Great Power, Aerospace 1, 180cm, 180cm, ink on paper, 2021Cry for moving, shout for responsibility, and sing for the times! ——Reading the works of the realist figure painter Gu XiaoxueText: Zhao ZhenzhongIn the early autumn of Renyin, I occasionally saw a few works "Great Power Aerospace", "Miner Map" and "Copper Wall and Iron Wall", my eyes lit up, the vertical and horizontal pen is like a spear into the battle and swayed freely, the rich ink can make the paper full of clouds and smoke, the majestic atmosphere can shake the three mountains and five mountains and shocking people's hearts, while reading and speculating, who is the author? Young professors at the Academy of Fine Arts? Binhong-style old man? Seeing the payment, only the word Xiaoxue, I couldn't help but wonder: This guy took a woman's name. 
Great Power Aerospace 2 180cm 180cm Ink on paper 2022 Friend** placket, what a girl, you see the author's profile! Looking back, I saw an elegant woman sitting in front of the work, plain and white, graceful and quiet, and the contrast with the heavy ink works behind it is great and harmonious, and the whole is a painting. I was surprised for a while, and I was surprised for a while, and I would never associate myself with the author in front of me by simply looking at the painting, and suddenly I felt that there was a strong man embroidering, and a weak woman carrying the tripod. 
Miner, Warm Sunshine 1 180cm 180cm Ink on paper In 2021, I got its interest and wanted to explore its truth, saw its surface and thought about its quality, searched on the Internet, the author only said a few words of introduction, and when I saw a corner of the sky, I suddenly had a sense of hatred for the pearl and a leaf of obstruction. In the current impetuous and bustling environment, it is rare to find people who have great talents and hide in a corner, and keep their hearts in order to seek the Tao. After several tosses, she finally got the contact information of Gu Xiaoxue's teacher, and after communication, her low-key is regrettable, just like the miners in her paintings, not happy or angry, not suppressed, not promoted, not fighting, quiet like the clear offering of Yashi on the desk. 
Miner, Warm Sunshine 2, 180cm, 180cm, ink on paper Here, in 2021, I don't want to use professional language to analyze Gu Xiaoxue's realistic paintings, although her paintings are full of realist light, and I don't want to use words such as pen and ink style to describe her works like an art critic. Covering up the hardships of labor with a positive smile, observing the reality of society with the hardships of suffering, and measuring the unyielding of the world with heavy brushwork, the content of the picture is no longer important at this moment, what matters is the author's heart, writing and realism, not to mention not writing poetry. 
Miner, Warm Sunshine 3 180cm 180cm Ink on paper In 2021, I have always believed that the highest state of Chinese painting must be poetry and philosophy. Philosophy is a simple contradiction and unity, but also a deep contradiction and harmony, Gu Xiaoxue's works have a strong sense of style like poetry and song, and at the same time, the sparse and dense, peaceful and dangerous, complex and simple, desolate and heavy bitterness and positive yang mentality in his works are full of philosophical profundity. It is worth playing, it is worth playing, you can see it, and you can study it deeply, this is the biggest feature of Gu Xiaoxue's paintings. 
Miner, Warm Sunshine 4 180cm 180cm Ink on paper 2021 pen and ink techniques, paper special effects, etc. are instruments, tools, and tools are also the lowest level of objects. Chapter composition, business arrangement, etc. are techniques, artists, and strategies, and are professional objects. From this point of view, Gu Xiaoxue's works never disdain to pursue pen and ink techniques, sprinkling salt and rubbing paper and other low-level means to show some so-called effects, she will not deliberately pursue the perfection of chapter composition, that is, the original intention does not change to depict what she sees, thinks, and feels, which is extremely valuable, because the real painter is not a craftsman who plays with pen and ink composition, but a person with lofty ideals with a strong sense of social responsibility. To depict even a corner of the real society through his works, he is also moved to cry, to sing for the times, and to call for responsibility. 
Miner, Black Earth, 180cm, 180cm, Ink on paper In 2021, I jokingly said: Mr. Gu, your works are all bitter gourd faces, and rich entrepreneurs are estimated not to buy them, Mr. Gu replied slowly: I just want to record some of what I really want to say, even if it can't wake up anything, I will continue to express this way! At this moment, I found that she has always been presented from the heart, just like her every stroke, every drop of ink, not in a hurry, not anxious, not anxious. To this day, it is a pity that it is not as good as meeting. In February, it was recorded in Shanghai. 
Plateau, Hot Land, 180cm, 180cm, ink on paper, 2022
Iron Wall 180cm 180cm Ink on paper 2022.
Art resume
Gu Xiaoxue
A native of Tangshan, Hebei.
She is a member of the Chinese Women Painters Association, a member of the Hebei Artists Association, and a member of the Kaiping District CPPCC.