Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Jiang Zhe received an invitation from Kerry, but this did not happen soon.

The seventh day of the exhibition was calm.

On the morning of the eighth day of the exhibition, Pete came to Jiang Zhe excitedly with a newspaper.

"Jiang Zhe, take a look. This is the article Professor Kerry wrote about your exhibition."

"Really?" Jiang Zhe took the newspaper and said, "When you made your suggestion, the old man didn't seem to agree."

Peter pointed out the location of the article and said, "I thought that this matter might not be followed up, but I didn't expect that this old gentleman would quietly write a comment and publish it in this newspaper."

Jiang Zhe glanced at the title of the article and asked, "Is there anything special about the newspaper?"

Pete said, "You watch it first, and I'll tell you after you finish watching it."

Jiang Zhe began to read carefully.

The article is not long, and Kerry did not write it alone.

Most of the article is a discussion between him and a teacher from the same school. The discussion involves Jiang Zhe's painting exhibition and the direction of the discussion is the current and future development of painting.

Another teacher raised some questions and even doubts about Jiang Zhe's innovation in painting. Kerry expressed his views.

He believes that some traditional paintings, including graphic visual arts, have had their innovative styles explored almost completely by predecessors. No matter what innovations today's artists are making, they can always see the shadows of previous artists.

Today, in the field of visual arts, what a mature artist can do is mainly to reshape the stylistic elements of the past, whether he does it consciously or unconsciously. Not only may there no so-called uniqueness in painting style, but if we dig deeper, we will find that this is true for many arts.

He also cited a case told by the famous psychologist Erich Fromm: A farmer was fishing at the seaside. Fromm asked him, "Do you know what the weather will be like this afternoon?" He said with certainty that there would be a heavy rain this afternoon. When Fromm asked him why he made such a judgment, he gave a lot of reasons for his judgment. His smug expression was telling the author that this was all my own reasoning. However, the actual situation was that the farmer had heard the news that it would rain this afternoon in the weather forecast this morning, but he forgot it. He didn't mean to do this, but he just forgot it.

Asking a person to admit that what is in his thoughts comes from others will cause a sense of panic about his own existence.

The spirit of freedom that American youth are proud of is also implanted in them by society.

Professor Kerry said in the article, I have said before in a video about aesthetics that almost no part of a person's aesthetics is completely determined by personal self-awareness.

The shadow of predecessors is not unacceptable. As long as it can meet the needs of the current society, there is room for further development.

Although the two people did not reach a consensus in their discussion, they also pointed out that Jiang Zhe's exhibition was worth seeing and had several advantages.

After Jiang Zhe finished reading, he said, "It seems that the other teacher who discussed with Professor Kerry also came to the exhibition, but I didn't seem to notice it."

Pete smiled and said: “That’s not the point. The point is that this article, if placed in the right place, will have a good impact.

This newspaper is a media known for its serious content.

Although the circulation is only tens of thousands, most of the people who subscribe to it are high-end customers, or in other words, customers with purchasing power.

Most of the articles here are very rigorous in their comments on politics, culture, and economics, to the point of being slightly conservative.

However, this style has also helped the newspaper gain many loyal customers. So this is definitely good news worth celebrating.”

He paused for a moment and continued, "I have some news today that I didn't want to tell you. The sales of an art exhibition have reached a new high. However, I think with our operation and the influence of newspapers, the sales of your exhibition will definitely not be bad, and the influence will exceed that of other exhibitions."

"hope so."

Peter suggested: "You can collect this newspaper. Take photos and send them to Ms. Wang, and let her start promoting it in your country."

"Thank you for your advice." Jiang Zhe took a photo of the article, translated it, and sent it to Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen received the message and called him immediately.

"Jiang Zhe, I saw the information you sent. Congratulations. I just came back not long ago and you have changed so much. I regret not being able to see this news on the spot."

"These are all small things. Do you have any difficulties?" Jiang Zhe asked.

"It's difficult, but it can be solved. I'll start the domestic publicity as soon as possible. You can also send a copy to Professor Qin and the others."

"Don't worry, it's already been sent."

Professor Qin also received the message from Jiang Zhe. He immediately reported it, and the School of Art began to prepare for publicity.

The next day, Jiang Zhe called Professor Kerry to express his gratitude.

Professor Kerry exchanged a few pleasantries and then asked, "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, if you have time, you can come to our school to give a demonstration. What do you need to prepare?"

Jiang Zhe said, "I'm free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. What kind of demonstration do you want me to do?"

Kerry said, "Oil painting portrait sketch, okay?"

Jiang Zhe thought, this is what I am best at, but he still asked the conditions cautiously: "How long will the demonstration take?"

"About two hours, is that okay? Just demonstrate the sketching process." Although Kerry had seen Jiang Zhe's paintings, he was still a little worried about whether he could produce good results.

Jiang Zhe replied: "If I have to finish it in two hours, I can only use the direct painting method, and there is no way to demonstrate the traditional shading technique."

After hearing Jiang Zhe's answer, Keli said, "I can tell that you are very confident. From your works, I can see that you have studied traditional techniques. You can demonstrate and explain some relevant knowledge at the same time."

The two quickly made an appointment to meet at school first and then discuss the specific details.

When Christie's heard that Jiang Zhe was going to the school to demonstrate, they agreed to send someone to help.

Wang Zhen and Binhai Art Academy, upon hearing the news, asked Jiang Zhe to make sure to record the situation on the scene in as much detail as possible.

Christie's arranged a vehicle to take Jiang Zhe to Columbia University.

Jiang Zhe met Professor Kerry.

"I was a little nervous coming to the university to give a demonstration."

"Relax, these students are not here to study painting. I want them to understand the creative process, so you don't have to be nervous."

He took Jiang Zhe to the teaching venue of the art major and gave a brief introduction of the situation on the way.

It was Jiang Zhe’s first time to visit an American university and he was very curious.

The overall feeling is that the environment is beautiful and there is a sense of history.

The two came to a small classroom.

The student seats in the classroom are arranged in a stepped pattern.

Kerry pointed to the platform of the interview podium and said, "How about you demonstrate here?"

(End of this chapter)