"It makes some people think they shouldn't have it."

Gu Weijing, who was watching this video, frowned slightly.

Demonstrate?

He wouldn't have deliberately buried his head in the gravel to pretend to be an ostrich, if someone hadn't touched the moldy head of Tangning's predecessor during this time.

The object of insinuation with guns and sticks in people's words is himself.

"There may not be any demonstrations."

Gu Weijing smiled bitterly.

Two people of similar rank spoke harshly to each other, and it was called a demonstration.

Not to mention Gu Weijing, who doesn't seem to have any achievements worth showing on the surface.

Tang Ning has just become the most expensive female artist in Asia, even if he is the detective cat identity he is the most good at, the other party can beat ten with one hand.

With such a gap, people spit in their faces, and outsiders will think that they are lifting themselves.

Downing was just expressing his displeasure with the camera.

Even if this dissatisfaction is more like a parent's palm pearl in the palm of his hand, he asks the other party, "Don't you hurt me, old man?" The kind of coquettishness.

Tang Ning's reluctance was aimed at Cao Lao, and Gu Weijing just mentioned it in passing.

"Ugh."

Gu Weijing pursed his lips.

He understood what a big pie Cao Lao's closed disciple was, and what a hot position.

The largest and sweetest fruit on the lush apple tree was Downing's, and suddenly, a wild child came out of nowhere and might come and grab it.

Thinking from another perspective, it is natural for Tang Ning to be dissatisfied.

"Cao Lao's heir?" - Gu Weijing recalled the name for a few breaths in his mind, his heartbeat accelerated, and then he immediately retracted his mind.

Gu Weijing is a young painter, and when he learned that he might have the opportunity to worship under Cao Laomen, he must have been deceived when he dreamed back at midnight.

Opportunity and talent are the two pillars that support the height of the artistic path.

The concept of becoming "the heir of Cao Lao/the head of the painting sect" is too big to be described simply as an opportunity.

This is even an artistic version of "Destiny Plus" in a sense.

After all, she inherited the spirit of an entire artistic empire.

It's not an exaggeration.

Larry Gagosian and Sir Brown are the richest gallerists in the world and the most prestigious art critics in the world.

Many years ago, the New York Times named the two of them the Tsar of Art and the Pope of Art.

Old Man Cao's seat in events such as seminars and international academic conferences can even be ranked ahead of these two tsars and popes.

Over the years, the Asian market has been the focus of major galleries' layouts, and Gagosian dreamed of signing Cao Lao under his name.

Gossip tabloid rumors that after Hearst left in 08, Gagosian had contact with Cao Lao, and the undisclosed contract of intent was said to be "enough to buy the Empire State Building".

No matter whose head this crown was put on the top of the brain by Mr. Cao Xuan in front of the public.

That person struggled for thirty years less?

Don't be funny.

Most of the tens of millions of art practitioners in the world, even if they give him time to sell from the Neolithic Age to the present, they can't compete with the benefits brought by this light and fluttering name.

casually imagined that kind of scene, Gu Weijing's heart itched.

But he was also a reasonable man.

Gu Weijing knew very clearly that before he grew to a certain point, he shouldn't think about these things at all.

It's too far away.

Succession to the art empire is a matter of strength.

The powerful prince ascends the throne and is called the emperor, and if he doesn't have the strength, even if the pie hits his head, he is just a puppet.

The current self is not worthy of comparison with Ms. Downing at all.

Even if Old Man Cao Xuan announced to the global media tomorrow that a person named Gu Weijing would take over his shift.

It will also become the laughing stock of the whole world.

Thinking about how to draw wisteria flowers and win an award at the Singapore Biennale is much more reliable than empty reverie.

Gu Weijing casually picked up the coffee from the train in the paper cup on the table, poured a few sips into his mouth, and the bitter coffee cooled the restless blood in his chest.

He slowly calmed down.

The video on your phone still continues to play.

The trailer is divided into three parts, featuring three of the most topical episodes from the interview with Downing.

