Almighty painter

Chapter 102 Mirror Image (Xie Meng)

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Midnight,

Zoom web meeting room.

"The idyllic style of this painting reminds me of Giorgione's "Open Air Concert". The author hopes to achieve a harmonious idyllic dream song by coordinating the style of the garden and wild nature. To be honest, the idea is good, but it is a pity The artist's brushwork cannot reach the ambition of the composition...

"If we compare it with Odilon Redon who also liked to paint pastoral..."

Wearing earphones, Gu Weijing listened with interest to the interpretation of the last pastoral painting by Mr. Sloth and curator Tonks, occasionally adding a few words of his own opinion.

It is really interesting to listen to these senior bigwigs talking about art.

"Fu Lei's Family Letter" mentioned that musician Fu Cong liked to visit Uncle Qian Zhongshu with his father Fu Lei very much when he was a child.The biggest hobby of the children in the entire Tsinghua University courtyard is to move a small bench and listen to Master Qian talking about art, literature, and the world, in a funny and humorous way.

Gu Weijing has a similar feeling now.

It is a joy and an honor in itself to communicate closely with the bosses. This is the charm of the prosperous salon culture in old Europe.

His strength in calligraphy and painting appraisal is the ability to review an independent work of art.

The system allows Gu Weijing to dismantle a painting into countless details and fragments like a ding jie niu.

But for the grasp and interpretation of the whole art trend,
Just a lot worse.

In the final analysis, the vision leads to the gap.

He is just a nobody with his family opening a small gallery on the banks of the remote Yangon River.

Since the ancestors took root in Myanmar, they have deviated from the center of art.

Europe and the United States regard this place as a desert of modern art, which is both a prejudice and a fact.

In terms of cognition of the development of world art, not to mention the two art masters, even Ms. Sakai Katsuko is more than an order of magnitude better than him.

Watching Mr. Sloth and Director Tonks cite classics, starting from a small painting, they link up the classic painters in art history and the combing of different painting styles.

It's like taking a super VIP two-on-one art history course on the spot.

Enough to make the average art dog go crazy with envy.

On the other hand, Curator Tonks and Anna—what they felt was pleasure.

Detective Cat's ability to grasp the details of the painting is really too strong.

The biggest worry for professional art critics when appreciating a work of art is that sometimes there is always a feeling of itching.

They always regret that their words are not penetrating enough to express themselves fully.

For example, you describe a certain color as dry.

What is dryness?
Everyone seems to understand, but also seems not to understand.

This is more of a feeling, and it is more difficult to explain clearly.

But Detective Cat can always answer the question in a timely manner, and split this argument from the perspective of the painter's details-there is a problem with the juxtaposition and mixing of colors, and the paint is too thin, resulting in insufficient color mixing of the color points.

Be crisp and direct.

This fluffy sentence is like pulling a piece of wet and astringent cooked cowhide from your nostrils, and it is like a sharp silver needle, suddenly pulling a swollen bruise on your face. The boil boiled away.

This kind of refreshment is indeed beyond words.

It has now been an hour since the podcast started recording, well beyond the expected time.Curator Tonks' assistant once knocked on the door of the study to remind the curator to pay attention to the time.

The curator dismissed the other party casually.

He is having a good chat now, other things can be postponed later.

Mr. Tonks is obviously in a good mood now, his whole face is flushed under the camera, his bald forehead is shining brightly, and his two small eyes are shining.

When the recording of the podcast just started, those little annoyances were thrown out of the sky by curator Tonks.

For a middle-aged and elderly artist, the joy of directly hitting the soul is much happier than a young girl who tells a dirty joke.

"Ms. Detective Cat, are you interested in coming to Taylor Art Museum as a special junior art researcher, responsible for explaining the collection of works every day?"

The main recording content of the entire salon has come to an end with the discussion of the last pastoral painting.

Now it's time for the guests to chat - to summarize the content of the entire podcast, and then let the guests talk about a topic of interest to them.

It's like chatting about relationships after drinking at a dinner.

This session can be long or short. If it is long, you can chat for more than ten minutes. If everyone is not interested, you can just end it in a hurry.

Curator Tonks obviously didn't want to talk enough, so he sent the offer straight away.

Art Junior Researcher?
Anna immediately pricked up her ears.

