fringe artist

Chapter 302 300. Which artist can stand such a test?

In the quiet living room, Chen Li'an and Sophie Marceau were honest with each other and snuggled up on the soft sofa.

Sophie Marceau's slender legs rested on Chen Li'an's body, and Chen Li'an held her small soles in his hands. The tingling pain from the soles of her feet made her hum.

Chen Li'an held her foot, and carefully pulled off a rose thorn on it.

Sophie Marceau looked at Chen Li'an and couldn't help complaining, "It hurts to death."

Chen Li'an blew lightly and said, "Don't you like it very much? I remember you wrote it in the book, and you really like it when I treat you like this."

"Humph" Sophie Marceau turned over with her hands propped up in a rare woman's posture and said, "The back also hurts, see if there are thorns too."

Chen Li'an took a closer look, stretched out his hand and patted it and said, "No, if you hadn't stepped on it just now, how could such a short thorn get stuck."

Sophie Marceau snorted and shook, "Look carefully."

Chen Li'an sat up and stretched out his hand to check, then looked at the dewdrops on his fingers, then leaned over and said in her ear, "There is no thorn, but I want to sprint."

Sophie Marceau's eyes were rippling, and she slightly twisted her body to indicate that Chen Li'an was ready.

The air in the living room seems to have become moist at this moment, like a creek or a river, or like a rough sea wave.

Time was passing by every minute and every second, and the second hand was beating up and down. I don't know how long it took before the living room became quiet.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Li'an got up early, and made a phone call to China from the balcony of Sophie Marceau's house.

It's just past ten o'clock in China, so it's a good time to make a call.

Chen Li'an did not tell Chen Meiren about this matter, but told Li Dabai to pay attention to this matter. If there is any abnormality, he must tell him as soon as possible.

After explaining to Li Dabai, Chen Li'an called Cheng Shufen again, and told her to pay attention to gossip news in the media recently, if there is any gossip, he can spend more money to stop it.

More than half an hour later, Chen Li'an hung up the phone. Looking at the still gray sky, he felt that sooner or later he would be wiped clean.

Hope it doesn't hurt them.

Scumbag men don't care about reputation, but women are different, their psychology is more sensitive and fragile, Chen Li'an has the responsibility to help them withstand these storms.

As a scumbag, Chen Li'an was not qualified. He failed to be irresponsible at the very least, and it was an embarrassment to the scumbags.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but sighed, and said to himself: "I'm still too kind, I can only be a scumbag, I can't be a scumbag."

After finishing speaking, Chen Li'an couldn't help shivering, it was so cold in the early morning in Paris, maybe he was disgusted by his shameless remarks.

While it was still early, Chen Li'an ran back to sleep again.

After Chen Li'an woke up that day, he said goodbye to Sophie Marceau and went back to Venice.

After returning to Venice, Chen Li'an felt in a trance, as if nothing had happened. No one talked to him about Sophie Marceau's book, but only discussed the artworks in this exhibition with Chen Li'an.

Artists are not gossip reporters, who would pay attention to a book written by a star.

But even if they knew, they wouldn't react, and would think it was normal.

There are a few famous artists in history who are not like this, let alone Picasso, how many lovers he had in this life, you can count them.

This may be due to different cognitions in different circles, or in an open environment abroad, people don't care much about this kind of thing.

There is nothing to say about the things you love and what I want, and I have nothing to do when I am full.

Under such an atmosphere, Chen Li'an felt less irritable, and his mood improved a lot because of Ji Fa's appearance.

Ji Fa was looking at Chen Li'an's work this time, admiring it while thinking about how to transport it away.

Such a good work cannot be placed here or dismantled after the exhibition is over, it is a blasphemy against art and money!
After looking around, Ji Fa turned to look at Chen Li'an and Bai Qing who were having a fight, and couldn't help interrupting them and asked, "Li'an, what do you plan to do with this work?"

Chen Li'an glanced at Bai Qing who still didn't want to talk to him, sighed, turned to look at Ji Fa and said, "You can figure it out, I don't care."

