Yang Haijian's artistic resume: Yang Haijian, Mongolian, a native of Gujianshan, was born in Chongqing in May 1947 and is the founder of Chinese karst cave landscapes. He is a visiting professor at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, and has been specially appointed as a doctoral supervisor of the Harvard School of Art by Harvard University. In the 2000 years of the "China ** Collection" published by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House, "I and the Cave Landscape Painting" was the first in the history of Chinese art to put forward the name of the Chinese painting that painted the cave landscape one by one, which is unprecedented. In 2018, the 18th China Century Personality Summary and Commendation Conference of **TV Station CCTV TV Personality Award: Yang Haijian won the Top Ten Figures of Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting. Yang Haijian, the person in charge of the research project of karst cave landscape painting art inheritance. In 2021, he was exhibited in the following overseas **: Emirates News, New Technology in the United States, The Guardian, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, and was recommended by Time magazine in the United States to issue certificates for "Global Artistic Personality Ambassador". In 2022, he was awarded the honorary title of New Era Art Giant and was selected as one of the top ten celebrities in Forbes China. In 2023, he will receive the honorary title of "Xu Beihong Lifetime Achievement Award" issued by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In Beijing, he has participated in many national exhibitions of famous calligraphers and painters. At the top of art, look at China, the great beauty of China"Times Square, New York, a famous Chinese contemporary artist"**Broadcast. Participation in UNESCO....In the fall of 2023, ArttShopping won the special award "Special Honor Contribution Award" at the Louvre International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris, France.
Natural Wonders Freehand Brush and Ink Freehand - Yang Haijian's Cave Landscape Painting".
Xu Encun. Generally speaking, artistic creation is the result of the reflection of the mind on external things, which is a process of spiritualizing and artistizing external things through the action of the mind. The creation of landscape painting is even more so, the wonders of nature, in the painter's pen after several deletions and simplification and tailoring integration, become the infinite expression of the limited space of the picture, the so-called "hills and valleys in the chest" is exactly like this, the so-called "foreign teacher to create nature, in the heart of the source" is also the same.
Good Flowers Are Always There" Size: 178x96cm, 2021.
In more than 20 years of exploration and experimentation, the painter Yang Haijian has always taken the cave landscape as the theme, and has been unswerving, tempering the form of the cave landscape, the expression of brush and ink and the magical realm. In the long years, he finally matured his art, and finally gained the freedom of pen and ink expression when facing the cave landscape, so that Yang Haijian's art could rise to a new height.
Chongqing Caves" Specifications (95x176)cm Painted in 2022.
The magical form of the cave landscape has been involved in many painters as a painting subject, but none of them have focused on the research and practice of such a subject like Yang Haijian; In Yang Haijian's works, we can see his great efforts and painstaking efforts to achieve this.
The icing on the cake Size: 138x68cm Painted in 2023.
Reading the works, it is not difficult to find that it is a challenge for the painter to express the dreamlike shape of the cave in a freehand way; In his works, Yang Haijian is mostly based on sketching materials, and his paintings of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone flowers, etc., all have a realistic basis, therefore, the karst cave landscape in his pen seems to be at hand, but in fact it is mature in the chest, and he uses scattered perspective to deal with light sources in different directions to express the magnificence of creation, which is very unique.
Optimus 138x68cm Painted in 2023.
Stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone flowers and other karst cave images must be transformed into ink images in the creation, which is a subject that has neither previous experience to learn from, nor realistic techniques and laws to follow. But Yang Haijian finally better solved the problem of the combination of the ink and ink expression of the cave and the freehand of ink and wash, we see that he uses the technique of small freehand, free and relaxed to outline the stalactites, stalagmites and other images, the pen line in the way, curves, arcs, broken lines or points into a line, flexible changes and interweaving, a good stalactite, stalagmites and other irregular forms to give a perceptual expression; It should be said that Yang Haijian's freehand stalactites, stalagmites and other images are not realistic sketches, but freehand from feelings and impressions, which not only conforms to the laws and essence of landscape painting, but also better reflects the richness and complexity of the cave landscape.