"Ms. Detective Cat has such good painting skills, it would be a pity to give up her identity as a painter and become a museum guide."

She gave Tonks an annoyed look.

The balding old British man looked a little hateful to her.

Want to rob me?
Anna absolutely cannot accept that Detective Cat gives up his career as a painter and spends his time doing art popularization for the general public.

"Tour guide" is actually a bit of an insult to the position of junior research fellow in the arts.

They are actually more like the person in charge of a small exhibition hall than a tour guide in an art gallery.

The staffing of an art museum is similar to that of a university. The so-called junior art researchers are similar to lecturers or teaching assistants in universities.

Engage in some auxiliary research work, and the daily work content is relatively leisurely.

In particular, the Taylor Art Museum is considered a large art museum in the world.

The income is neither high nor low, and it can be regarded as a relatively decent job. The development prospect is good and stable.

In general, if you want to get a position in the Taylor Art Museum through normal channels, you must be a graduate of the top [-] art schools in the world.

For an online illustrator from a third world country, this offer is really sincere.

"Thank you for the curator's kindness. For the time being, I hope to be a professional painter."

Gu Weijing politely declined Director Tonks' kindness.

For me during the Spring Festival, this kind of invitation was a dream come true, but now that I met Mr. Cao and Uncle Sakai, my eyes were different.

A junior art assistant is not attractive.

Don't say anything else,
If he can become Cao Lao's closed-door disciple, he will directly step into the history of modern art with one foot, and his status in the art circle may not be inferior to that of Director Tonks himself.

"Hey, ma'am, let's be honest. An art assistant at the Taylor Art Gallery can earn a lot more stable income than an online illustrator. It's elegant and decent. I can also help you get a British green card."

Curator Tonks was a little unwilling to give up, and continued to seduce.

Gu Weijing continued to politely decline.

"Okay... If you are interested, you can contact my assistant." Director Tonks shook his head resentfully when he saw that Detective Cat was really not interested in his offer.

"Ahem, curator, I suddenly remembered something that hasn't been recorded yet."

Anna interrupted Tonks' abduction of the next "Van Gogh" in her mind, and changed the topic somewhat rudely.

"Curator Tonks, according to the usual practice, every guest who participates in the podcast, I will ask him his favorite painting style. What is your favorite art style?"

"Academic school." Mr. Curator said without any hesitation.

"Because of Turner?" Anna didn't seem surprised by this statement at all.

"Because of Turner." Director Tonks nodded.

Turner is to English painting what Shakespeare is to English literature.

Especially compared to the dazzling array of masters in the history of French, German and Italian painting.

The great painters in British history are relatively thin, and Turner is almost the only one named, which is basically the standard British answer.

"Ms. Detective Cat, what about you?"

"Impressionism."

Anna's heart skipped a beat.

Her favorite painter is the Impressionist Renoir, but she did not expect that Detective Cat likes the same genre as her.

"Well, Impressionism is a popular choice. I like Degas or Monet. If you like Impressionism, I personally recommend you an article-art works..." Curator Tonks is happy to show his erudition.

""The Origin of the Work of Art", the philosopher Heidegger's speech on the style of Van Gogh's paintings and impressionist works, I have read it, it is really good. After reading this book, I will read the thesis of Professor Koyama Kappei from Tokyo University of the Arts "A Brief Analysis of Impressionist Creative Ideas" has gained a lot."

Gu Weijing naturally knew this article by Heidegger, a philosopher who was a fan of Van Gogh.

For the past few days, he has been reading literature frantically with Katsuko Sakai.

Heidegger's commentary on the representative painting "Shoes" of the Post-Impressionist Van Gogh in "The Origin of the Work of Art" is naturally among the documents selected by Uncle Sakai.

"Huh? You even know Kappei Koyama?"

Director Tonks was slightly shocked.

If we are talking about ordinary literary youth or philosophy lovers, they may look through Heidegger, and it is also possible to read "The Origin of Works of Art".

Then Koyama Kappei belongs to the kind of hidden figure who is relatively well-known in the professional field, but ordinary people and even ordinary non-art scholars have never heard of it.

Only those who have a deep understanding of art, these articles will be on his reading list.

"What else have you seen?" the curator asked curiously.

