A probe into the spiritual connotation of

As early as a month ago, it was posted on the website of Jiangxi artists Association: a notice that the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Art, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts, gallery of Jiangxi Province, and the Academy of Fine Arts of Jiangxi normal University, will have a grand exhibition of Chinese oil paintings on gallery, Jiangxi Province, on May 1, May 9. Through the poster promotion, we can see that the artists participating in the exhibition have a strong lineup, a high level and a wealth of works. It is another top art exhibition in China since the completion of the gallery Museum in Jiangxi Province. Although I am in Shanghai, the unique art exhibitions and activities in the international metropolis are very frequent, but it is rare to display the works of many domestic oil painters on a large scale at one time. This is a rare learning opportunity.

Although my son and daughter-in-law have been very busy recently, I can understand my eagerness to go home to the exhibition and book the train ticket early. I arrived in Nanchang on May 6th, hurriedly dealt with the urgent matter at hand, and the day before the exhibition was about to close on the 9th, I rushed to Jiangxi gallery to see the exhibition. Although the exhibition is drawing to a close, there are still a large number of visitors. There are not only local artists, students and citizens, but also many oil painting lovers from all over the country.

The first two exhibition halls have more than 100 oil paintings, which are refreshing and exhilarating. When I walked into the exhibition hall, I had a whim, changed my usual habit of watching the exhibition, and looked from behind to the front. Enter the second exhibition hall first, according to the exhibition routine, the inferior works are at the back. After reading it for the first time, according to your personal impression and feeling, let's take a look at the preface to test your taste level and perception ability. The second time I look back and carefully appreciate the good works that I am interested in and classic.

After roughly looking at all the works in two hours, compared with similar exhibitions, I got the following images: more works with feelings, feelings and thoughts; fewer works with no thoughts and moaning without illness; more works with connotation, culture and taste, but less impetuous, shallow and fast-food works. There are more exploratory, experimental and innovative works, but less playing, showing off skills and opportunistic works. With this feeling, I carefully read the preface written by Yang Feiyun, president of the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts.

Searching for sources is the academic purpose of the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts, which emphasizes the in-depth study of the modeling language system of western oil painting, taking the classical artistic spirit since the Renaissance as the starting point, advocating eternal and harmonious artistic rules, and devoting itself to inheritance and experience. the pursuit of pure artistic aesthetic principles and value standards, the pursuit of macro-value with truth, goodness and beauty as the core. The source is the source of the inheritance of painting art and all the comprehensive values it contains; Tao is the artistic spirit and law that we pursue. In the contemporary era of the proliferation of images and the lack of standards, it is particularly necessary to re-promote the lofty and beautiful banner.

In the contemporary era, the pursuit of value diversity has long become a fashion, but the core values are often ignored. China has entered a new period of prosperous development. The healthy development of society and culture needs to strengthen the construction of the core value system, correct and show the mainstream value orientation of the society. The art field is also faced with the same problem. The setting of the goal of seeking sources and asking questions has this consideration, that is, it hopes to promote the construction of the core value system of oil painting art through demanding thought and practical exploration, and appeal to the concreteness of the materialized form of works in its creation. clearly put forward the understanding related to or related to the core value of oil painting art. In this sense, the source-seeking question, as a goal, is the requirement of cultural consciousness put forward historically with the development of Chinese oil painting art.

The art of oil painting has the possibility of innovation only on the premise of inheriting the tradition, the high level of expression only on the premise of mastering the essential law of painting, and the possibility of development only by establishing a high standard of value orientation. only by loving life, paying attention to reality and being close to nature can we stay away from paleness and concepts, and only by being moved by the artist's heart can we really infect people. Facts have proved that unreal things are not touching, bad things have no value, and unbeautiful things are not art at all. The essence of painting is composed of two aspects: one is the painting language and expressive force on the picture; the other is the emotional style and quality connotation behind the picture, both of which are hard indicators and an important yardstick to measure painting.