Jade Shoots (176x90)cm Painted in 2023.
The completion of dozens of meters long karst cave works and other karst cave works are based on the positioning and starting point of the contemporary cultural context, because in the creation process of karst cave landscape painting, Yang Haijian not only blends and uses brushwork, ink and water method, as much as possible to maximize the functions and advantages of ink materials, but also partially absorbs some advantages of watercolor painting. Therefore, in his paintings, we can see that in terms of brushwork, he pays great attention to the changes of lines, that is, he rarely uses long lines, but mostly uses twists and turns, lifting and frustration, to express the stacking, deposition and inversion of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, etc., and the images such as hanging drops, and in the staggered, inverted, juxtaposed and large and small, he shows the strange characteristics of the beauty of the cave, especially in the dense organization, which shows the painter's ability to grasp complex objects; After skillfully grasping the use of brushes and lines, the painter used ink and water to render the atmosphere, and in the dry, wet, thick and light ink, as well as the change of ink with water, ink and water, thick and light, light and thick, etc., the picture is diverse, unified, rich and mysterious, and then produces a fascinating effect.
Wonderland of Blue Water Size: 138x68cm Painted in 2018.
In order to create a picture effect and strengthen the beauty of the geology and landform of the cave, Yang Haijian**, ink, and water color combined and interacted to render the wonders of the cave, especially when he used color, he paid great attention to the effect of multiple light sources and scattered perspective, and added a new level and beauty of vision to the black, gray and white levels of ink painting, so that the cave landscape as a style of landscape painting, not only produced the feeling of "creation and transformation", which was reminiscent of the natural magic workmanship, but also reminded of the magnificence of the cave landscape. Wonderful and magical.
Wonderland of Blue Water Size: 68x68cm, 2019.
In terms of the formal treatment, brush and ink treatment and overall grasp of the cave landscape, Yang Haijian has always followed the "three far-reaching methods" of landscape painting—flat, lofty and far-reaching. With the principle of never leaving its origin, the change and integration of the three-distance method have been carried out, so as to refract the grandiosity of the macrocosm of heaven and earth with the karst cave, and to refract the law and essence of all things with the changes of black and white, so that it can achieve the effect of changing the scenery with each step and moving with the people.
A Trip to This Size (95x176)cm Painted in 2010.
In the face of a theme, if there is no spirit of diligence and loneliness, it is difficult to make breakthroughs and innovations. Yang Haijian's more than 20 years of exploration and practice have finally reaped the initial fruits, which is commendable, and it is this down-to-earth spirit that we need on the road of art.
Tiansheng Bridge (95x176)cm was made in 2012.
In the creation of the cave landscape, Yang Haijian put all his energy, he put his artistic ideals, pursuits, emotions, etc. into the pen, and then perfected a set of relatively mature techniques, to be able to control it freely, free to carry out his own creation, taste the joy and happiness of success. Of course, Yang Haijian is not satisfied with the achievements made, he is in a new stage, starting a new exploration, we wish him success.
Professor Xu Encheng is a master's supervisor of Capital Normal University, a doctoral supervisor of Nankai University in Tianjin, the editor-in-chief of Chinese Art, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and a famous art critic).
The original article and many of my works were published in the 838th issue of Zhejiang "Art Newspaper". Published in 2009 in Zhejiang).
Legend of the Gods Size: 96x178cm Painted in 2014.
A Treasure of the North Size: 96x178cm, 2014.
The icing on the cake Size: 124x238cm, 2017.
Underground Dragon Palace, 96x178cm, 2021.
Chongqing Caves" Specifications (95x176)cm Painted in 2022.
Chongqing Caves, 96x178cm, 2022.
Dragon Boat Treasure (95x176)cm Painted in 2024.