"Cultural Confidence!"

It was these four words that made Yu Chi suddenly brightened, but he couldn't help but shake his head and frowned: "Dad, is this a little fuss? It's just a small art form, is it necessary to rise to such a height?"

Yu Hao smiled when he heard this, and said softly: "It's not a matter of height, but a deep-rooted belief. I think that the 5,000-year history of our country has left us a strong foundation of cultural self-confidence, and this confidence is supported by hundreds of schools of thought, porcelain, silk, tea, calligraphy, Chinese painting, opera, papermaking, printing, compass, gunpowder ......"

"There are so many art forms that they are the best in the world. These countless good things, ordinary people can't study them thoroughly and like them all their lives, so where do they still have the heart to pay attention to nondescript things. ”

Yu Hao's words are full of pride and self-confidence.

Yu Chi pouted, some agreed, some disagreed: "Why don't you talk about Western music, architecture, and sculpture." By the way, there is also oil painting, which has also taken root and developed in our country. ”

"Because we are tolerant and don't rest on our laurels. ”

Yu Hao said with a smile: "Since ancient times, our country has gathered the strengths of hundreds of schools, absorbed the essence of various countries and nationalities, and then integrated and assimilated with each other, and finally became our own. ”

"There are merits in Western culture, so it is natural for us to bring them in and learn from them. But you should also note that the culture that has been introduced has also lacked the foundation of the masses. ”

Yu Hao said slowly: "Whether it is music and dance, or architectural sculptures, it may be popular and prosperous for a while, but the people who were born and raised in this country and have been influenced by culture still like the culture and art of their own country. ”

"The simplest example. ”

Yu Hao asked: "In the Spring and Autumn Auction, is it an oil painting or a Chinese painting that has the highest transaction price? In the market, is it the popularity of ruby sapphire diamonds, or the high sales of traditional jadeite and jade? There are also ordinary people, what they yearn for the most are high-rise buildings, or traditional ancient houses in garden courtyards?"

“......”

Yu Chi was silent for a long time before he said sullenly: "Dad, this topic is too high-end, I don't participate in the discussion." I just want to know now, can I express the artistic conception of Chinese painting in the form of oil painting?"

As he spoke, his eyes shone with anticipation, like a burning flame.

"Silly boy, don't you understand?"

Yu Hao sighed helplessly: "During the period of great exploration, Eastern culture and Western culture intersected, and we learned other people's music, architecture, mathematics, and sculpture, and people can also learn our culture in turn." ”

"You think that for hundreds of years, you are the only smart person in the world. Some Western painters, attracted by our national culture, have also tried to express the essence of ink painting in the form of oil painting. ”

"How did it turn out?"

Yu Chi asked, a little nervous and disappointed, but also a little hopeful.

"Failed. ”

Yu Hao said lightly: "On the one hand, it is due to cultural reasons, after all, it is not a simple matter to let foreigners learn our culture, let alone completely break the shackles of culture and turn it into their own use." ”

"On the other hand, the market is cold. ”

Yu Hao explains: "The essence of freehand Chinese painting lies in the changes in ink painting. Everyone has adapted to splashing ink on snow-white rice paper, writing black and white elegant artistic conception, and some can't accept the strong colors of oil paintings. ”

"Besides, even if some people like colorful paintings, don't they still have heavy color brushwork? The colors of many gongbi paintings are no different from oil paintings. ”

Yu Hao smiled: "If it weren't for the fact that the form of gongbi painting is relatively flat and the oil painting is more three-dimensional, I'm afraid there is no place for oil painting in the market." ”

Yu Chi still didn't give up, and asked again: "So what about Chinese people studying oil painting, as the head of both Eastern and Western cultures, can't they break the shackles?"

"Didn't I say that the market is cold. ”

Yu Hao shook his head and said: "Creating a traditional artistic conception with the characteristics of Chinese painting in oil painting is easy to say, but it is difficult to do." The point is that someone has done it, but it is not recognized by the market. ”

"I remember a couple of years ago, a painter did an experiment. On the same subject, he painted the work in the form of a Chinese painting, and then again in the form of an oil painting. The two paintings were consigned to the gallery, but the Chinese paintings were sold at a high price on the same day, and the oil paintings were hung for a month before they were sold at a low price. ”

Although it is only a partial generalization, it also shows that the freehand form of oil painting is not recognized by the public. In fact, not only is the freehand painting of oil painting cold, but there are also people who have tried ink abstract painting, but there is no market. ”

After all, the form of Chinese painting, after thousands of years of accumulation, the efforts of generations, has formed a unique aesthetic taste, pay attention to the image between the similar and the unlike, out of this standard, destined to be unpopular, niche, can not become a big climate. No matter how talented a painter is, if he chooses the wrong direction, no matter how hard he tries, he will not gain anything. ”

It's a reminder, and it's a warning.

Yu Chi stopped talking, turned around and said, "Dad, I'm going to eat." ”

“......”

Yu Hao saw his son leave, shook his head slightly, and continued to read.

For him, this matter is nothing more than a small episode in life, like turning the page of a book, it is over when it has passed, and it does not need to be taken to heart anymore.

But tonight was a sleepless night for Yu Chi.

The next morning, he didn't even eat breakfast, so he hurried to Wencun and visited Shiraba again.

Knock on the door, sign up, and enter the house smoothly.

Bai Ye woke up, still a little sleepy, squinted at Yu Chi with a yawn, and complained: "Are you here like this?"

"Or else?"

Yu Chi was stunned and didn't understand the meaning.

"Come knocking on the door early in the morning, I thought you were going to give me a gift, Bai Huan rejoiced. Bai Ye led Yu Chi into the living room, you must know that he is usually fine, and he usually wakes up naturally until he falls asleep at noon.

It's the life of a rich man, unpretentious and boring.

"The tea is gone, drink water. ”

In the living room, the white leaves were soft on the sand, and they didn't want to move much.

Yu Chi was not embarrassed, but nodded heavily: "That's right, you're right, I'm indeed here to give a gift." ”

"Huh?"

Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, and looked Yu Chi up and down: "Where is the gift?"

Yu Chi said solemnly: "I want to give you the wealth of the sky, as well as a chance to go down in the history of painting." ”

"You ......"

Bai Ye was stunned and hesitated: "I have Xiao Chai Hu here, do you want to take a dip?"

"I don't have a fever, I'm not talking nonsense. ”

Yu Chi's face darkened, and then he asked seriously, "Are you willing?"

"What?"

Bai Ye didn't understand what it meant.

"A year ago, you were in a crisis, everyone shouted and beaten, and you were even forced to burn all your paintings. Even if you find another way to turn over through sculpture now. But has the wound in my heart really been erased?"

Yu Chi's words were also a little provocative, "I don't believe that you will laugh at this." I also don't believe that you have been focusing on sculpture since then, and you have completely broken with the art world. Don't you want to stage a good show of the return of the king in the art world, and deal the heaviest blow to the people who laughed at you at the beginning?"

“…… Don't want to. Bai Ye shook his head, like a salted fish.

"No, you want to. ”

Yu Chi approached and said solemnly: "No matter who it is, after experiencing that kind of thing, I will definitely feel aggrieved and depressed in my heart, and there is a fire in my stomach." I know, you must be waiting for an opportunity......"

That's a familiar statement.

Bai Ye couldn't help but take advantage of the situation and said, "Yes, I'm waiting for an opportunity." I'm going to fight for a breath, not to prove that I'm better than others, I'm just going to tell everyone that I have to get back what I lost!"

"Bang!"