Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 4) Author:Xin Min   Part 04 Tracing of the Mind         (1) In 2011, Liu Youju, who was already renowned in the book industry, withdrew from the China Calligraphy Association. He was the second person to voluntarily withdraw from the association after Wu Zhangshu. In 2014, he began exploring color and ink painting, and the first exhibition was successfully held at the Nixon Museum in the United States, receiving high praise from Western scholars and collectors.     Liu Youju's illusory painting is an art of illusory mental imagery.     He blends the world in his eyes with the world in his heart, reality and dreams, expressing the emotional loss of contemporary urban communities and the desire to find a spiritual home. In fact, the sp...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 3) Author:Xin Min   Part 03: Liu Youju's Art Chinese Dream         (1) Chinese painting is a life of hardship. Kang Youwei proposed as early as 1917, "The decline of modern Chinese paintings is extremely severe   For thousands of years, people have placed too much burden on Chinese painting, almost carrying all the cultural spirit. Your work should reflect: the profound meaning of philosophy, the natural sound of poetry, the profound precision of history, the combination of hardness and softness in martial arts, the cleansing of the Zen mind and the purification of the five elements of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine... All of these are not enough. There is another ruler waiting to measure whether you comply with the rules, which is the "S...

Illusionary Ink Painting - Research on Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 2) Author:Xin Min   Part 02： New Beyond   ——Appreciation of Liu Youju's New Illusion Paintings         (1) Liu Youju is an artist who regards the perfection of art as a religious belief and continues to explore it. Whether it is his calligraphy, poetry, artistic criticism, or his refreshing illusionist paintings, they have always been rooted in tradition and constantly formed new breakthroughs. Perhaps it is precisely because he regards perfection as a pursuit, a yearning, a spirit, a practical goal and purpose in life, a perpetual pursuit of truth, goodness, beauty, and great love in the world that his works exhibit the characteristics of "infinite mystery, full of wit, and ever-changing illusions" in this pursuit process.     In M...

Illusionary Ink Painting: A Study of Liu Youju's Illusionist Painting (Part 1) Author:Xin Min   Part 01: Romantic Color Masters ——The Artistic Life of Liu Youju, Founder of Illusionist Painting         （1） Lingnan Another Family After more than thirty years of development, Chinese modern art has made certain achievements, but it can also be said that it has been struggling and has almost reached a state of "mountains and rivers are poor and there is no way out". Fortunately, in Lingnan Guangzhou, which is known for its pioneering spirit, Liu Youju's illusory paintings have brought another spring to the art world.     Liu Youju is a Lingnan painter, and his illusion paintings inevitably have the form and shadow of Lingnan culture. The cultural and inclusive characteristics of Lingnan. It is a g...