Chapter 13 Tiannan Pictorial

The reason why many emerging painters can quickly become well-known painters is inseparable from the willingness of these big collectors to be behind the scenes.

This is also one of the reasons why many graduates of art academies want to hold solo exhibitions. Because if an ordinary painter wants to become famous, the only way to go is to hold a personal exhibition, so that some big collectors who can decide their fate are optimistic about them, give them opportunities, and then hype their paintings, so that they will soon gain fame and fortune.

As a graduate of the Zhenger Bajing Academy of Fine Arts, Xu Hong knows a lot about how a painter becomes famous.

"Son, what can I do? Holding a solo exhibition, does our family have the money to let you participate in the art exchange meeting, and you say that it is difficult to become famous. What do you think we should do? Do you want your parents to borrow some more money for you?"

Xu Qichang listened to his son's words and felt a little disappointed, so he wondered if his son wanted the two of them to raise money for him to hold an art exhibition, but he was embarrassed to speak!

"Son, if that's the case, then your mother and I should ask our relatives and friends to see if they can help us. ”

Xu Qichang feels that his son is now saying that this is not good, and that is not good, which means that he wants his parents to lend him money to hold an art exhibition!

"Son, otherwise, you can sell all my gold and silver jewelry! Maybe you can sell it for tens of thousands of yuan!" Zheng Chunling thought, her son is the hope of their family, since her son said that he can only become famous by holding a personal exhibition, then he can only do everything possible to help his son hold a personal art exhibition.

"Mom and Dad, where do you want to go? How can I ask my parents to borrow money for me to hold an art exhibition? My family is already in debt, how can I borrow money again!"

Xu Hong saw that his parents had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly stopped it.

"Son, if you don't let us borrow money, then what are you going to do for the exhibition! It's hundreds of thousands! You only have hundreds of thousands of dollars in your hand! There's still a lot of money left!" Zheng Chunling listened to Xu Hong's words, and she was puzzled. I don't understand that my son won't let them borrow money, so how can they have a solo exhibition!

"Yes, son, if you don't let us lend you money, then what are you going to do with the exhibition!" Xu Qichang also echoed.

"Mom and Dad! I want to submit my article to some newspapers and magazines first, and if I can adopt it, I should be able to make some money. In this way, I will earn hundreds of thousands of dollars myself. I'll have my own solo exhibition!"

Xu Hong knows that there is only one way in front of him, that is, if he wants to become famous like some writers who have not become famous, the most direct way is to submit articles to some newspapers and magazines.

In this way, no matter whether you can become famous or not, you can first earn some living expenses. It's not just about input, but not about income.

"What do you say, you have to contribute to some newspapers and magazines, son, you can't still write, do you? ”

When Xu Qichang heard his son say that he wanted to submit a manuscript to a newspaper or magazine, he felt that he was submitting a manuscript! He wanted to become a writer!

"Yes, son, don't you have the talent to write? Zheng Chunling was also a little surprised when she heard what her son said, and thought, does her son still have the talent to write.

"Mom and Dad! When I say submission, I'm not submitting a manuscript, I'm submitting a drawing. It is not for general literary magazines, but for some specialized art publications. ”

Xu Hong knows that in any big city, there are some special pure art publications, just like some pictorials or some newspapers and magazines, there are also some illustrations in the middle. These paintings were also obtained by the magazine through a call for papers.

Just as writing can be submitted to newspapers and magazines, drawing can also be submitted to these newspapers or magazines.

It's just that the proportion of submitted paintings is much lower than that of manuscripts. Because in any newspaper or magazine, most of the manuscripts published in it are manuscripts and paintings, and the area used is of course much less.

These paintings are only drafted on the side pages of newspapers or in the middle of magazines. Because these are mainly written publications, the paintings only serve as a foil.

Although it is a 'painting', it can only play the role of a green leaf in these publications.

However, some special pure art publications are different, these publications are full of paintings, which provide a stage for some painting lovers to show their paintings.

Of course, the circulation of pure art publications is much smaller than that of written publications. Because there are many fewer people who like to draw than those who like to read some story-based text works.

But in any case, there are still some people in the market who like pure art. In this way, pure art publications can survive forever.

In Tiannan City, where Xu Hong lives, there are two pure art publications and magazines.

One of them is called "Tiannan Pictorial".

"Tiannan Pictorial" is a time-honored pure art publication. It has been in Tiannan City for 20 years.

Due to the relatively small circulation of pure art publications, it was difficult to survive at first. Individual investors are reluctant to invest in such publications.

The founder of "Tiannan Pictorial" is not a single person, but a department, founded by the Tiannan Municipal Bureau of Culture.

At that time, it was founded only in response to the spirit of a diploma of the state to vigorously encourage the creation of pure works of art.

At first, everyone was not optimistic about Tiannan Pictorial, and felt that such a pure art publication might not have a market, and it would be difficult to survive in the market.

In fact, when this publication was first founded, it was completely losing money and making money. Every issue is losing money. Each issue of the magazine sells only a few hundred copies.

Compared with some best-selling text magazines, which sell tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, this is simply unwanted.

But because "Tiannan Pictorial" is a national institution like the Tiannan Municipal Bureau of Culture behind it, it doesn't matter if it loses money.

In order to respond to the call of superiors. Even if you lose money, you have to keep doing it.

It may be the only pure art publication of Tiannan Pictorial in the market. Later, with the improvement of the appreciation level of some people, slowly some people began to like such a pure art publication.

Unconsciously, the sales of "Tiannan Pictorial" are also rising year after year. From only a few hundred copies sold in each issue at the beginning, it has almost exceeded 10,000 copies now.

"Tiannan Pictorial" finally survived in the competition of the publication market in Tiannan City. It has become one of the few pure art publications that can compete with many popular literary publications in the market.