The selection of the Art Creation Award is actually similar to the previous selection of the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards.

However, the scale is much larger than that of the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards.

The selection is primary, screening, review, and final selection.

The number of awards has increased to five, including one gold award, 600,000 yen plus a certificate from the five major art academies, two silver awards, 400,000 yen plus a certificate, and four bronze awards, 300,000 yen plus a certificate. In addition to the gold, silver and bronze awards, there are also awards for hard work and commendation.

The award is based on the amount of work to be awarded, while the award is an award that encourages creators to continue their efforts and supports them on a moral and material level.

Both of these things only have bonuses, no reward certificates.

In addition to the establishment of awards, there are also various classifications.

For example, Tsukasa Higashino belongs to the oil painting category. There are also photography in the category of visual communication design, sculpture category... It's weird anyway.

Among them, oil painting is a hot topic - because many art students only understand oil painting, and they don't know anything about sculpture and photography.

Therefore, the oil painting category of this year's Art Creation Awards will inevitably set off a bloody storm, which is considered a hard-hit area, and I don't know how many people will have to be killed or injured to get the only gold award.

Tsukasa Higashino didn't think that much.

He just picked up the phone amid the noisy voices of a group of little girls, and then walked to the relatively quiet balcony: "Is it Mr. Yamauchi?" Is there anything you can do with me? ”

"Hmm." There was silence on the first floor of Yamauchi for a while, and then he replied, "I just went to get the thermos kettle, sorry, Higashino-san." ”

He took a sip of water, and then said, "Let's get down to business first, three days later will be the time for the final selection of the Art Creation Awards, Higashino-san." ”

Sure enough, it's a matter of the art creation awards.

This was not expected by Higashino.

"But the key is not the timing of the selection of the art creation awards, but the specific selection committee." Yamauchi continued to smile on the first floor and said: "I have to say, Higashino-san, your luck is really good, the selection committee and award committee of the art creation awards jointly organized by the five major art academies this time are mainly served by Ms. Noriko Mano, the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan..."

"Oh?" This time, Higashino Tsukasa also showed a hint of surprise.

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, also known as the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, is Japan's Minister of State, in charge of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and is mainly responsible for domestic things related to education and art.

The size of his official position is about the same as that of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Culture, the Bureau of Religious Affairs, and the General Administration of Sports on the Celestial Empire.

And there is also an award in Japan, called the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, which is mainly given to people who have made great achievements in the art category.

This is a complete big shot, and it's no wonder that the first floor of Yamauchi said that Tsukasa Higashino was lucky.

If only you could get a little bit of appreciation from the other party... Even if she knows her name... This is a huge success.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that Noriko Higashino appeared as a member of the selection committee and the award committee.

After all, the five major art academies in Tokyo represent the most powerful art schools in Japan, and Noriko Mano, as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, is obliged to participate in such a grand event.

Not to mention the recent reappointment of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Japanese Cabinet, of course, Mano Noriko has to find an opportunity to show her face in front of the people.

Tsukasa Higashino thought as he thanked Yamauchi on the first floor.

After all, the other party did spend a lot of effort to participate in this art creation award.

Presumably, from the first floor of Yamauchi, Tsukasa Higashino should have entered Musashimei University steadily, and his current actions are also cultivating talents for Musashimei University.

As for Akira Kuronomiya next to Tsukasa Higashino...? She didn't participate in the big prize at all, and put all her energy into this comic.

Since she works so hard, she will definitely achieve corresponding results.

"The results of tomorrow's selection should be out, do you need me to notify you directly? Or do you want to wait for the committee to notify you? ”

On the first floor of Yamauchi, he also asked Tsukasa Higashino intimately before hanging up the phone.

He was worried that Tsukasa Higashino was too nervous, so he was still wondering if to inform Tsukasa Higashino in advance.

After all, oil painting is the hardest hit area, and the number of Japanese young people who contribute to the oil painting category is probably more than 40% of the total number of people in the entire art creation award... Roughly speaking, there are about five or six thousand contestants, which is the number of... This is where the competitive pressure... It's not too big.

"Please let Yamauchi-sensei inform me in advance." Higashino replied with a smile.

His attitude seemed unhurried, and there was obviously nothing nervous.

If you can get it, you have the ability, and if you don't get it, you will work hard next time, how can there be so many curves? Can you get a gold reward by being compassionate and hiding?

This is obviously unlikely.

Higashino discussed with Yamauchi for a while, and then hung up the phone.

Thinking of the first floor of Yamauchi, Tsukasa Higashino couldn't stop nodding.

Indeed... This art creation award is really good-looking.

In any case, as the days passed, the final day of the Art Creation Awards finally arrived.

As a selection held by the five major art academies in Japan, the jury lineup is of course mainly selected from professors and tutors from various disciplines of the five major art academies.

In addition, of course, some famous professional painters and professional sculptors will be invited to serve as judges, but the proportion of them is very small, which can be regarded as letting them make up for the head, indicating that 'the art creation awards held by our five major art academies are fair and open', which is used to silence the media.

There are more than 10 judges in total.

And the first floor of Yamauchi is not the highest among the professors of the oil painting discipline of the five major art academies, at most it is at the upper level, so among these more than ten people, he can only be regarded as a judge with more right to speak, but it is far from the level of a veto.

Compared with the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards, which Higashino participated in, the level of the Art Creation Awards is undoubtedly much higher.

You must know that at that time, the first floor of Yamauchi had a veto in the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards, but it was completely impossible to put it here... At best, it's a suggestion.

Really say people who can influence the whole picture... That is probably the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Noriko Mano.

As soon as she spoke, basically the rest of the people would agree.

