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/ Li Weiming
Non occupation is
to confirm the painting taste level reference in a very long historical period;
in the late Qing Dynasty, the tool rationality for school, general learning consciousness
fade, discipline divided clearly and fine trend; up to this day,
"professional" or "amateur", seems to rise as the only
standard of painting and art.
The wind to resist
the tide may be silly, so there is a ancient saying called "whoever
understands the times is a great man”; but here I want to point out that behind
the trend of the wind, always hidden crisis.
As the self
entertainment, write the heart not occupation painting spread, eventually
leading to the end of the traditional literati painting, the painting of the
occupation tendency is gradually to evacuate the mental content of painting,
even sikll-- I mean the kind of skills in any "normal" schools can be
learned, is also gradually depreciation.
Whether it is
traditional or avant-garde, art has become a "habit"; the
disappearance of "a sense of miracles" is the greatest sorrow of our
time and culture.
With the popular
words, Chen Huanze is a "amateur painter"; from gradually formed
standpoint, there are many shortcomings in his painting obviously. However, in
my view, it is precisely these "disadvantages" that constitute the
reasons and values of Chen Huanze painting's existence and independence. His
"surprise" is also the unreachable place of the "professional
painters" who are full of superiority.
A clever reader
can always exclude worldly prejudices, always find strange feelings in the
familiar places, and get inspiration when he feels the joy of discovery. I
don't dare to claim to be a smart reader, but I hope this sentence I wrote has
a chance to get into the view of readers of Chen Huanze's paintings.
Written in East
Lake Home on October 25th, 2004