Almighty painter

Chapter 487 Countermeasures
"What title do you want to use? How to publish it? Is there any newspaper willing to publish it?"

Cui Xuanyou asked as he was thinking while driving.

Leak the painting in advance.

It is indeed a good trick that has been tried and tested in the art world throughout the ages.

This is as despicable as posting the master tapes of a yet-to-be-released movie online.

Audiences will be less interested in content they have already learned about online.

It’s not the Mona Lisa. You have to watch it live and post it on WeChat to show off.

The most basic entry requirement for art exhibitions in various places is that the exhibited works must be new paintings specially created by the artist for this exhibition and have never been exposed on any occasion before.

Otherwise, even if the exhibit has passed the audition, after discovering such problems, the organizing committee has the right to unilaterally directly announce the removal of the exhibit.

But,
Doing this is the same as leaking the master tape of a movie in advance.

It's not like he's completely unworthy.

Perhaps the phrase "the youngest signed painter in the history of Ma Shi Gallery" can attract a certain degree of curiosity among people in the industry.

When I go home for dinner, I find that high-resolution photos of my exhibition appear on the front page of the Daily Mail or The Times.

to be frank.

Anyone who dares to leak an actor's line in advance will face a million-dollar claim and be blacklisted by all Hollywood producers.

It exaggerated the sense of mystery for a long time.

It doesn’t matter if the painting is going to be sold directly by the gallery.

Even in the weeks leading up to the opening of the exhibition, staff were not allowed to bring cell phones.

for example.

But Cui Xuanyou felt that the name "Gu Weijing" was too weak.

That kind of film that has no reputation.

What it reveals is the enthusiasm of those fans outside the venue for the work itself...

The general audience does not pay attention to your leaked works, which does not mean that Gu Weijing's paintings will not be a big blow to him if they are widely exposed to the outside world in advance.

The effect is not very good.

As a result, we haven’t even waited for the exhibition to open.

Even long after the release, I will be very cautious about whether to put it on streaming media and whether to put it on the CD video market.

In Europe and the United States, every effort will be made to ensure that cinemas (exhibitions) are the only channel through which audiences can access the film.

of course.

If he didn't put down his knife and fork and picked up the shotgun from the wall to fight someone, he would be considered well-mannered.

The entire confidentiality work is done as if to prevent spies.

Only for large-scale exhibitions that attract a lot of attention, have a lot of external expectations, and are full of gimmicks, can the leakage of paintings have a devastating effect.

but.

Don't talk about leaking the master tapes.

He simply doesn’t have the presence to consume a passionate fan base.

Therefore, this kind of thing has always been overwhelming.

What the minor actors on set received in advance were not even complete scripts, or half-truths.

If it's a third- or fourth-rate movie, the total box office may not exceed $10,000, the king of bad movies.

It is often necessary to guard against it.

But this is not enough, far from enough.

However, major artists have major prize-winning works in exhibitions, as well as works in personal art exhibitions that have been prepared for many years.

He looks like a completely new artist.

In the field of art.

What if he found out that he had spent tens of millions of pounds on buying an entire medieval Roman palace, and spent several years designing magnificent sculptures inside.

Maybe they don't care much about secrecy.

During the preparation period, security measures were extremely complete.

Even if you, the director, put the high-definition 4K video source on YouTube, you can watch it for free without paying. There may not be any netizens who have nothing to do and are willing to waste one to two hours of their lives on this crappy thing.

For example, most of Hearst’s blockbuster exhibitions in the past ten years have followed this style.

Or a student from the directing department of a film and television university, making his debut film with a small production cost of 30 to 400,000 US dollars.

Especially those grand decorative arts that pursue the most shocking feeling in a moment. After two glances, once you are familiar with it, it will not be too strange.

Each has its own pain points.

An exhibition of new paintings by top artists is very much like a big production on the scale of "Avengers".

To a major artist, an art exhibition is like a big-budget A-level movie that eight major film companies have been preparing for years to attract global money.

So the little painter’s sustenance for the exhibited works——

It's like the feeling of a newly debuted rock singer who hopes to become famous all over the world with a masterpiece song on the Billboard music chart.

therefore,

Big artists are afraid of leaks, and small painters are afraid of plagiarism.

