Wang Dongming. Wang Dongming is a native of Songyuan City, Jilin Province. The Lord of the Mountain Stone Xuan. He is good at Chinese painting freehand figures, and graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of Northeast Normal University in 1992, majoring in Chinese painting. He is now working in Jilin Provincial Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, a full-time painter, and the director of the creative research department. He is a member of the Art Committee of the China Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a national first-class artist, a director of the Jilin Artists Association, the director of the Chinese Painting Art Committee, and a provincial special allowance expert. He is a judge of the 13th National Art Exhibition, a judge of the 7th National Shelf Exhibition, a judge of the 4th National New Pen Painting Exhibition, and a member of the Shaman Culture and Art Committee of the China Folk Literature and Art Association.
Winter Solstice, 180cm, 96cm, ink on paper, 2022.
Text: Wang Dongming
A work of art has always been a part of the artist's personal life trajectory, and everyone has a strong desire to perceive nature, and the artist's way of perceiving is to create a work of art. This kind of creation is like the work and harvest of laborers, and the happiness in it is far greater than the pleasure generated by the material wealth in exchange. Because of this, humanity has never left a work of art.
Set 180cm 96cm ink on paper 2023.
When the basic physiological needs are satisfied, there must be metaphysical needs, but as far as painting is concerned, even a few lines that imitate natural shapes, or mottled color combinations, or the patterned processing of tools, the formal design of home furnishings, etc., are all closely related to the aesthetic expectations in the heart. With the gradual deepening of aesthetic practice and the accumulation of experience, after thousands of years of artistic practice, the works of art present to us can be described as a grand spectacle, splendid, and full of personality like splendid nature.
Dance Taiping, 180cm, 96cm, ink on paper, 2021.
Even a master like Picasso, who has completely different styles of works from different periods, can clearly feel Picasso's unique personal style. In this vast sea of art works, we can always naturally feel: each classic work has a distinctive personal characteristic, seeing the feelings of passion and generosity, or quiet and profound, or mysterious or solemn and so on, as if seeing the painter himself, we will soon have a general judgment: who paints what painting, is there any basis for this preconceived judgment? What is the reason for this "painting like a person"?
The summer rain has just drifted through 180cm 96cm ink on paper in 2017.
The first is the innate endowment.
There has been no truly convincing answer to the definition of understanding, and the common interpretation refers to the ability to perceive, think, and perceive things, mainly referring to the ability to understand and analyze things. Then the acquisition of these abilities must be inevitably related to the accumulation of knowledge, but countless cases show that those people with extremely high understanding often have a flash of inspiration, and their ideas are outbursting, and they are not even the inspiration accumulated after continuous hard reading.
Autumn Song Loud and Bright, 190cm, 145cm, ink on paper, 2021.
This illustrates a problem: innate endowments do not only need books, but also a "divine help", and the works produced by this endowment that are very different from ordinary people often show strong superhuman abilities, or embody surprising perspectives and concepts, so that the viewer is amazed and needs to look up to see it. The information with a strong personal color will be hidden in every line and color in the picture like an imprint, and these visual feasts composed of dots, lines, surfaces and colors will lead you to wander in it and sincerely produce a sense of admiration.
Winter Sun, 180cm, 150m, ink on paper, 2023.
In a way, artists are similar to what philosophers and top scientists do, and one of the common characteristics they all have is that they are very different from ordinary people's understanding. It is precisely with this understanding that these masters will be truly achieved, and these messages with infinite brilliance remain in the works, enlightening and enjoying for future generations. This is one of the most important factors in "painting as a person".
North Horizon 198cm 168m Ink on paper 2023.
The second is character.
The general interpretation of character refers to a person's stable attitude towards reality, as well as personality traits that manifest themselves in habitual patterns of behavior corresponding to this attitude. The formation of personality is composed of three factors: cognitive, emotional, and behavioral tendencies, and is generally formed after birth. However, there are also cases where the newborn baby often exhibits different personality traits, such as attitude traits, volitional traits, and emotional traits.
Spring Breeze Blowing Over the Hill, 180cm, 145m, Ink on paper, 2017.
Once a person's character is formed, it will not change easily, and it will generally last throughout life. Painting creation is one of the ways in which an artist infuses all attitudes and emotions, and the common artist and his works will be integrated into one, presenting a unified state of internal and external: the character is straightforward and enthusiastic, and the characteristics of his works must be enthusiastic and unrestrained; The quiet and shy personality often conveys an artistic attitude that is also quiet and elegant. On the other hand, some artists are ostensibly easy-going and cheerful, but their works show the exact opposite of their personalities.