First of all, the primary selection was carried out, and more than 4,000 oil paintings were cut from the five or six thousand works in the warehouse—and two-thirds of them were directly cut down.

This is too much elimination.

The remaining 2,000 or so works enter the next screening link.

The so-called screening is to cut another 1,500 works from the more than 2,000 works, leaving 500 to enter the review process - this knife is three-quarters down, and countless lives have been lost. The level of tragedy is comparable to that of a world war.

Of course, there will be professors from other faculties to help screen this... Otherwise, the dozen or so people in the judging team want to see five or six thousand works in three days... It's just a joke.

The remaining 500 works that have entered the review process can be formally evaluated by the review team.

In the end, 450 of these 500 paintings were cut down, and 50 oil paintings were obtained to participate in the final selection, and the number of people with one knife was 9 out of ten, which can be said to be extremely bloody.

However, after such a strict selection and reduction, these 50 oil paintings were only qualified for the final selection.

In the end, there are only a dozen or so that can get the prize.

But in fact, this is the case with the official awards, and the Tokyo Youth Awards are at most competitions held in Tokyo for Tokyo students... Of course, it's not the same as the Art Creation Awards.

At this time, more than a dozen judges were sitting at the long table, with more than one male judge and fewer women, and their expressions were more or less serious.

But in fact, most of the judges present are famous Japanese art professors, mentors and famous active painters, but the psychological pressure of simply selecting these works is not great.

But...

They couldn't help but sit on the top of the woman where to look at.

It was a middle-aged woman with short hair, who looked to be in her forties, and her face was somewhat unremarkable, giving only a bland and gentle feeling.

But it is such an ordinary middle-aged woman, but everyone present does not dare to ignore her.

After all, she is the most powerful Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Noriko Mano in the field.

"You can vote as much as you want, don't worry about me." Noriko Mano obviously felt the gaze of everyone as well, so she smiled and nodded.

She is a simple politician, graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo, so she doesn't know much about art, at most she came into contact with a little bit about education and art after entering the Ministry of Education...

But that's just a little bit... How can it be compared to these famous professors and painters of art here?

So she is also very simple, come over and watch the excitement casually, and prepare to go on stage to present an award when the time comes.

As for the results of the Art Awards?

To be honest, she didn't care.

She took the initiative to join the jury lineup, just to pave the way for her next political career.

Seeing Noriko Mano's statement, the professors, including the professors on the first floor of Yamauchi, breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to discuss the selected works.

The scale of this art creation award is very large, and the quality of the works varies due to the complexity and variety of participants—there are many young people who have never studied art at all, and the young people who draw ghost symbols are also out of the question "What if I win?" 'The mentality of submitting is up.

Anyway, give it a try and don't lose money.

For this reason, about half of the works in this exhibition room are the works of students from the five major art academies in Tokyo.

After all, how can there be so many gifted students?

College students who have received a formal and systematic art education in one of Tokyo's top five art academies are of course inherently advantageous in the face of wild roads from all over the country.

Of course, this is not to say that entries from other regions are not made it to the final selection process... It's just that the number is relatively small, and the total number of students is about the same as the number of students from the five major art schools in Tokyo.

The deformed economy of the Tokyo area of Japan can also be seen.

"This "Mountaineering and Meteor" is good... The idea is very good, the person carrying the mountaineering equipment always climbs up with his head down, just to pursue the most beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain, but when he bows his head and struggles to walk, the beautiful scenery of the meteor is quietly crossed overhead... It's in line with the theme of expressing regret for beautiful things. ”

A professor from the Department of Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts whispered, "I feel like the silver award should be fine." ”

“... The idea is really okay, but the color and composition... It feels like something is missing. ”

"You say that, really... If you count the color and the composition... This painting should be able to rank for the bronze prize... Let's write it down first. ”

"Professor Tazawa, please take a look at this Koshien here. The composition and use of color are very good, and the brushstrokes are also OK, which is a bit of an impression painting. The tears of regret shed in the Koshien arena, and the sunset like fire shrouded and rippling..."

"The colors and use are really in place, but from the point of view of the concept, it is a bit cliché, and many students have used the theme of Koshien, right? There's nothing new coming out of this. ”

"Well, that's right. Looks like we'll have to put it in the back. ”

They discussed in low voices, various opinions were raised, and various opinions were brushed down.

This is where the common drawbacks of painting themes come in.

The contestants all chose the same theme, which led to the fact that many oil paintings did not have the right theme.

The silver and bronze awards are fine, but the gold awards must be works that take into account the theme of the award and do not leave behind in the painting skills.

But good works aren't so easy to find...

These scholars, active painters, and professors were selective for a while, and then they heard a voice: "Everyone, you might as well take a look at this painting "Summer is Over." ”

This is exactly the voice of the first floor of Yamauchi.

The intensity of this screening was very strong, and the first floor of Yamauchi was worried that Higashino Tsukasa would not be able to enter the final selection, so he was anxious to look for a while... Unexpectedly, it was on the wall behind him, which was considered dark under the standard lamp.

But now that I've found it. He didn't hesitate to simply sell Tsukasa Higashino's oil paintings to the judges present.

"Summer is over?"

Everyone looked up and couldn't help frowning when they heard the title.

The title sounds like a kind of unintentional natural landscape painting, which is generally the least artistic.

Because there is no human element in it.

It's just a simple painting of flowers and plants, painting some natural creatures dying, plants withering... What research value does this have? It's a scenery I've been used to seeing for a long time.

This art creation award is originally a competition for ideas and themes, and the skills have to be put a little bit behind... As a result, Yamauchi took a landscape painting directly on the first floor?

How did this painting make it to the final selection?

With this in mind, most of the judges walked to the first floor of Yamauchi.

They wanted to see how "Summer is Over" made it to the final selection.