Almighty painter

Chapter 313 The mediocre
"It makes some people have thoughts they shouldn't have."

Gu Weijing, who was watching this video, frowned slightly.

Demonstration?

He would not deliberately bury his head in the gravel to pretend to be an ostrich, unless someone happened to get into trouble with Senior Tangning during this period.

The target of the gun and stick in people's words is themselves.

"It's probably not a demonstration."

Gu Weijing smiled wryly.

Only when two people of similar rank speak harsh words to each other can they be called into demonstrations.

Not to mention Gu Weijing, who doesn't seem to have any achievements worth mentioning.

Tang Ning has just become the most valuable female artist in Asia. Even if he is the detective cat that he is best at, the opponent can hit ten of them with one hand.

With such a gap, if someone spits in one's face, outsiders will think it is flattering oneself.

Tangning was just expressing her dissatisfaction with the camera.

Even this dissatisfaction is more similar to the kind of coquettishness of a parent's apple who gets angry at his elders and asks them, "Master, don't you love me anymore?"

Tang Ning's reluctance was directed at Mr. Cao, and Gu Weijing just mentioned it in passing.

"Ugh."

Gu Weijing pursed his lips.

He understood what a big piece of pie the closed disciples of Mr. Cao were, and what a hot position they had.

The largest and sweetest fruit on the lush apple tree was definitely Tang Ning's, but suddenly, a wild child appeared out of nowhere and wanted to eat it.

If you think about it from someone else's perspective, it's only natural that Tang Ning should be dissatisfied.

"Lao Cao's heir?" - Gu Weijing thought about this name for a few breaths in his mind. His heartbeat accelerated for a while, and then he immediately calmed down.

Gu Weijing is a young painter. When he learned that he might have the opportunity to become a disciple of Mr. Cao, he must be lying if he didn't have any thoughts about this title when he dreamed about it at midnight.

Opportunity and talent are the two pillars that support the height of the artistic path.

The concept of becoming "Cao Lao's heir/head of the painting sect" is too big to be simply described as opportunities.

This is even an artistic version of "destiny" in a sense.

After all, she inherited the soul of an entire long-standing art empire.

It's not Gu Weijing's exaggeration.

Larry Gagosian, Sir Brown, one of the richest gallerists in the world, and the most prestigious art critic in the world.

Many years ago, the New York Times dubbed the two of them the art czar and the art pope.

When Mr. Cao attends seminars and international academic conferences, he can even be ranked ahead of the two czars and popes.

In recent years, the Asian market has been the focus of major galleries' planning plans. Gagosian dreamed of signing Mr. Cao to his name.

According to rumors in tabloids, Gagosian had been in contact with Mr. Cao after Hearst left in 08. The amount of the intended contract, which has not been leaked, is said to be "enough to buy the Empire State Building."

Regardless of whose head Mr. Cao Xuan finally placed this crown on in front of the public.

That person has 30 less years of hard work?
Give me a break.

Most of the tens of millions of art practitioners in the world, even if they were given time to sell from the Neolithic Age to the present, cannot compete with the benefits brought by this frivolous name.

Just imagining that scene made Gu Weijing feel itchy in his heart.

But he is also a reasonable person.

Gu Weijing knew very clearly that he shouldn't think about this at all until he grew up to a certain point.

too far.

Success and inheritance of an art empire requires strength.

A powerful prince ascends the throne and is called an emperor. A person without strength is just a puppet even if a pie is thrown on his head.

The current self is not worthy to be compared with Ms. Tangning.

Even if Mr. Cao Xuan announces to the global media tomorrow that a man named Gu Weijing will take his place.

He will also become the laughing stock of the whole world.

Thinking about how to draw wisteria flowers well and win an award at the Singapore Biennale is much more reliable than empty daydreams.

Gu Weijing picked up the coffee that came with the train from the paper cup on the table and poured a few sips into his mouth. The bitter coffee cooled the restless blood in his chest.

He slowly became calmer.

The video on the phone still continues to play.

This trailer is divided into three parts, selecting the three most topical clips from the interview with Tang Ning.

