Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 10) Author:Xin Min   Part 10: The Modernity Construction of Illusionist Painting     Among the artists who influenced 20th century China, Huang Binhong and Qi Baishi were the last heroes to adhere to the traditional path and achieve success. Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, and Lin Fengmian used Western art concepts and techniques to "transform" local Chinese art. It is difficult to evaluate artists during and after the revolution in terms of their art itself, but it can be fair to say that Dong Xiwen and a group of artists similar to him did not truly participate in the construction of art itself, they only achieved their social roles. The logos of Li Keran and Wu Guanzhong come from the dividing line after the 1970s. One is to continue to explore the profou...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 9) Author:Xin Min   Part 09 Eastern Aesthetics of Phantom Painting     (1) The reason why illusionist painting cannot be explained solely through Eastern aesthetics is that Eastern aesthetics cannot be compared with Western aesthetics in a unified entity. The reason for this is that it has actually been in a diverse state where there is no unified regulation. The diverse and free state of Eastern aesthetics is mainly manifested in: 1 Although there may be aesthetic and artistic exchanges and infiltration among the numerous countries and ethnic groups within the vast geographical range of the East, there has not been a large-scale convergence trend, let alone a shared aesthetic concept. 2. In the process of historical development, Eastern countries also do not pay much ...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 8) Author:Xin Min   Part 08 The Beauty of Line in Phantom Painting         (1) Chinese calligraphy and Western abstract painting belong to two different aesthetic categories. The former is an artistic form evolved from square Chinese characters, while the latter is a transformation of Western color painting. In terms of artistic innovation, the two have similarities and similarities; In terms of creative methods, there are fundamental differences.     Firstly, Chinese cursive script also belongs to abstract art, with its main constituent elements being lines written with a brush. In Western abstract paintings, the constituent elements are also lines and dots, while the more prominent ones are usually various color blocks and geometric shapes. West...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 7)   Part 07 The Freehand Spirit of Illusion Painting     (1) The spirit of freehand brushwork is an inherent impulse in the art of painting. The essence or internal driving force of "freehand brushwork spirit" is the unity of subjective freedom and objective constraints. It can be said that in the history of world art, the earliest discussion, research, and practice of the "freehand brushwork spirit" was in Chinese painting art. As is well known, Xuan paper ink painting first appeared in China. Its tools, materials, and features best reflect the painter's subjective freedom of expression. However, when people talk about 'freehand brushwork', they associate it with 'freehand brushwork'. It seems that only large freehand brushwork can embody the "freehand brushwork spirit"...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 6) Author:Xin Min   Part 06: The Great Beauty Illusion - Analysis of the Aesthetic Value of Liu Youju's Illusion Painting       Liu Youju's illusionist paintings present an extremely open artistic world, thus triggering an extremely open space for thinking. The most significant aspect of this is the reflection on how Chinese art can move forward in contemporary times.     Below are three thoughts that I feel the most deeply about myself. Of course, I am taking the position of Chinese aesthetics. I believe that the position of Chinese aesthetics is not necessarily conservative. Chinese aesthetics should be open to the new era and respond to the call of the times. The spirit and core of Chinese aesthetics can be highly modern through modern inter...

  Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 5) Author:Xin Min   Part 05: From Kandinsky and Zhu Dequn to Liu Youju     Sooner or later, Chinese painting will merge into the flow of world culture. The earlier the artificial isolation state ends, the better.     More than a thousand years ago, our ancestors proposed the concept of 'writing gods by their appearance' instead of 'leaving gods only by their appearance'. More than 800 years ago, we put forward the artistic proposition of "not seeking resemblance in form" and "chatting and writing with ease in the chest", which is very proud of us. In the West, the emergence of ideas such as emphasizing artistic expression was nearly a century after Impressionism. After watching the German Expressionist painting exhibition, someone said, 'Large color...