Ji Fa gave Chen Li'an a blank look, then looked at the gate of the exhibition hall and made a rough estimate: "It can be taken away, but it will be more troublesome, and private collectors of such a large work may not collect it, I will contact several Try an art gallery."

Chen Li'an hummed, walked up to Ji Fa and whispered, "Help me persuade Bai Qing, she is now complaining that I didn't break up with Sophie Marceau."

"No!" After Ji Fayi sternly refused, he glanced at Bai Qing, wondering if he could take advantage of it.

The Audio-Technica must be close and honest with each other!

Chen Li'an saw Ji Fa's thoughts, couldn't help but knocked her on the head and said, "Stop thinking about Bai Qing!"

"You don't care!" Ji Fa stared back, snorted, ran to Bai Qing and dragged her away, leaving Chen Li'an standing there alone.

Chen Li'an looked at their leaving backs, feeling helpless in his heart.

In the next few days, Bai Qing was with Ji Fa, and every time he saw Chen Li'an, he would lose face, thinking that he would die on a woman in this life.

Sophie Marceau wrote about that kind of thing in the book, and you don't care!

Chen Li'an had nothing to do, and he didn't have much time to appease Bai Qing. He was too busy these days. Every day, artists invited him to parties, or reporters wanted to interview him. He had no free time almost all day long.

A few days after the opening of the exhibition, Chen Li'an's name also frequently appeared in newspapers and magazines. As long as the Venice Art Exhibition was reported in newspapers, Chen Li'an's name would always be mentioned.

Chen Li'an is now really among the world's most famous artists, the only thing that is still lacking is the fermentation of time.

This morning, as soon as Chen Li'an finished an interview with a British art magazine, the domestic media came to find him, and there were people from the Ministry of Culture with the reporter.

"Mr. Chen, long time no see." The reporter of the art magazine looked at Chen Li'an and said politely.

Chen Li'an also said with a smile: "The last time we met was in the studio last year, it's true that we haven't seen each other for a long time."

The man standing next to the reporter looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Mr. Chen, hello, I'm Zhang Mingli from the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture."

"Hello, you're too polite." Chen Li'an didn't know his position, so he asked curiously, "I don't know why you are looking for me this time?"

"Mr. Chen, you have earned us a lot of money this time." Zhang Mingli looked at Chen Li'an and said, "The Ministry hopes that Mr. Chen can promote our culture as before. Besides modern art, we also have a lot of traditional art." .”

Chen Li'an guessed that this was the matter, looked at Zhang Mingli and said, "Of course, this is what I should do. I have talked about these issues with Director Wang before, and I have thought about promoting traditional culture. When I return to China this time, I will I went to meet and chat with Minister Wang."

"Haha, that's good. No wonder Director Wang keeps saying that Mr. Chen is a model for young artists."

After Zhang Mingli boasted a few more words, he turned to look at the reporter of the art magazine next to him and said, "Xiao Li, when you interview Teacher Chen later, you have to be more serious."

The reporter called Xiao Li smiled and said nothing. Zhang Mingli is from the Fine Arts Division of the Art Department, not a major leader in the department, nor is he from the Propaganda Department.

After Zhang Mingli left, he said to Chen Li'an: "Mr. Chen, I have time in the afternoon. Up to now, domestic magazines are only reposting foreign news. No matter what, I have to take care of my own people."

Chen Li'an immediately smiled and said, "Of course, I'm still wondering why my family doesn't want to see me, and no one comes to interview me."

Xiao Li explained apologetically: "Haha, don't be surprised, there are really too many interview tasks these days, and many foreign artists have returned to China if they don't rush to interview others."

Chen Li'an chuckled, he understood this kind of behavior very well, foreign artists should be more popular, even if the artist's international status is not as high as Chen Li'an's, the degree of importance is still different.

In the next hour or so, Chen Li'an was asked various questions, not only about art, but also many questions that had nothing to do with art.

For example, how to promote the international image, the tens of millions of dollars of interest in the Venice Art Biennale, and when the China National Pavilion will be truly established.

Most of the questions were irrelevant to Chen Li'an, but since he asked Chen Li'an, he didn't evade, and answered all of them to the point.