What Gu Weijing just saw was called [Tang Ning: The Next Generation Queen of Asian Art? 】part.

What followed was a five- to six-minute special conversation called "Tangning·Tomorrow Site" where the reporter asked female artists whether they had ambitions to conquer the Venice Art Exhibition.

Gu Weijing originally thought that Professor Lin Tao asked him to watch only the first part of the interview.

did not expect.

At the end of the video, the female artist mentions herself again.The third part of the video is called [Tang Ning·Message to Young Artists]

"I think it's time for you, as a senior, to talk about the development of young artists."

The reporter took the last interview card. "Twenty years ago, when you won the gold medal at the Shanghai Art Biennale for the first time with a work titled "Hundred Flowers", the critics ranked you and Louis Troy, a female painter from Chicago, as one of the most important... Shuangshu]. You were really very similar back then. You were both 20 years old and both were disciples of famous families."

"You are a disciple of the master of Asian traditional Chinese painting, and Troy is a student of the famous North American pop art movement. Even you are famous for painting flowers. You are good at integrating national flowers and hundreds of flowers into one, while she uses color dots of hundreds of colors. The ever-changing Pop flower "Rose" won the grand prize at the Chicago Biennial. By the way, do you still have an impression of Louis Troy?"

"Troy... Of course, we have never met, but for a few years, people always mentioned this name in front of me. It's hard not to remember it."

Tangning touched her hair: "Unfortunately, I heard that she——"

"Yes, her artistic path was not smooth. "Hundred Flowers" is just the beginning of your artistic career. Winning the Chicago Biennial is the highest art peak that Troy has reached in his life."

"This statement may be a little cold to Troy, but objectively speaking, looking back, the careers of your twins are actually not two mirror-image replication curves as imagined by the media. You just had a relationship when you were 20 years old. There was a brief intersection, and then they passed by each other, and they gradually drifted away.”

The reporter raised his head, stared into Tangning's eyes, and said word by word: "According to Chicago police reports, Louis Troy was charged with illegal possession of weapons and illegal drugs earlier last year, as well as first-degree murder related to a shooting case. He was charged with felony murder and sentenced to 121 years in prison without the possibility of parole."

"Yes, I saw the news reports and it was absolutely horrific."

Not sure whether it was because she was truly heartbroken or just trying to show off in front of the camera, Tangning covered her mouth and sniffed slightly: "I feel sorry for her fall."

"Crime, drug addiction, money laundering, and even shootings... I hate to say this, but in fact, in our art circle, this is not a rare example, isn't it? Even Damien Hirst has been in jail." The reporter said sharply.

"They are both famous for painting flowers, and they were once so similar. 20 years later, your traditional Chinese flower paintings are hard to find. I heard that even Li Chaoren, who has always been cautious about investing in art, has been mentioned many times in interviews. I photographed the Chinese flower paintings you painted hanging in the study."

"Troy, on the other hand, used a shooting case to open a bloody flower of death for his career. Miss Tangning, what do you think makes such a difference? What do you want to say as an artistic senior? What about your identity to the young art practitioners who subscribe to our magazine?" he asked.

"First of all, from the perspective of a public person, I feel sad and difficult to understand what happened to Louis Troy. However, I must clarify that from beginning to end, there is no similarity in the works of the two of us. The difference between us, It was big from the beginning.”

Tangning crossed her hands and placed them on her raised knees.

"How to say?"

"My "Hundred Flowers" is emotional. Each flower has a precious style and soul contained in it. And her "Rose", sorry, uses thousands of color dots to form the leaves of the rose. This technique may be dazzling, but the flowers and leaves themselves are hollow and do not have enough emotional support. People who truly understand art will know the difference between a spirited flower and a spiritless flower."

"Anyone who is persistent and patient can develop very sophisticated and complex screen designs."

"To capture the beauty of the thousandth moment when a flower painting blooms and give it a unique spirit, well, European friends prefer to call it the language of flowers. What is needed is the aura of one in a million. This is what Louis and I The difference between Troy and many ordinary mediocre people."

