Leng Jun’s paintings of broken spoons and nails sold for 980,000 yuan. Experts praised the profound artistry. Why can’t netizens understand it?

What do you think of first when you see the combination of a broken spoon and a nail? Isn’t this just a junk collector? For a long time, Leng Jun's painting was just like collecting rags. Broken engines, broken scissors, broken maps...all these are scrap metal. But a painting using broken scissors as an example can sell for more than 1.6 million. Based on the monthly income of a low-end rag collector of 3,000, it would take 45 years of working without eating or drinking to earn Leng Jun's painting of Broken Scissors. The broken spoons and nails painted by Leng Jun were also sold for a high price of 980,000 yuan, which are still astronomical figures that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Experts praised its artistry, but netizens said they couldn't understand it. What is the purpose of Leng Jun drawing broken spoons and nails?

Leng Jun had unique ideas and gained a lot from scrapping scrap metal. This is largely related to the era in which he lived. It was particularly popular for artists to engage in philosophical thinking and bring it into their paintings. Therefore, we can see that throughout the 1990s, Leng Jun basically belonged to this type of style, with profound philosophical thinking. What is philosophy? To put it bluntly, there is nothing to do when you are full and you complicate simple problems. Leng Jun painted some scraps of copper and iron, which often made it difficult for people to understand what was going on. However, in the eyes of art critics at the time, they were rare masterpieces.

Therefore, in the eyes of art critics, Leng Jun’s paintings of broken spoons and nails have a profound spirit of human self-reflection. Human self-reflection seems to be an eternal theme of artists, which always makes people confused. If combined with the era in which Leng Jun lived, we may be able to understand why he created in this way. In Leng Jun's painting, the spoon symbolizes human beings who are constantly demanding, while the barbed wire symbolizes the earth as a prison for human beings, and the nails are naturally the bitter pill swallowed by human beings. Leng Jun used black as the background, and the overall look was solemn and depressing, giving people a sense of ritual.

According to this, experts said that Leng Jun’s paintings are profoundly artistic and are not expensive to sell for 980,000 yuan. On the contrary, their warning significance is greater than the value of the work itself. Leng Jun tried to tell people the truth through this way of expression, that is, if we no longer pay attention to living in harmony with nature, we will face a very embarrassing situation. There were not many works with a warning meaning at that time, so Leng Jun's paintings of broken spoons and nails stood out from the crowd. What is particularly commendable is that the artistry displayed by Leng Jun is very profound and inspiring.

However, netizens still don’t understand. In the eyes of netizens, it is better for Leng Jun to spend so much time on it than just take a photo with a click of a button. It’s not surprising that netizens have this view. After all, Leng Jun’s paintings look so much like photos, giving people the feeling of being there. Or maybe it's too realistic, which makes netizens ignore the artistry of Leng Jun's works, which makes netizens unable to understand, which is understandable.

Leng Jun’s paintings of broken spoons and nails sold for 980,000 yuan, which is incredible to netizens. However, the value of the artwork itself does not lie in the value, but in the artistic value. Any work of artistic profundity can become a classic that will last for generations. What netizens can’t understand is why an ordinary photo, no matter how ordinary, can be sold for 980,000 yuan? This is a secular view, and in the eyes of experts it is a sign of ignorant laymen. It is undeniable that Leng Jun's work "Mutation: The Thorny Spoon" has profound warning significance and is a rare work of reflection and introspection with humanistic care.