"Each piece is my child, and many people are curious about how my work is created, and the process is painful and painful. On December 5th, Xu Qinsong, a national first-class artist, a second-level professor and a first-class special allowance expert, held a lecture on "Steps Forward-My Landscape Painting Creation and Change" at the Xiaoyuan Campus of Guangzhou University for the Elderly.
I am a post-graduate of the Lingnan School of painting, and my 'first love' is Chinese painting. Xu Qinsong said. However, on the way to study, Xu Qinsong was assigned to the major of printmaking, and gradually returned to the creation of Chinese landscape painting in his work, so his artistic career has always had the characteristics of cross-border integration of the two professions.
After deciding to specialize in landscape painting, Xu Qinsong gradually became dissatisfied with the creative theory of traditional landscape painting. A voyage to the snowy peaks triggered Xu Qinsong's thinking on the creation and theoretical reform of landscape painting. "Sitting on the plane and seeing the projection under the sun flowing through the mountains, I felt for the first time that kind of vastness and majesty. That kind of mountain peaks that stretch for thousands of miles, connected to the horizon, is such a magnificent sight. With this shock, looking back at traditional landscape painting, Xu Qinsong began to explore the spatial expression of landscape painting. Many critics believe that Xu Qinsong's landscape paintings express a kind of "holy landscape" and "landscape with cosmic consciousness".
Xu Qinsong believes that the innovation of his landscape painting comes from his identity as the inheritor of Lingnan culture and spirit. Xu Qinsong said: "I grew up under the influence of Lingnan culture, and Guangdong is also the place where China's new culture grows, and this identity also gives me the impetus for reform and opening up. ”
Xu Qinsong explained to the audience the innovations of his creation: first, he reproduced the new perspective of "broad and far-reaching method" and "circumferential perspective";The second is to put forward the idea of "big brush and ink view";The third is the ** of the gray limit of pure ink;Fourth, the new fusion of "gold and stone into the painting" and "light and color into the painting".
I was shocked by Professor Xu's paintings, and what I learned the most was how to deal with the relationship between looking forward and looking backward. Looking ahead, how to learn Xi traditions and skills of the ancients;Looking ahead, how to develop and innovate. In this regard, Professor Xu has broadened our horizons. Mr. Zou, an elderly college student, said. Mr. Zou has been studying Xi painting for more than 4 years in the green landscape class of the University for the Elderly: "Taking classes here has also made me truly realize that 'living to old age, learning old age' and 'old age has something to do'. ”
Another student, Wu Qingxiong, also said: "Professor Xu's philosophy is both traditional and innovative, especially the use of gray, which impresses me deeply. After retiring, Wu Qingxiong entered the university for the elderly to study Xi, and it has been two years, "I found that my retirement is busier than before, and I have to complete my homework and hand in my homework after class. But this kind of busyness is very happy busy. ”
Text, picture Guangzhou ** New Flower City Reporter: Xu Wenwen Xi Reporter: Ding Xiong Guangzhou ** New Flower City Editor: Su Wanqian.