What Gu Weijing just saw was called "Downing: The Next Queen of Asian Art? ] section.

This was followed by a five- or six-minute conversation in which a reporter asked female artists if they had any ambitions to conquer the Venice Art Exhibition.

Gu Weijing thought that what Professor Lin Tao told him to watch was only the first part of the interview.

Unexpectedly.

At the very end of the video, the female artist mentions herself again. The third part of the video is titled "Downing: A Word to Young Artists"

"I think it's time for you to talk about the development of young artists as a senior."

The reporter took the last interview card.

"Twenty years ago, when you won the first gold medal at the Magic City Art Biennial with a work called "A Hundred Flowers", the critics listed you and a Chicago-based female painter, Louis troy, as "Art Duo". You were really similar at the beginning, you were both twenty years old, and you were both famous disciples. ”

"You are a disciple of the grandmaster of Asian Chinese painting, Troy is a master of the North American Pop Art movement, and even you are famous for painting flowers. You are good at blending the national flower into one, and she uses a hundred colors to point out a kaleidoscopic pop flower, and "Rose" won the grand prize at the Chicago Biennial. By the way, do you still have an impression of Louis troy? ”

“Troy…… Of course, we didn't meet in person, but for a few years, people kept mentioning the name in front of me, and it was hard not to remember. ”

Tang Ning touched his hair: "I'm sorry, I heard that she-"

"Yes, her artistic path has not been smooth. A Hundred Flowers is just the beginning of your artistic career. The Chicago Biennial won the prize, but it was the highest peak of art that Troy had reached in his lifetime. ”

This may seem a little cold to Troy, but objectively speaking, in retrospect, the careers of your duo are not actually a replica of the two mirrored curves that the media envisions. You only had a brief intersection when you were 20 years old, and then you passed by, and then you drifted away. ”

The reporter raised his head, stared into Downing's eyes, and said word by word: "Louis troy was sentenced to 121 years in prison without parole earlier last year for illegal possession of weapons and illegal drugs, as well as felony first-degree murder charges related to a shooting, according to Chicago police reports. ”

"Yes, I saw the news at the time, and it was horrible."

I don't know if it's really heartache, or it's showing off in front of the camera, Tang Ning covered his mouth and sniffed slightly: "I feel sorry for her depravity." ”

"Crime, drug addiction, money laundering, and even shootings...... I'm reluctant to say that, but it's not an uncommon example in our art world, is it? Even Damien Hirst went to prison. The reporter said sharply.

"The same two people who are famous for painting flowers and used to be so similar. After 20 years, it is difficult to find a painting of your Chinese flowers. I heard that even Li Chaoren, who has always been cautious about investing in art, has been photographed hanging Chinese painting flowers in your study many times in the interview room. ”

Troy, on the other hand, used a shooting to blossom a bloody flower of death for his career. Miss Downing, what do you think makes this difference? What would you like to say to the young artists who subscribe to our magazine as a senior artist? He asked.

"First of all, from the perspective of a public figure, I am saddened and incomprehensible about Louis troy. However, I must make it clear that there is no similarity between the two of us from beginning to end. Our difference has been big from the beginning. ”

Downing crossed his hands on top of his upturned knees.

"How?"

"My "Hundred Flowers" is emotional, and every flower has a precious charm and spirit contained in it. And her "Rose", sorry, uses thousands of color dots to form the flowers and leaves of roses, this technique may be very dazzling, but the flowers and leaves themselves are hollow, there is not enough emotional support, a flower with a god and a flower without a god, people who really understand art, will know where the gap is. ”

"Anyone who is persistent and patient can exercise a very delicate and complex picture design."

