"You're referring to the Lion City Art Show, right?"

Curator Tonks smiled, seeing Gu Weijing's intentions.

"Yes, I do have a bit of an interest in the Lion City Art Fair. If it's not convenient for you to say it, forget it. "Gu Weijing is a little embarrassed to go through the back door.

"There is nothing inconvenient to say...... Hmm, Mr. Sloth? ”

"I've stopped recording for the time being."

Anna heard the song and knew what it meant: "The conversation is only between the three people in this chat room, if you find it inconvenient, I can leave." ”

"It doesn't really matter."

Curator Tonks doesn't really care about secrecy.

It's just that some of the conversations are the result of discussions at the internal meetings of the organizing committee.

And art style is a bit sensitive, and in principle, curators like them should treat all art styles equally.

Therefore, the topic of aesthetic style preferences can only be discussed privately, and it is not suitable for broadcasting to the public in advance.

To put it bluntly, it's really not a big secret of any importance.

It is not difficult for those international galleries and art dealers at the head of the industry to inquire about the preferences of the organizing committee.

Inside information has always been part of the art market.

It's just that for an online illustrator like Detective Cat, who has no connections, he is trapped on an information island.

A capable painter can make people look up everywhere.

Whether it is the ability to appreciate art or the ability to draw sketches, Director Tonks admires each other.

The curator doesn't have a personal vendetta against Vandoorne and the detective cat.

He didn't mind pointing out a few words.

If there is an excellent painting in the art exhibition planned by himself, Director Tonks will also have a bright face as a curator.

"Today's art style is open to all rivers and flowers. In principle, the organizing committee welcomes submissions from all painting styles. However...... After all, this is a public-oriented art exhibition. From the perspective of the exhibition effect, we hope that some works that can impress the general audience will appear in the exhibition, at least with something to say. ”

Curator Tonks blinked, "You know what I mean, right? ”

These words are high-sounding, but the meaning can be said, Gu Weijing still understands it.

The meaning of Mr. Curator translates to say that if you are not famous, let's paint traditional paintings in a down-to-earth manner.

Try not to be unconventional, conceptual art or postmodernist.

It's also very easy to understand,

What stands out in postmodern art is that one cannot understand.

The artist Newman can sell for millions of dollars for a blank piece of paper, and Duchamp can collect a bunch of museum robbers by casually urinal at will.

The premise of this is that he is a well-known artist.

If Gu Weijing did this, he would be blasted out as a madman.

"Secondly, I think the appeal of the picture is more important than the simple painting technique. Even if a painting is not so good, if it is strong enough, I am willing to choose it for my exhibition. Any painting that can make people feel shocked is the treasure of the exhibition, and it is the curator's luck to receive such a work. ”

It's talking about emotions.

Gu Weijing remembers that when he was browsing the electronic painting curation of previous works of the Singapore Art Biennale, he once saw an oil painting "Fisherman" by a Venezuelan painter who is also at the level of a student in terms of brushwork.

It relied on reaching the emotional level of "feeling something" and was successfully shortlisted for the main exhibition of the master group of the exhibition.

And a painting that can make people feel shock......

Gu Weijing first thought of Cao Lao's "Ritual Buddha Protector Map".

If you want to shock the audience, it should at least be something that can only be achieved by evaluating the [painstaking] above the emotional table.

Even the evaluation of "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm" is only "feeling something".

"And then there's innovation."

Curator Tonks smiled.

"Innovation is a cliché. Any art exhibition likes innovative works, and innovation is the driving force for art to move forward, which is a good plus. ”

"But...... Didn't you say you don't like the style of postmodernism? “

"Detective Cat Lady, I never said I didn't like postmodernism."

Mr. Curator immediately corrected it.

No matter what you think in your heart, Curator Tonks will not leave a prejudiced handle against a certain artistic style on occasions that may be recorded.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean that."

