In the process of teacher Zhang Xinquan's sketching, there is always a group of people around. He was tall and had a hearty laugh.
Watching him draw, you can't help but think, be nervous or be happy with him. He was always drawing and reciting words at the same time. Especially when he shapes some small details, he goes down with one stroke and does not make modifications. He said, "Hey, that's right." Or, "Oh, that's a lot." Or: "Eh, just right, this can't be much." You can't help but sigh with him. His free and free brushstrokes turned out to be like this, and it seemed to be natural, but in fact, he was too sure and decisive in his heart.
On that day, there were not only many people watching him paint, but also a lot of chatter, all about trivial personal matters, and I left after a few quarrels. But every time I go back, I find that people are still chatting, and Mr. Zhang Xinquan continues to paint his paintings with a pleasant face, and he doesn't mind. Suddenly, I felt that my slightly frowning brow seemed to be out of place.
Nile. 180x440cm
After a few days, I discovered Mr. Zhang's little secret. He always paints in the morning, disappears after lunch, and can't get through, and doesn't reappear until the evening. Seeing that many people were looking for him, I couldn't help but snicker, as if I had a tacit secret between me and him - he was a person who needed to spend half a day alone every day.
Landscape**).
I don't think it's surprising that if you look at his work, you can see that he is by no means a person who only sees things on the surface. He likes to look beyond the surface to discover the essence, and he likes to feel all kinds of breaths from different times and spaces. This is the secret of God that can only be discovered when one is alone. "When alone, man is directly facing the whole of the world, the source of all things. On the contrary, when interacting, people are only confronted with parts, with fragments of the process. ”
April dreams linger.
80x140cm
He needs to be detached from social relationships all the time, to focus on the present moment, to talk to God, to talk to himself. "The world is our food, people only need to spend a small amount of time eating, most of the time is digesting, and being alone is our digestive world. ”
Hazy spring. 100x120cm
In the evening, I finally had time to sit down and chat with Mr. Zhang, he talked about his initial painting experience, ** was his enlightenment teacher, at that time there was little entertainment, every day to watch *** and the neighbor's children to paint together, others are not good to draw, slowly gave up, he painted the most like, got the envy of many children and the appreciation of adults, insisted on painting down the child is one of him. His parents, both doctors, were very supportive of his paintings, bought him all kinds of painting materials, and he painted a lot of them, pasted them all over the walls of the house, and the visitors were full of praise when they saw them.
The Pavilion of Tranquility is profound. 220x360cm
Trace Series 2.
50x60cm
Trace Series 3.
50x60cm
Trace Series 5.
50x60cm
He also deliberately said that when he was a child, the steamer made of waste cardboard boxes from the hospital not only had a look, but also a complete function. Later, he was not satisfied with just looking like it, and wanted an engine, which of course was not easy to obtain, but he was not discouraged, he tried to wax the ship, put it in the water, and although it sank in the end, he said that he was not overly depressed. That's when my passion for painting began.
Trace Series No. 6.
50x60cm
This shows the indomitable and open-minded spirit of Mr. Zhang's character, which is also reflected in his paintings. His painting style is varied, and if he feels that one style is enough, he has to look for another. As long as you go forward, there is always a way, and in God's dictionary, the line and the road share one interpretation.
Trace Series No. 7.
50x60cm
He has a real need in his heart and is not swayed by others and the market. This is very rare, follow the heart, not to be kidnapped, not only need strong self-confidence, but also need a chic state of mind and open-mindedness that can afford to let go. Faith, since it does not require prior promises, naturally does not need to be complimented afterwards, and its favor can only be received in times of difficulty.
Spring returns to the Sky Ridge.
140x160cm
Mr. Zhang's paintings are rich in subjects, from old Shanghai, to gardens, to natural landscapes, ......But he is never satisfied with depicting nature, he cares, deconstructs, metaphorizes or fantasizes from his point of view. He said: "Everybody has a different way of observing, and what you observe, others may not observe, and that's what makes you different from others." "Indeed, I have never seen the existence of no difference, just as I have never walked the road without distance, difference is existence, distance is the road. Maybe we just need to be honest and honestly express what we think and what we get. We are ourselves because we are different from others.
Dance in the snow. 60x80cm
Jiangbulak under the Tien Shan Mountains.
120x160cm
On the banks of the Lancang River. 120x240cm
Mr. Zhang likes to paint time and history, and his Shanghai theme is due to an old **. When he was caught by the mystery and irrepressible conjecture of time in black and white, he saw his mission, he wanted to draw this history, and those people and things in the past were not purely irrelevant to us. The world is like a nine-headed bird that can't be killed, generations of characters have retired, and generations of characters have appeared, still having seven emotions and six desires, still joys and sorrows, still exploring and mysterious, wanting to know and finally knowing, all kinds of news are circulating, and they will not be wasted for eternity. The universe is constantly expanding, and vigorous news must always be conveyed, and people are the endless communication and the carrier of this enthusiasm.
Generations of people have changed, individuals have changed, but there are still the same sufferings and predicaments, and one leaf can still be blinded, let alone such a grand confusion of life. Therefore, I think that people must pay attention to history, after all, our knowledge is the most reliable that comes directly from experience.
Caring for all things with personal eyes, as he said: "Without personal understanding and emotional injection, only skillful painting skills and the creation of copying objective objects will not stand the test of time." ”
He said that he has always wanted to paint the garden, but he has been reluctant to start writing, although the garden is beautiful, but it is not easy to paint, and he does not want to paint it like someone else's painting. It wasn't until he lived in Suzhou for ten years that he finally found his language. He felt the breath of that era, as if he had received some kind of news from the past. His concern for the culture and habits of the past is precisely his concern for the plight of human existence.
I don't know if his ** series has anything to do with the boats he made when he was a child, but I believe from the bottom of my heart that there is. The boat, as the beginning of his love affair with painting, must have meant a lot to him.
A corner of Chengdu Happiness Commune.
80x100cm
Mr. Zhang said that he has always pursued the individualization of style and language, because he feels that the uniqueness of his works always needs to be explored and sublimated in the process of painting. Therefore, he is a sober and conscious deluded, and he must know that there exists in the boundless and strange realm, and that it is not a place that can be entered by skill. He always leaves the skill, listens, comprehends, and follows the chaos and boundless strangeness. He knew that if the clock did not go beyond the thunder pool, any kind of ape would be hopeless.
(Text: Liu Chunyan).
Interview scene
Teacher Zhang Xinquan and author Liu Chunyan together.
Teacher Zhang Xinquan and teacher Cui Zhizhong and author Liu Chunyan are together.
Fukumura sketch scene
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Artist Profile
ZHANG Xinquan,He is a professor at Nanjing University of the Arts, vice chairman of Jiangsu Oil Painting Society, director of China Oil Painting Society, researcher of China National Academy of Painting, and member of China Artists Association.