musicians of old

Chapter 633: The Merits and Demerits of Impressionism

"Okay, I remember."

Fanning stretched out and walked out of the living room.

During this period, his daily routine was very regular.

From late at night, to waking up early in the morning, and then to the entire morning, it is all composition time.

The afternoon is office hours.

In the evening, there are social outings, business talks and private conversations, but usually no later than 9:30, and then he returns to the living room to continue his creation.

There are no rehearsals or performances for the time being.

All in all, it’s probably a bit like returning to the situation during the “Resurrection” period of creation.

But unlike before, this time Fanning's emotional state was not so "private", at least that's what she showed to outsiders.

During the creative process, he didn't mind if Sheeran came over to "disturb" him or if his colleagues had important matters to ask for his advice.

  As for non-creative office hours

Everyone discovered that since the day after Fan Ning returned from the imperial capital to attend the awarding ceremony, this office corridor has been crowded almost all day long!

After all, there are only a few high-end people who can actually receive an invitation from Fanning or be introduced to him.

After these people successfully make an appointment, they are entered into the schedule of Sheeran Productions and can visit as scheduled.

But the majority of people come here without any connections and uninvited!

  After getting to the front of the line, I explained my purpose to the administrative assistant and, after promising that I would be there for only a few minutes, the assistant asked Miss Sheeran if I could get in line.

Yes, in fact many people don’t know that it is not Fanning himself who decides whether to meet or not. His brain is overloaded and he is too lazy to spare the energy to screen.

Whatever Xilan says is what it is, and whoever he arranges is the one.

  In fact, those who are outside the reservation range are not necessarily "low-end". Most of them are from wealthy families, have great talents, are well-known in the local area, and have connections with middle-level or even senior staff of the Turner Hall. They just say hello in advance.

But there is no way, Master Fanning only has 4-6 hours of office time a day.

Just go and queue up honestly.

In order to improve the experience of visitors - after all, as the headquarters of Turner Cinemas, they cannot lose courtesy or appearances - the administrative department has recently installed 24 long sofas for rest and 6 automatic coffee machines on both sides of this long office corridor. There is no more room for additions.

"If I had had more foresight, the design of this corridor should have been expanded a little bit, although it is already wide enough."

Deputy Director of Operations Congreve, holding several stacks of documents in his hands, looked helplessly at the long line of gentlemen and ladies sitting on the sofas with coffee in their hands in front of him, as well as the crowds of people in front of him who were trying to see what was going on behind the office door.

This tall, fat man with dark complexion and a suit, a senior tea artist hired by Fanning from the Guidance School's own restaurant, finally joined the group resting on the sofa, leaned back, and muttered:

"Shit, I think we're missing something in the administration department, and we need to add a few more bathrooms on this floor."

"So, Master Fanning agrees that our San Pereto Secession can hold exhibitions in various theaters this year? Hehe."

On the sofa in the guest seats, an unprepossessing young man was moving his shoulders and neck. He had small eyes, a high forehead, a slightly materialistic beard and curly hair, but his eyes occasionally flashed with golden light.

"Chairman Klimt, it's not as serious as 'agree'. It should be said that we have finally established a cooperative relationship this year." Fanning corrected with a smile.

The person in front of Fanning was none other than Klimt, the chairman of the St. Pearl Secession Association and an artist of the great Janus level.

He was born into a family that specializes in gold and silver jewelry crafts. In the early days, he became famous for his traditional techniques, with rigorous shapes, rich colors, and plump female bodies as his style characteristics.

And because of his family background, he was very good at decorative arts. He liked to mix pigments and gold powder to make his works present a brilliant and gorgeous effect. In the first few years after he was promoted to "Forging Lion", the people of San Perto liked to call him the "Golden Painter".

But later, he started to create avant-garde art with a group of followers, advocating the dismantling of the composition and line relationships in realistic works, refining and deforming the elements in a geometric way, forming an abstract, simple, bright and powerful graphic expression effect.

"Secession" means "breaking away from the influence of official academic style."

Because of the fear that the "mysterious chord" technique or other "mysterious paintings" might have the shadow of the Divine Society behind them, and under Fanning's special instructions during his wandering, the Turner Art Gallery was very cautious about avant-garde art.

Therefore, he was still classified as "conservative and authoritative" by the art circle. Now that Fanning is back to take charge, he is finally ready to open up the way.

After all, it is impossible to give up the potential market share and evaluation discourse power of modern art.