Tangning nodded her chin proudly: "I'm not here to add insult to injury after Louis Troy went to jail. Even if her works are sold at the same price as mine today, I will point out the difference. There are many mediocre talents. People will find this sentence harsh. But my personality is that of a very frank and Keep real person."

"Sometimes my senior brother tells the children in the studio, work hard, and as long as you study hard, you will reap rewards, and one day in the future, he will also become a very successful painter. I would never say that, in this world Since the birth of the concept of fine art, there have been no more than 100 painters who can sell a single work for more than US$300 million. The fact is that you can become an outstanding painter just by working hard."

"The fact is that most people are destined to be mediocre. They will not become me as long as they work hard. No, no, no, don't have such vain thoughts. They are destined not to be me in their lifetime."

"It is very hypocritical to give children random smiles. On the contrary, it will give them some unrealistic ambitions."

"When they realize their position, they will collapse. Maybe they will shoot someone else, or maybe they will shoot themselves in the head." Tang Ning said meaningfully. "You also know this truth, don't you? It's just that few people say it so frankly."

The reporter shrugged noncommittally.

This is as cold a statement as a tyrant.

If a teacher in school said something so Social Darwinian, parents would complain to their door tomorrow until they died, but cynicism is the prerogative of the artist.

This is their style, or personality.

No one can say that what Tang Ning said was wrong.

"Of course, it's not her fault that I'm compared to Louis Troy, or even the fault of the public media. In many cases, it's never easy to distinguish between 'painters who seem to be good' and painters who are 'really good' thing."

"The more young painters are judged like this, the public will even mistakenly regard their occasional flash of inspiration as their true colors. I think that when the famous Pop artist brought Troy to his studio to be his apprentice, he only saw Her delicate brushwork was noticed, but her empty and pale soul was ignored. In fact, even a great artist like my teacher cannot completely avoid making such a mistake."

Tangning smiled playfully.

However, she did not expand on this topic, but continued the reporter's question.

"You just asked me what advice I have for young people. The best advice I can give them is - please be practical. Whether you are designing your own art works or designing your own career path, don't be too ambitious, let alone Imagine having too many things that are destined not to belong to them. Only in this way will they not be defeated by reality."

"I remember you are from Singapore, right? There is an art biennale in Singapore this fall?"

"Yes, the National Art Center, our art event, will be followed up by Oil Painting at the end of August. Will you go to Singapore by then?" The reporter nodded.

"Let's talk about it again. I mentioned this because a while ago, I heard that a child wanted to combine the styles of oil painting and Chinese painting to create a fusion painting and participate in an art exhibition."

"Wow, I think it's very bold, but also very thoughtful."

The reporter imagined it and his eyes lit up.

As a native of the Lion City, he immediately felt the beauty of this idea. The works that combine Eastern and Western styles are inherently beautiful.

What's more, the organizer happens to be a city-state like Singapore, which is located in a city where the influences of the Eastern and Western worlds are mixed.

He could imagine that a lot of thought must have gone into this idea, and it was indeed a very interesting idea.

Such a great idea.

I didn't expect Tangning to say it in public like this.

"Maybe for some mature painters. It's just that when I mention this now, I don't mean to praise him like some elders do. Instead, I think it is a very funny thing. I want to run if I can't walk. He didn't even understand oil painting and Chinese painting, so he just wanted to confuse the two. This is a very, very utilitarian decision, and the outcome is bound to not be good."

"For the vast majority of young painters, it is more useful to paint well seriously than to be opportunistic and flatter some evil ways to please the jury. Being practical is very important for all young painters."

Tangning turned her head and looked at the camera.

"My glass heart can't bear it and you want to cry? My words are very unpleasant, but I will not apologize to those who are offended by me, because I just told the truth."

"Hey, if you are not convinced, my "Hundred Flowers" is right there. Everyone can try to draw. Reality will tell you the difference between mediocrity and genius."

"Please remember, when I completed this painting, I was only 20 years old, and I was just a young painter like you."

Tangning crossed her legs and smiled playfully at the camera.

"Kid, you know I'm talking about you."

(End of this chapter)