"There are quite a lot, "The Still life as a personal object (Impressionist Personal Static Sketching Ideas Collection)" by Professor Davis Warner of the Rhode Island Academy of Fine Arts, "Analysis of the Origin of Impressionism and Oriental Art" published on "Asian Art" ", Professor Hunter Lowry's..."

Gu Weijing reported a lot of articles like reporting the name of a dish.

It is difficult to finish reading these papers within a week.

However, Sakai Katsuko has roughly marked the key points that they may use in the entire paper.

This greatly relieved his study pressure.

"By the way, Director Tonks, I want to ask you a question."

With a professional curator at your side, this is a rare opportunity. When mentioning this, Gu Weijing revealed a trouble in his mind when he was reading a thesis.

"In the article "Analysis of the Origin of Impressionism and Oriental Art", it is mentioned that the Impressionists like to use more scientific color principles to paint, and in the image processing of dark pigments, it becomes more vivid through color mixing... This point of view is consistent with that of the Dutch When the painter Mondrian was dealing with dark lines, he liked to stop abruptly a few millimeters away from the edge. Through the transition of a very small gap, the edges where black paint and other colors overlap also have subtle changes. Is it the same reason? ?”

"Uh... this, this..."

Director Tonks was a little confused.

Gu Weijing actually overestimated the knowledge reserve of Director Tonks.

What professional curators pursue is the breadth of art, covering various art genres.

However, in terms of depth, it is not comparable to scholars engaged in a certain professional field.

Director Tonks has only heard of this "Analysis of the Origin of Impressionism and Oriental Art".

It seems that everyone knows that Proust has a tome "In Remembrance of Things Past", but memorizing two famous sentences from it to pretend to be forceful is already the limit of a literary youth.

If you really want to read it, even university professors who specialize in French literature may not have read the full text.

Tonks' nose was sweating a little.

It's embarrassing to say that you don't know at this time, and it's even more embarrassing to talk nonsense.

Oh shit,

Ms. Detective Cat, please recognize your own identity.

Aren't you an online anime illustrator?Do you still need to read papers as an online illustrator?No... this business is so fraught now.

"Let me answer this question for the curator Tonks. You are right. It is a clever method of color transition through the blending and mixing of subtle colors, the transition of light and dark strokes and blank spaces. The one you mentioned In this article..."

Anna relieved Director Downs softly.

Today, the surprise that Detective Cat brought her exceeded Anna's imagination, and she felt her heart beating slightly faster.

Anna finds all this a bit unbelievable.

She knows how boring reading literature is,
If it is not for the devotion and love for art in the heart, it will be a kind of torture for the vast majority of people in this impetuous society.

She sat in front of the computer, staring at the head of Detective Cat on the screen for a long time, as if staring at herself in the mirror.

On the other side of the screen, Gu Weijing didn't notice Director Tonks' embarrassment.

Now that we talked about the art style, after listening to Mr. Sloth answering the questions, he just asked: "You mentioned that your favorite classical painting school is the academic school. What about modern art? For example, you are a curator who chooses to participate in the exhibition Do you have any good suggestions for works, painting types and style directions?"

This is what Gu Weijing really cares about.

Modern painting styles are flourishing, and there are all kinds of genres. It is difficult to call what is the mainstream.

in fact,

If Gu Weijing wanted to paint Chinese paintings purely, he would not need to consider the issue of style.

In the final analysis, the painting styles of Chinese painting are Meticulous Brushwork and Freehand Brushwork. Basically, it is difficult to break out of this circle no matter how you jump.

Gu Weijing estimated according to the current progress.

Relying on his oil painting and sketching techniques by copying "Old Church" and receiving manuscripts from illustrations on the Internet, it may not be long before he can break through to Lv.5.

Without systematic assistance, the improvement of Chinese painting will be slightly slower, but it should be able to reach Lv.5 before it needs to be submitted to the art exhibition.

So he is faced with two choices,

It is hard to say which one is better, a master Chinese painting painter or a master oil painting painter.

But if it is lv.5, at least for exhibitors in a Western-style art exhibition like Singapore, oil paintings are obviously more likely to be shortlisted from a utilitarian point of view.

At this time, it is very important to listen to the opinions of professionals.

(End of this chapter)