The artists participating in this exhibition are all like-minded people who carry out artistic creation under the theme of the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts. Under this common goal, we try our best to seek, question, explore and create some works. I hope that through this overall exhibition, the Chinese Academy of Oil painting of the Chinese Academy of Arts has made progress and breakthroughs in oil painting language, spiritual connotation and emotional expression over the years. It is also hoped that some substantive opinions and suggestions can be obtained through this research oil painting research invitation exhibition and corresponding discussion activities, so as to encourage us to continue to explore and move forward in the sources and ways of culture and art.

Yang Feiyun

By reading and understanding the insightful words of Dean Yang, I have a profound and complete understanding and understanding of the source search. There is no doubt that the academic purpose and development direction of searching for sources embodies the artistic essence and value orientation of Chinese oil painting. She is also based on the extraordinary development experience and ups and downs of Chinese oil painting. From all kinds of national art exhibitions over the years, it is not difficult to see that the works generally reflected in the past are vulgar in cultural taste, lack of emotional thoughts, blindly pursuing skills, disconnection between form and content, blindly copying western models, and so on. It interferes with and destroys the prosperity and progress of the development of oil painting in China. Oil paintings show conceptual, empty drawbacks and defects. These are the consequences of being eager for quick success and instant benefit, illusory and impetuous mentality.

The China Oil painting Academy of the Chinese Academy of Arts, as the highest university and academic research institution of oil painting research, exploration and creative practice in China, has adhered to the purpose of seeking sources and asking questions for a long time. It defines the dependent relationship between inheritance and innovation, and establishes the creative orientation of the combination of oil painting artistic language and personal emotion. In artistic creation, research, continuous practice, the courage to explore, put things right, played a leading and exemplary role.

After understanding the connotation of the thought of seeking sources and asking questions, I once again selectively re-evaluated and appreciated some of the classics. This exhibition makes me feel strongly that the works not only give people visual impact, but more importantly, many works bring ideological enlightenment and artistic infection to the audience. Yang Feiyun's "Picture of Beautiful Women of Proverbs", the classical painting method compares modern women with ancient palace maids, revealing the fate and inner world of women in different times. The meaning is profound; Xu Xiaodong's "bright morning" banner wide-angle lens, under the bright sunshine of the motherland landscape trees, rural farms enchanting beauty, a line of white swans soaring between the mountains and rivers, beautiful; Yu Xiaodong's "can you add Wechat? It reveals the mood, confusion and living state of modern young men and women; Li Guijun's "with the Wind" and Shi Liang's "Post-60's" all have the author's profound thinking and enlightenment to society and life; there are also, such as Xia Junna's "Wind from yesterday Eve", Tong Ziyun's "examination 2", bold exploration and breakthrough in form and method of expression, philosophical thinking and questioning. What makes me particularly happy and exhilarating is that some realistic portraits do not stay on the simple image, but make deep and ingenious use of the ontological language of oil painting to excavate the external images of inner emotions and emotional changes. fully express the characteristics of different ages, identities and occupations, such as Huang Shengxian's "the Old Xizang", long Liyou's "the woman of the Pamir Plateau", Li Guijun's "tacit understanding" and so on. After reading these works, they all have an unfinished feeling and aftertaste.

Through our works, while we are shocked, infected and intoxicated by art, we can appreciate that painters are in the process of going deep into life for a long time, observing and feeling people's livelihood, breathing with workers, and sharing hardships, collecting living materials, and then using appropriate and novel forms of artistic expression to create the crystallization. Most of the authors of the above works are famous painters and professors. some of them hold important positions with no ministers and most of them are in their twilight years. However, they never stop their persistent pursuit of art, strive for excellence, and constantly explore and innovate. In the arduous artistic creation, we continue to produce masterpieces. He is also caring and training young painters all the time and painstakingly. Pay attention to their healthy growth and professional development. It can be predicted that Chinese oil painting will continue to advance by leaps and bounds under the banner of searching for sources. There are bright prospects for more prosperity and development.

Thank Chen