Some questions are actually very realistic, and Chen Li’an’s answer is also very realistic, just like Chinese artists have participated in the Venice Art Biennale for many years, but there are only Chinese representative artists, and the reason why there is no Chinese national pavilion is because of poverty, because of international status, because European arrogance.

Art is never pure. Building a national pavilion is not simply a matter of building a house, and it is not something that can be changed by a few or a dozen artists.

These people in Europe are also very interesting, and they want to pull Chinese artists on their boats to distinguish them from the United States, but they are reluctant to let go of themselves completely.

This is not only true of art, but also of film.

In addition, Chen Li'an also talked a lot about the phenomenon that modern art is not supported in China. He also specifically said that some people blindly followed the footsteps of the West and lost themselves instead of developing their own modern art. .

After chatting a lot, Xiao Li looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Mr. Chen, what you said is very good. Your works contain many ethnic elements. I saw your works this time. The things used in them not only reflect war Many items in it also show the development history of Chinese art, from original murals to bronzes to porcelains, etc., which are a good display of oriental art."

Chen Li'an smiled and said: "This is also what I gained last time in Venice. At that time, someone told me that modern art should also be based on the nation itself."

Xiao Li smiled and said, "It's getting late, so I won't bother Mr. Chen. By the way, some of the issues discussed later won't be published, but they may be posted."

Chen Li'an: "." I would have known better if I hadn't said it!It's better to log out, at least aboveboard.

After Xiao Li finished speaking, he left, leaving only Chen Li'an scratching his hair with a headache, forget it, don't care about that.

I was right in the first place, but now some affiliated art colleges are outrageous, art graduate students must meet the English standard, no matter how good your major is, if you can’t speak English, you won’t be accepted!
What is the relationship between painting and English?Do you paint with words!

In the future, there will be a lot of distortion and uglification, blindly pleasing Western art works, this phenomenon is really difficult to comment on.

It's good to say it now, in case there is a chance to change it, Chen Li'an naively fantasized for a while before getting up and going to other countries' artists to brag about art.

By the way, talk to them about the traditional Chinese art in my works, let them have a concept in their minds, and when Chen Li'an comes back in the future, they can open up and export it openly.

The art space opened in Xiangjiang sells modern art, but in Europe it must be selling traditional art.

Hey, it's interesting to do it the other way around.

Chen Li'an continued to hang out in various exhibition halls for the next two days, and there was a little tail behind him.

Ido Cunji has been following Chen Li'an, hoping that they will participate in the Tokyo Art Awards in August.I hope Chen Li'an can bring the same enthusiasm to the Tokyo Art Awards as Venice.

It's impossible for Chen Li'an to think with his toes. How many years did it take for Venice to become the world's number one in terms of gold content? It's only been a few years since the Tokyo Art Awards.

But in the face of such enthusiastic Ido Cunji, Chen Li'an also hesitated a little, this guy was too persistent, and said that if Chen Li'an went to Tokyo, he would be able to pay a high activity fee and super high treatment.

Most importantly, he also hinted at something very interesting to Chen Li'an.

Ido Cunji looked at Chen Li'an and said: "Mr. Li'an, artists are passionate, and Tokyo is a city full of romance and art. There are many art lovers in Tokyo who hope to see Mr. Li'an's works in Tokyo. They admire them very much. An artist like Li Anjun wants to talk about art with you all night."

Chen Li'an looked at Ido Cunji strangely, what kind of words are these?

It’s affectionate, romantic, adoring, and chatting all night long. Is this serious art?
Is this the legendary beauty trick?

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said to Ido Cunji: "I will participate in the Sino-Japanese cultural and art exchange in July. If I participate in the Tokyo Art Awards in August, I may not have so much time to create."

"Li'an-kun! You can be like this time in Venice, we will prepare for you whatever you need!" Looking at Chen Li'an, Ido Cunji suddenly bowed and said, "Please, Li'an-kun! Tokyo art The Grand Prize needs artists like you!"

Chen Li'an: "."Although you are only a curator, please have a bit of an artist's integrity, okay?
It's giving money and being a beauty trick, using this to test the artist?Which artist can stand such a test?

(End of this chapter)