Art gallery, threesome.

The theme of this issue is "The Value of Art", to a certain extent, this is a utilitarian era, an era in which instrumental rationality overrules value rationality, art is not a necessity for many people, and art really needs to solve the problem of food and clothing?

At this moment, the three of them stopped by a painting of "Sunrise" by the imitation impressionist painter Monet, which depicts the sunrise at the port of Le Havre, France, but Monet did not solidify the outline of the scene, and completely took the perception of visual experience as the starting point, focusing on the expression of the ever-changing appearance in the atmosphere of light.

"Little junior brother, look at this painting, it's really good, it's obviously sunrise, but it's blurry, it's often like this at sunrise, there will be some things that blur your judgment, but when you stick to it, you can see a beautiful sunrise." Xu Qingyuan gave his own evaluation.

In fact, "Sunrise", as the pioneering work of Impressionism, is more worthy of discussion about the technique of this painting, but what Xu Qingyuan said is the meaning of the name of this painting. Of course, Su Ye understood what Xu Qingyuan meant, this middle-aged man who is not good at words, has some social fear, and likes to dissect others, is actually very kind. He knew the situation Su Ye was facing at the moment, and he was clumsily comforting Su Ye in his own way.

But at the moment, the camera was on, which was not suitable for discussion, Su Ye could only respond euphemistically, "Senior brother, when I was a visiting scholar in the UK, I liked Western oil paintings, especially the Mona Lisa, guess what?" ”

"Because of the painter? You like Leonardo da Vinci, I know that in addition to being a painter, he was also an all-rounder, good at architecture, mathematics, astronomy, geometry, physics, anatomy, etc., and he seemed to be a philosopher. ”

"In fact, because of the characteristics of Western oil painting, the characters in Western oil painting are always very large, especially after the Renaissance, the shackles of religious thought are freed. In China, when you look at landscape paintings, painters usually draw very small figures and hide them between the landscapes. But with the change of mood, I now prefer landscape painting, not that I disagree with man and liberalism. It is the nature of our country, the unity of heaven and man is more in line with the state of mind, between the mountains and rivers and nature, what is eternal in the world, and what is the big deal? Senior brother, do you think what I said is right? ”

Xu Qingyuan couldn't help but smile, "That's right, what you said makes sense." ”

Ma Xi smiled and watched the two of them play dumb riddles, he didn't debunk them, and only after the two finished chatting did he lead the topic, "Painting exhibitions and drama performances in the city are very popular with young people, do you think that contemporary young people have a great demand for art?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Qingyuan immediately began his sharpness, "Old Ma, have you noticed that when you said this, you added a qualifier in front: city." ”

"I know what you mean, do you want to say that in third- and fourth-tier cities or even rural areas, there is no condition to go to art exhibitions and museums anytime and anywhere, and these people have no need for art? Don't you notice that I have also limited the form of art. Ma Xi raised his eyebrows and blocked Xu Qingyuan's mouth, "I originally wanted to discuss it separately, but it's okay to put it together, music, movies, radio, these are all art forms, thanks to the technological revolution, as long as there is an Internet, most people can enjoy it, do you think young people have a great demand for art?" ”

Xu Qingyuan grinned, and for Ma Xi's defense, he said, "First of all, we have to make a simple distinction between the works of art, and I personally think they can be divided into entertainment and classics. Secondly, we must understand that the meaning of the existence of works of art should be to meet people's spiritual needs. So, Senior Brother Ma, you don't just think that contemporary young people have spiritual needs, but middle-aged people don't, right? ”

Ma Xi was speechless for a while, Xu Qingyuan was undoubtedly a scoundrel, and once again expanded the level.

"The two senior brothers, whether they are rural or urban, whether they are young or middle-aged, have spiritual needs." Su Ye came out to play a round.

Hearing this, Xu Qingyuan and Ma Xi both laughed, and the two of them were habitually bickering.

However, Ma Xi also took the opportunity to ask Su Ye, "Little junior brother, back to the question just now, do you think young people will have more demand for works of art?" ”

"As Brother Xu just said, in fact, everyone has spiritual needs, and these need to be obtained from works of art. And the reason why Senior Brother Ma still asked this question is probably to discuss classic works of art, after all, everyone will not resist popular works, and classic works of art have a certain cognitive threshold, and it takes time and energy to accept and gain. ”

In the two of them nodding, Su Ye continued to speak, "I think contemporary young people have this spiritual need, which is determined by this era. This is a very bad time, the information generated every day may have been produced in the last few decades, everyone is receiving the impact of the flood of information, in the process of this impact, a very strong psychological dam is needed to resist this information, this information may contain luxury cars, yachts, mansions, betrayal, infidelity, etc. When faced with this flood of information, you will be confused, unwilling, and angry, and at this time, you need to get energy from these classic works of art and cast your own dam. And that's something that mass pop art can't give. ”

Ma Xi nodded, "Little junior brother, you're right. But what needs to be paid more attention is that many people have been hit by this flood of information, and have forgotten to save themselves, and even voluntarily become part of the torrent. ”

In fact, Ma Xi said very tactfully, in the face of worldly status and wealth, many people are willing to be greedy and naïve. Maybe someone can really get these with their own efforts, but more people can't get it, there is a line in the movie "Wushuang", saying that only one genius can be produced in every five million people, and which one can achieve worldly success is not a genius, but there are really few geniuses.

Xu Qingyuan, who was next to him, also echoed, "This era is too utilitarian, and many people are not psychologically quiet, they will not choose works of art, but choose stock trading books." ”

"I admit that the two brothers are right, but we can't deny the meaning of art just because we don't pay attention to classical art. Art may seem empty to the pragmatist, but humanity needs these things, which are the only light in the long dark night of mankind. ”

And Su Ye's eyes also lit up, "If there is no art, we will only say goodbye when we are separated, and we will not say that Mo Chou has no knowledge of the road ahead, and no one in the world knows you." If there is no art, we will only say that it is really beautiful when we see the moon, and there will be no children who know that they do not know the moon when they are young, and they are called white jade plates. If there is no art, you can only say I love you directly in the face of the person you like, and there will be no introvert who can say to your beloved that the moon is so beautiful tonight."

There is another sentence, Su Ye didn't say, if there is no art, how can he get Jiang Baizhi.

(End of chapter)