Throw away those things other than painting.

Apart from the technical level and the emotional level, what determines the quality of a painting is the inspiration level.

With light comes shadow, and every coin has two sides.

Just like the seemingly solemn and solemn famous art exhibitions known as the temples of artists, through the ages, there is always a cloud of insider manipulation of various connections that cannot be escaped.

The issue of plagiarism will always be a "glorious" traditional item in art award projects.

Inspiration is the rarest and most expensive thing in an artist's entire career.

Even if you make your fortune famous throughout the world, there is nothing you can do when you have no inspiration.

The gold coins piled up like a mountain can't exchange for the flash of blessed soul in my mind.

And "copying" or "borrowing" other people's inspiration simply does not cost anything.

All it takes is a sneak peek.

From judging little red flowers in kindergarten, to art exams in schools, graduation joint exhibitions of students from the Academy of Fine Arts, and even to the world's top exhibitions such as the Paris Salon and the Venice Biennale.

There is no way of escaping the fact that every now and then, someone will jump out and report, "So-and-so plagiarized my inspiration, it's shameless, and he will be disqualified from participating in the exhibition."

The other party scolded me, "Silly, with the little stuff you have, I can draw better pictures just by going to the toilet and humming. You said I copied that to prove it! Stop sticking to me, I'm going to sue you for slander." , Hehe, just wait for the lawyer’s letter!” Where the world is dirty, there is a general stench.

In the deep courtyard of Ningrong Street in the Dream of Red Mansions, in the palace of the Duke, there are still people who should be removing ashes, uncles and sisters-in-law who should be playing with children, and children who should be playing with children.

As for the issue of plagiarism, when upper-class art masters worth millions of dollars yell at each other, they are no more furious than at the gate of a kindergarten because a child copied someone else's painting, won an award, and gained admission to a key primary school. The ladies who were beaten into a ball with their tortoise punches were more dignified.

According to unreliable folklore, before the opening of an important salon or official art exhibition in Paris, if a public studio heard that Picasso was coming, it would be like hearing in the village that the Japanese were coming to raid. Overnight, the young painter They all took their works and ran away.

I'm just afraid that fellow student Lao Bi will come over and "learn from me".

There is such a thing as plagiarizing artistic inspiration.

The cost of cheating is extremely low, the benefits are high, and it is difficult to verify.

Especially an exhibition like the Singapore Biennale.

It is very popular, which means that there are no bad contestants who can pass the audition.

It is not one of the most prestigious art exhibitions, so it is not common for truly top-notch artists to participate in the exhibition.

Among the exhibitors, there are not even many great painters like Cui Xuanyou who have been famous for a long time.

therefore.

The main exhibition area features works in the direction of classical art.

The technical level is highly concentrated.

When Gu Weijing used calligraphy and painting appraisal skills to browse electronic albums of previous exhibitions, he found that the technical level of traditional painting-themed works was basically professional level two or three.

Level 5 and Level 6.

In the olive-shaped skill class model that is equivalent to the group of professional painters, the group of professional painters are in a small range where the skill level quickly converges from the slightly thicker end to the tip of the master level.

Both higher and lower are rare.

No matter how hard you try, you can't get rid of the obvious gap in dimensionality reduction and attack.

In the end, the organizing committee is the decisive factor in deciding who can win and who cannot win.

Without taking into account off-site connections, there is a high probability that it will be about whose inspiration is better and whose creativity is better.

It was from this perspective that Gu Weijing chose his current painting method by "tricks".

The best and only way to prevent plagiarism in an art exhibition is to take good care of your own paintings.

However, let’s talk about normal circumstances.

Gu Weijing paints his paintings in an orphanage in a remote area of ​​Yangon. It is not the so-called "sexy sisters, plastic brothers' dormitory" in the Academy of Fine Arts, where everyone is trying their best to get one or two to participate in the exhibition. The kind of intrigues that guarantee quotas and thus guarantee graduates must be more careful when sleeping.

No one knows who he is.

No fans follow him.

Even if the leaked painting leaks out, people don't know that he will participate in this year's Singapore Art Exhibition, so there is no competition at all.

The risk of leakage is almost too low to be a cause for concern.

Even so, Ms. Sakai, who comes from a family of great artists, is naturally cautious about this.

