, while Russian painting generally praised human heroes, and China's revolutionary historical painting was also influenced by it.

The fourteenth painting: St. Kyle's Church and the fifteenth painting: The Battle of the Giants mentioned that Italian wet murals and Greek sculptures belong to the category of "what you can't say, what do you have to say?" In the face of unparalleled classics, no matter what the origin is, it is closer to instinct and intuition, and instinct and intuition are closer to art.

I have written before that the more information (emotion or fact) an art form carries, the more vitality it has. Moreover, an art is always watched, which is its meaning and its spirit is also in it.

However, Chen Danqing said in "The Sixteenth Painting: Duchamp's Decision", "The era when a society and a civilization no longer need painting has actually begun quietly." There's no need to be sad. What we care about is actually the right to watch.

For a good painting, Chen Danqing quoted Clemente as saying that firstly, he would keep reading, and secondly, he would discover and comprehend. Just as people are used to being stimulated in safety. Of course, if you are fully prepared and your thinking reaches a critical point, you may have the feeling of "seeing a painting for the first time" and your "seeing a painting experience" will change.

What changes is the theory of seeing, not seeing. Look at it and say it's still there.

In this way, what is a good painting, what great changes have taken place in modern painting, what are the characteristics of painting compared with images, and what is the development of painting? Chen Danqing's "part" has been said. This is for my memory.

—— 20181213 is like a blue state.