Recently, a famous calligrapher pointed out when talking about Zhang Ji's official calligraphy that in recent years, Zhang Ji has pursued the dangerous atmosphere of official calligraphy too much, resulting in the style of ugly calligraphy in his works. At the same time, due to the influence of the artistry of calligraphy, he arranged the official calligraphy as much as possible in the creative process to achieve the effect of vertical rows, but this arrangement makes people feel that there are too many artificial components, lack of naturalness in writing, and look like the art of calligraphy printed by the printer, and gradually distance away from the art of calligraphy.
This point of view has attracted the attention and heated discussions of many lovers of official books. Some people believe that when Zhang Ji used to explain the writing of Lishu to people on TV, he always pursued the interest of the glyphs when demonstrating, but lacked penmanship, and it seems that what the expert said is indeed well-founded. There are also some people who believe that although Zhang Ji specializes in official calligraphy, his official calligraphy works are always written at will, which is nothing more than writing the horizontal painting unevenly, making a small movement when each dot painting is closed, and there is nothing else outstanding about it. Of course, some people think that Zhang Ji's official book is meaningful, and they like it very much.
In the calligraphy world, there are mixed reviews of Zhang Ji's official calligraphy. But it is undeniable that Zhang Ji has profound attainments and unique insights in the field of official writing. However, as the famous calligrapher said, art requires constant exploration and innovation, and Zhang Ji's works seem to be a bit excessive in the pursuit of danger and arrangement, resulting in the loss of the naturalness and agility of writing.
For Zhang Ji's affiliation, we can think and Xi from multiple perspectives. On the one hand, his unique style and way of expression really bring people a new visual experience. On the other hand, it is also necessary to find a balance between the pursuit of artistry and naturalness. After all, calligraphy, as a traditional art, not only requires formal beauty, but also pays more attention to the inner charm and artistic conception.
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We should evaluate and Xi with an objective and rational attitude. We should not only appreciate his innovative and exploratory spirit in form, but also pay attention to whether the inner charm and artistic conception complement the form. Only in this way can we better appreciate the charm of calligraphy and promote its continuous development.
The famous calligrapher said that the danger refers to the changes in calligraphy, Sun Guoting said before: "Beginner distribution, but seek fairness, both know the fairness, and pursue the danger." "The danger here is the meaning of change. Zhang Ji has a lot of Xi in the study of Han monuments, mastered the use of pen and chapters, his official book often uses ** to express its sense of force, but on the treatment of dot painting, as long as a reasonable combination is used, it can form a sense of interest in the glyph, and Zhang Ji's official book in the combination of dot painting, is often a simple superposition and accumulation, and there is no quality performance of those penmanship in the official book, so as to lose the "law" that the official book should have.
The famous calligrapher also said that if according to Zhang Ji's own rules of writing, he is nothing more than two methods: one is the stacking and superposition method, he uses ** to combine the strokes of the word, it will form a word, this method is too simple, ordinary people can do this. The second is to use the contradiction of calligraphy to express its artistry. We know that calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture, and the core of Chinese culture is the expression of contradictions, such as size, black and white, sparseness, etc., while the first kind of superposition and combination, as long as the second kind of contradictory relationship is used, the artistry of calligraphy will be formed, and there is no other way.