"It's fine. However, it is not only a certain trendy art style that can be regarded as innovative, if it can go beyond the cliché and give the judges of the organizing committee a refreshing feeling, it is also a good highlight. ”

Curator Tonks thought for a moment: "If you still don't understand, I'll give you an example. ”

"The starry sky by Peter Chloe at the New York Art Show the year before last was good. Theoretically, an art exhibition is required, and it must be completely original paintings. The painting clearly had a shadow of Van Gogh's Starry Night, but he completely reconstructed the work in the form of modern street spray painting, giving the judges a refreshing thrill and finally winning the Best Creativity Award. ”

Curator Tonks touched his chin.

He doesn't welcome unconventionality, which means that you are not welcome to put a dot on the canvas and submit it to the organizing committee.

However, the creative painting style, such as the combination of spray painting and oil painting, the combination of printmaking and etching, etc., is still quite concerned by modern professional art circles and ordinary audiences.

Basically, many of the most famous masters of modern art prefer this kind of cross-border painting.

Picasso and Andy Warhol, who are often auctioned for hundreds of millions of dollars, like to engage in some works that combine printing and pen drawing.

The response from the market has been very good.

Gu Weijing thought for a moment.

Beyond the cliché.

This is not easy, it is difficult to give a refreshing impact to the well-informed judges, and the picture is beautiful enough.

"Innovation is just a plus, don't give up on the basics. If you don't know what to paint, or if you don't have a foundation in other types of painting, traditional oil painting is always a good choice. ”

Anna added on the side.

She was a little afraid that the detective cat would bring up some kind of ghost painting at this time.

When knife painting was first invented, it may have belonged to this refreshing standard.

But nowadays, the reputation of the industry is dragging down the painting technique.

There are so few people who can draw well.

"By the way, there's one last point...... This was a request from the Singapore government – they wanted the final exhibition to have a Singaporean style. ”

"What is Singaporean style?"

At this point, Anna was a little confused.

Singapore is an emerging city-state in the last century or two, and it's basically a generation or two old, so it's hard to say that there is any mature local art style.

"It's probably a work of art that can have a story to tell about Singapore."

Tonks shrugged.

In fact, he doesn't have a good understanding of this.

This is only an official requirement.

After all, this is the Lion City Art Exhibition, and it is inevitable that the organizing committee will give some tilt to the works with a more local imprint during the review.

"If you let me say, it's probably a high-rise building, financial CBD?"

Tonks shook his head.

This kind of characteristic is too ordinary, and the vast majority of internationalizations will have such an imprint, and it is difficult to have any innovation.

At most, the theme of the picture is a landmark building that is representative of Singapore.

But that would seem a bit deliberate.

"Singaporean style, Singaporean style...... Yes – fusion? ”

A thought popped up in Gu Weijing's mind.

If the style of Moscow is thick and quaint, the style of New York is drunk, and the style of Tokyo is psychedelic and unpredictable.

When it comes to Singapore, the first thing that comes to people's minds is integration.

Almost from the moment of its birth, the city has been the center of the collision of Eastern and Western art and culture, with an innate blend of temperament.

It is conservative and open, classical and modern, restrained and radical.

The bones of the East, the rhyme of the West, this is Singapore.

If art is mentioned...... This made Gu Weijing suddenly think of a painting method - gongbi oil painting.

Combining Chinese painting and oil painting with each other is not a whim of Gu Weijing's brain.

even

If you look at the time of invention, it may not be a modern painting method.

Oil painting is not a very modern thing for the Eastern continent.

As early as the seventeenth century, when a large number of Western Jesuit priests came to the Eastern Xia court, oil painting had already begun to be known by the traditional scholar class.

The exchange of Eastern and Western cultures, at least at the top, is not closed.

Not only did Emperor Kangxi come into contact with a complete set of Western calendars, astronomy, mathematics and other education since he was a child, but many traditional Oriental court painters also learned about Western art.

There were also many Jesuits who were conquered by the beauty of Chinese painting.

From the first contact between civilizations, the collision and fusion of art inevitably took place.

Chinese painting focuses on the philosophy, emotion, and humanistic value of the picture, that is, the taste of brush and ink in the popular sense, to depict the gods in form.

Western oil painting focuses more on composition, perspective and physical structure.

The two are not incompatible.