He wanted to have in-depth exchanges and cooperation with these people to see who were "taught" by the Shenjiang Society.

Today, Fanning and the San Pietro Secession have reached an agreement to hold a series of exhibitions, with the cooperation starting in the field of fine arts.

Because he relied on his keen intuition about the art market and believed that Klimt might be the first of this group of avant-garde artists to be promoted to the "New Moon".

  Another important reason is

When Fanning was sitting in the Vatican as Lavoisier in the Western Continent, he read the secret correspondence between the Holy Sun Church and the Bologna School on the "Tonal Disintegration Plan"!

  The 'Separatism' of the Western Continent and the 'Expressionism' of the Northern Continent are modern schools that the two official organizations have secretly agreed to support first and that are competing with the Special Patrol Office for the right to speak!

Fanning couldn't tell whether some of the other artists he came into contact with were from the Special Patrol Office or the God's Advent Society. However, the founders of these two major factions were definitely the ones that could be united temporarily!

"Master Fanning, you're welcome." Klimt responded, "By the way, Mr. Hesso from our group said he saw you at the Honor Awarding Day before."

“Oh, we’ve talked about this several times.” Fanning nodded. “He has the most ideas about chamber music, which is radical and interesting.”

"There is another very interesting point, Master Fanning," Klimt said again.

"Haiso and I, as well as those friends in your country's art world who advocate 'Expressionism', 'Twelve-tone technique', and 'End of the Century' thoughts, Hesher, Adim, and the 'Fauvism' of the southern continent, such as Furud. There are many of us. Although we now have different styles and concepts, the courage to break away from the romantic tradition was initially inspired by the so-called 'Impressionism' you played with a few years ago."

"I don't play much myself." Fan Ning waved his hand.

“Or maybe ‘induced abortion’ would be a better word,” Klimt said. “You ‘induced abortion’ of Impressionism, but the movement was quickly ‘pacified’ and entered the evaluation system set by the authorities. Their purpose is always so clear.”

"But at least, you proved the possibility of the existence of a new world, which encouraged others to leave the path they have always taken and decide to look elsewhere."

Fanning recalled: "Among the group of painters and musicians friends at that time, only Claude remained with me as the deputy director of lighting and stage design. Although the others still maintained contact and cooperation, their artistic concepts gradually shifted to other schools. The current 'pure impressionism' actually no longer exists."

He smiled with an inexplicable meaning: "In the current art world, many people's first reaction to the mention of 'Impressionism' is, oh, it was a short-lived but brilliant gimmick, which left behind a number of high-priced paintings, but soon no one painted like that, and those who forced themselves to continue painting like that could no longer command high prices."

"Of course, my own evaluation is not so negative. After all, they have left many valuable assets for the Turner Art Museum. But looking back, it is indeed just a temporary bridge. After we walked this distance together, we went to other places separately."

"So now that you have crossed the bridge, Master Fanning, where do you decide to go?"

Klimt acknowledged Fanning's metaphor and asked further.

".Oh, I guess, maybe it's still Romanticism? There's actually another name for 'late Romanticism', which is 'extreme Romanticism'."

Many people know that Fanning has the ability to write modern works.

And the reviews are generally very high.

  But Klimt obviously saw it clearly.

Like many other modern artists, he chose to explore unknown directions because he knew that as a young man born at the end of the century, if he continued on the path of romanticism, he would probably never become a "crescent moon".

Who is not an artistic ambitious person?

Unfortunately, the track is getting narrower and narrower.

  But Fanning, a 26-year-old genius and freak, faced with so many suffocating masters and predecessors who had almost walked all the possible paths, succeeded with a series of works such as "Giant" and "Resurrection"!

With Fanning's current status, there is no need to open up a new track! To compete with those few people for the title of "Torchbearer" of romanticism is to have a higher "ambition index"!

Fanning smiled noncommittally: "Chairman Klimt, you have a very sharp eye, but I don't plan to talk to you about romanticism today."

"You know, the financial patrons behind the Turner Art Hall are mainly the Guiding School due to some historical reasons, while the artistic collaborators are mainly the Bologna School and the Holy Sun Church, each with a share. In addition to cooperating in the exhibition, I invited you here today mainly because I have another matter to discuss with you in private in advance."

He deliberately emphasized two sides of the "tonal collapse plan."

"I'm going to create a journal dedicated to discussing all modern art. Yes, all modern art schools, all of them!"

"As for the name of the magazine, let's call it "New Moon"!"