Falling Flowers Silently Listen to Xiaohan, 200cm, 145m, Ink on paper, 2014.
In fact, art does not lie, and is often influenced by complex social factors, in a complex social environment, coupled with family influences and educational reasons, such people will show people with masks, and there may be strong emotional surges under the easy-going and calm surface; Under the arrogant and unrestrained external behavior, it may be a quiet and deep heart. When he is in a situation of complete relaxation, it must be a different behavior. If an artist creates with genuine feelings, his works must be the most direct reflection of his personality when his emotions, emotions and desires are fully vented. This is also one of the important factors of "painting as a person".
Home at the foot of Nanshan 97cm 97m ink on paper 2022.
Then there is the influence of mentors.
Generally speaking, most artists have a clear teacher-student relationship, because the painter cannot completely control his own choice, and the apprenticeship or study with a teacher is always influenced by his artistic ideas, and the similarity of this artistic style also reflects the closeness of their artistic thoughts. In particular, the apprentices (or students) have a strong *** psychology, and this similarity is particularly prominent, which also reflects that they generally belong to the same type of painters, the so-called "people gather by like", and they are similar in terms of artistic goals, artistic qualities, artistic means and art criticism.
The Old Wall of Changbai Beings, 68cm, 68m, ink on paper, 2021.
Of course, there are also artists who are not in a teacher-student relationship, but who are gradually attracted to a certain type of artist in the process of reading, and consciously or unconsciously accept their artistic views and styles, etc., and they will also unconsciously become a type of art team. Due to the influence of character inertia, and most of the artists are a group of people with true temperament and slightly paranoid personality, the so-called good ** will educate apprentices and students from many aspects of outlook on life, world view and values, and naturally penetrate all their life and art experience.
50cm, 50m, ink on paper, 2021.
Since each person's life gene is very different in the extremely microscopic state, each artist has a different range of aesthetic pleasure, which is directly related to his own life code, when a certain (or a certain type) of art style caters to its own excitement or aesthetic needs, the aesthetic judgment and aesthetic process will be clearly affirmed, and the aesthetic creation will converge with it. This is also one of the main reasons for "painting as it is".
Autumn Tone, 136cm, 68m, ink on paper, 2015.
An individual's attention to things will form a distinct imprint on his or her work.
Attention refers to the degree of attention, the heat of attention to daily life, and the behavior of thinking, learning, and communicating. Everyone has relatively independent and fixed habits of thinking and behavior, as long as there is no strong external stimulus will form inertial thinking, artists (painters) in the process of creation, often regard their own attention as a period of creative motif, which not only includes the tempering of techniques but also the use of different means and methods for experimental exploration, until it reaches a certain degree of maturity, and has aesthetic fatigue in the creation, produces new questions and doubts, or the degree of attention declines, only then did they weaken or abandon the motif of creation.
Summer is coming, 136cm, 68m ink on paper, 2015.
Many artists will carry out a certain type of motif to the end, and the intermediate process will show a variety of states, and some artists will transform several types of motifs to create repeatedly, and the intermediate process will also present a variety of states. But in any case, an individual's attention to a certain thing or a certain type of thing will form a distinct personality and imprint of one's own work. This is also one of the main reasons for "painting as it is".
Late Summer Leisure, 136cm, 68m, ink on paper, 2015.
Tens of millions of people have thousands of faces and thoughts, and thousands of artists (painters) have thousands of forms of artistic expression, although "painting as their person" is one of the methods to judge the type of artist's style and artistic thoughts, we really hope that every artist can make full use of their own talent and temperament, improve their own character defects (some artists' character defects are the catalyst for their artistic achievements), and not be an outlier that harms society.
Leave only the spring until the autumn 136cm 68m ink on paper 2015.
As an artist, whether it is a teacher or a student, we must cultivate compassion and great love in the depths of our hearts, the height and purity of the soul will be directly reflected in each work, at the beginning of creation and after creation, we must think of its social significance, the artist is not a savior, but the artist is one of the shapers of human soul and character, I believe that truth, goodness, and beauty are the common needs of human beings, and only by actively shaping themselves in the heart will there be lasting art.
People on the Land Series 1, 136cm, 68m, ink on paper, 2016.
Ecclesiastical Diagram, 50cm, 50m, ink on paper, 2015.
Lao Tzu's Journey to the West, 68cm, 68m, ink on paper, 2016.
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