In a broad sense, the most well-known court painter in modern times, the famous Italian Lang Shining pioneered the genre "New Style Painting", which combines oil painting techniques and Chinese connotations, is such a representative of fusion art.

In the Republic of China and modern times, the rigorous structure of gongbi painting and the color science of oil painting were further closely integrated.

Although niche, this style of painting has almost never been cut off from the art market.

The reason why Gongbi oil painting is niche is different from the reason why knife painting is niche.

Purely because this method of painting is relatively difficult, it has extremely high requirements for both Chinese painting and oil painting.

Two different techniques, two different genres, the fusion is called a combination of East and West.

If you don't draw well, it's called painting a snake and adding a foot, and the dog's tail continues to be mink.

If the painter who paints the knife is a master of the evil way who uses the judge's pen in martial arts, then the painter who is good at painting oil with a fine brush is the master of the righteous path who is perfect for both swords and swords.

Almost any painter who can integrate Eastern and Western art with his own understanding is without exception a master artist.

More afield, painters such as Renoir and Van Gogh all had the experience of studying oriental art.

More modernly, the great painters of the Eastern Xia Dynasty, Zao Wou-Ki and Wu Guanzhong, who like to fully integrate their paintings into the different aesthetic styles of Chinese painting and oil painting, are all legendary artists of millions and tens of millions of dollars.

"Detective Cat Lady...... Are you still there, is there a problem with the network? ”

Gu Weijing heard Anna's soft inquiry in his ears.

His long silence drew the attention of the other two people in the web conference room.

"Oh, it's okay, just a little distracted." He came to his senses and shook his head.

In the past, Gu Weijing never thought about the possibility of painting oil paintings.

This is a bit difficult.

It's not that you can draw fine brushwork, but you can also paint oil paintings, 1+1 can equal 2, it's that simple.

His grandfather, Gu Tongxiang, can also paint gongbi and oil paintings, but he never dares to say that he can paint gongbi oil paintings.

is very similar to the left and right hand fighting techniques taught by Zhou Botong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

If the two don't work as expected, if the brushstrokes are the same, they will only affect each other.

It's a difficult way to draw, but it's really perfect for the subject.

It can not only bring a refreshing impact to the judges, but also fit the urban temperament of Singapore very well.

If he can really paint a good fine oil painting, he will not dare to say the grand prize. As long as it's not too bad, some small awards at art exhibitions should be a sure thing.

"By the way, before we end the recording, Detective Cat Lady. Since I like Impressionism, can I ask you who is your favorite painter? ”

On the other side of the screen, Anna hesitated, but couldn't help but bite her lip and ask.

"Is it Degas, Monet, or Cézanne?"

The most famous representatives of Impressionism are these three.

Renoir was not as well-known in the public eye and in the art market as these three great painters. The most important reason why Anna didn't mention the name was because she didn't want to give herself too much expectation.

It is already a wonderful coincidence that the great painters of the world are like stars, and they can like the same art genre as the painters they have chosen.

A sane person should not expect too much.

"Actually, it's Renoir. I've always loved his paintings. ”

Gu Weijing replied without hesitation.

"The Pancake Mill Dance is my favorite."

Anna's two fingers were intertwined vigorously, and the slender fingertips turned slightly white from the force: "Tell me the reason?" Renoir, that's an unusual choice. In terms of popularity or market price, the other three painters should not be a little higher. ”

She's getting more nervous now.

Everything seems to be moving in an unbelievable direction, and she wants to be perfect.

Detective Cat Lady, why do you like Renoir?

It's just a casual remark,

Still is...... Like me, I felt the warm emotions of that painting.

"Because the painting is warm and bright, the sun is dancing like cotton wool."

Gu Weijing found that Mr. Sloth seemed to be a little curious about himself.

He still explained: "It's very impressionistic, if you want to ask me what impressionism is—"

The so-called impressionism is nothing more than inner emotions and pure visual enjoyment, we do not portray gods, we only record the sun and air. We don't follow dogma, because what is beautiful will remain, and the pain will pass away. ”

Gu Weijing changed to French, and said in the tone of Renoir in his mind, as if reciting poetry.

When it comes to doing it, it's done.

(End of chapter)