Shi Kai said that Chen Hailiang was "comparable to the ancients", and he was criticized and aggrieved. In fact, the four words "comparable to the ancients" describe Mr. Shi Kai, but he deserves it.
Shi Kai's life is good: First, he found his own style early and set up his own door;The second is that although his style is drastically original, he is admired by the circle and will not be lonely in front of him;The third is that he makes a living from art, and he can live a prosperous and calm life. Compared with the fate of the Eight Majors of the Green Ivy League, how fortunate it is!
There is a specialization in the art industry. Laymen don't easily make irresponsible remarks about mathematicians and chemists, because they don't understand, they can't interject, and they don't dare to interject, because science involves right and wrong.
Art is not right or wrong, and there is no standard answer. As a result, laymen or ordinary enthusiasts have to argue about right and wrong on the issue of art, and this starting point is not right in itself. If Ouyang Xun's way of writing, Yan Zhenqing is wrong, according to Yan Zhenqing's way of writing, Su Dongpo is wrong, and according to Su Dongpo's writing, He Shaoji is wrong.
In the history of art, anyone who is encircled in the absolute framework of a certain family as a standard model, and is often called a "book slave" or "painting slave", is difficult to make a big difference. Anyone who has become a family, as Xu Beihong said, "holds prejudice alone and insists on going his own way", taking great risks and challenging the rules set by his predecessors with great courage. Art history itself is a history of rebellion about artists throughout the ages, and the only constant law during this period is change, constantly innovating. Mr. Shi Kai is a contemporary model of great success with a rebellious spirit, and his spirit echoes that of outstanding figures such as Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi a hundred years ago.
After Dong Yuhui's small essay turmoil, his homepage signature was changed to "Don't intend to, don't must, don't be solid, don't be me", that is, Confucius said not to speculate out of thin air, not to be arbitrary and absolute, not to be stubborn, not to be self-righteous. Seeing that some self-righteous people criticize Shi Kai with a frivolous attitude, self-righteous and arbitrary, I can't help but connect with these four sentences of Confucius, which is indeed worth pondering.