It’s just an unfinished base map. When posting on Instagram, I was very particular about covering most of it with my palms.

Maybe Gu Weijing and Miss Sakai wouldn't have guessed it either.

At this moment, thousands of kilometers away on the road, a group of well-known husband-and-wife teams in the art field are whispering and thinking about how to get rid of this career competitor for their son.

"Leonie, the threshold of this painting style is right there. Leaking it out may inspire some contestants' creativity, but copying... is not that easy. The name 'Gu Weijing' has no exposure at all now. If it raises his attention in advance, it will be a troublesome thing, and it will be a coincidence. It’s not just us hiring someone to scold him.”

Cui Xuanyou rationally analyzed the pros and cons of his wife's proposal.

"The biggest effect of doing this is to make him change a new draft. It may disrupt his exhibition process, but it may not become a decisive obstacle. This guy has quite a few connections."

"Scold him? Why did you scold him?"

The wife replied on the phone in her usual cold tone.

"We definitely don't scold him. On the contrary, we find someone to brag about him, as if he has already pre-determined the award for the Singapore Biennale, and write it more explicitly, just like the soft article that the gallery is supposed to send out during the exhibition has been worked on in advance. It was a mistake. Or... better yet, I can contact the paparazzi and tell them directly that Gu Weijing has been secretly selected for this year's Singapore Art Exhibition."

"Exhibitions always have to worry about the impact of public opinion. As long as this year's organizing committee is not shrouded in the shadow of scandal, this guy will most likely say goodbye to the award."

Cui Xuanyou smacked his lips lightly.

In the past, whenever I heard my wife talk, I would always find it annoying.

That cold tone made Bald Cui feel like a cold poisonous snake spitting out a message.

just now.

He had to applaud his wife.

The old poisonous snake also has the advantage of being a poisonous snake. At least it can bite people really hard.

He liked the idea.

It's better to be ruthless.

Cui Xuanyou didn't even think it was slander.

The Gu Weijing in the information is so well-connected and so close to Kazunari Sakai, if the other party really has an unofficial appointment at this biennale.

Ah.

He was not surprised at all.

However, think of this section.

After thinking seriously for a moment, Cui Xuanyou frowned slightly: "Is it too much?"

"Just kidding, do you care about this?"

The woman's voice on the phone finally fluctuated, but it had an obvious sarcastic tone.

"Cui Xuanyou, we have been married for so many years, and this is the first time I have discovered that you are such a broad-minded person, or that you have such a sense of humor. No matter which of the two, I simply look down upon you."

"Don't talk nonsense like that. I care about our son as much as you do. You don't understand what I mean at all. Such a ruthless method will cause a huge backlash."

Cui Xuanyou pushed his wife back.

Then he frowned and said: "I just said that he is very well-connected. You may not understand the specific meaning of this. To be precise, he is very well-connected. According to the news, he is not only a contracted painter of Ma Shi Gallery, He might also become Kazunari Sakai’s son-in-law.”

"Although he is still unknown, he is not the kind of little person who can be manipulated by others. Such an excessive shit basin cannot be buckled just because he wants to. Strictly speaking, he is still young in terms of technique. But In terms of connections and friends in the art world, the two of us may still be the weaker side.”

"Sakai Kazunari? Uh... I have some impressions of his daughter. Didn't you say they are only eighteen years old? Believe me, from the experience we have gained from our marriage for so many years, love is very unreliable. What is the probability that an eighteen-year-old man and woman will get married and not become enemies in the end? "

Leonie's tone was mocking, and she didn't know who she was mocking.

The wife's voice paused.

But he took the initiative and said, "However, your concerns are reasonable. If he really has this kind of relationship, he really needs to give it some extra thought. Although many art festivals and biennales are opening, there are all kinds of news in the circle. But if there is no reliable source of information, even if there are friends in the media, the big newspapers may not accept it, and the tabloids may not have a decisive effect on such people. "

"In addition, we can't be too explicit. The news in the circle is always well-documented. If the other party really becomes Sakai Kazunari's son-in-law, we will get rid of an unknown competitor, but Xiao Ming will just be When I entered the art profession, I became enemies with the top painters in the industry, and the gains outweighed the losses. "

(End of this chapter)