"And to capture the thousandth of a moment when the flower painting blooms, and give it a unique temperament, well, European friends prefer to call it the language of flowers, what is needed is the aura of one in a thousand. That's the difference between me and Louis troy, and it's the difference between a lot of ordinary mediocre people. ”

Downing nodded his chin proudly: "I'm not going to end up here after Louis Troy was imprisoned, even if her work sells for the same price today as mine, I will point out the difference." Vulgar, many people will find this sentence harsh. But my character is a very frank and real person. ”

"Sometimes my brother will say to the children in the studio, if you work hard, you will reap the rewards, and one day in the future, he will become a very successful painter. I would never say that since the concept of fine art was born, there have been no more than 300 painters in the world who have been able to sell a single work for more than $1 million. It is never just hard work to become an outstanding painter. ”

"The truth is that the vast majority of people are destined to be mediocre. They don't just work hard to become me. No, no, no, don't have such vain thoughts. They are destined to be me for the rest of their lives. ”

"It's a very hypocritical thing to smile at children, but it will give them some unrealistic ambitions."

"When they recognize their location, they're going to break down, maybe by shooting someone else, maybe by shooting themselves in the head." Downing said meaningfully. You know that, don't you? It's just that few people say it so openly. ”

The reporter shrugged noncommittally.

This is a cold speech like a tyrant.

If the teachers at school said such a social Darwinian style, they would be complained to death tomorrow by the parents who came to the door, but cynicism is the prerogative of artists.

This is people's style, or character design.

No one can say that Downing is wrong.

"Of course, it's not her fault that I'm being compared to Louis troy, or even the public media. In many cases, it is never easy to distinguish between a painter who seems to be good and a painter who is really good. ”

"The more young painters are judged, the more the public will even take the occasional flash of inspiration mistake as what they are. I think that when the pop master took Troy to his studio as an apprentice, he only saw her delicate brushwork, but ignored her empty and pale soul. In fact, even a great artist like my teacher is not completely immune to making such mistakes. ”

Tangning smiled playfully.

However, she did not expand on the topic, but continued with the reporter's question.

"You just asked me if you have any advice for young people. The best advice I can give them is – be down-to-earth. Whether it's designing your own artwork or designing your own career path, don't be too ambitious, and don't imagine having too many things that aren't destined to belong to them. So as not to be defeated by reality. ”

"I remember you were Singaporean, right? Is there a Fine Arts Biennale in Singapore this fall? ”

"Yes, the National Art Center, our art event, at the end of August, "Oil Painting" should also follow the report, will you go to Singapore then?" The reporter nodded.

"Let's talk about it. I mentioned this because a while ago, I heard that a child wanted to combine the style of oil painting and Chinese painting to create a fusion painting and participate in an art exhibition. ”

"Wow, I think it's bold, but it's also very thoughtful."

The reporter imagined it for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

As a native of the Lion City, he immediately felt the beauty of this idea, and the combination of Eastern and Western styles is already beautiful.

What's more, the organizer happens to be a city-state like Singapore, which is located in a mix of influences in the Eastern and Western worlds.

He could imagine that the idea must have taken a lot of thought, and it was indeed quite an interesting idea.

Such a great idea.

I didn't expect Tang Ning to say it in public.

"Maybe it's for some mature painters. It's just that I'm not mentioning it now to praise him like some elders, but I think it's a funny thing. He didn't even understand oil painting and Chinese painting itself, so he wanted to confuse the two. It's a very, very utilitarian-oriented decision, and it's not destined to end too well. ”

"The vast majority of young painters are much more useful than being opportunistic and flattering the evil ways of pleasing the committee. Steadfastness is important for all young painters. ”

Downing turned his head to look at the camera.

"The glass heart can't bear it, and you want to cry your nose? My words are very unpleasant, but I will not apologize to those who feel offended by me, because I just told the truth. ”

"Hey, I'm not convinced, my "Hundred Flowers" is there, everyone can draw and try it. Reality will tell you the difference between mediocrity and genius. ”

"Remember, I was only 20 years old when I finished this painting, and I was just a young painter like you."

Downing crossed his legs and smiled playfully at the camera.

"Little friend, you know I'm talking about you."

(End of chapter)