Production line work causes chaos in the art market
Today, in various occasions with a bit of artistic atmosphere, we often receive some people handing over hand sticks. On this small card, there will be a long list of titles, such as president, dean, first or second level teacher title, researcher, allowance, award, etc. I wonder if these titles and honors really represent that person's artistic level? Still not living up to its name?
The "assembly line" painting production method invented by humans has no originality in content, no chronological thinking, and reflects no inventiveness. This one size fits all, mechanized production method has been criticized by various sectors of society. It can be said that this kind of appearance is not reflected on one person alone, but is now ubiquitous within a certain group. The quantity of products is large but lacks artistic quality. What is the reason for this? The main reason is that I thought their painting products had become slaves in the market, covered in the stench of copper. Due to the easy sales of their works, money came quickly. Selling works well in the market is not a shameful job, but as an artist, the shameful job is having hundreds or thousands of works with the same theme and expression technique in the market, and even self packaging and inflating prices. These "artists" have lost their direction in the tide of the market economy? Afraid of negating oneself and inventing new things, and losing the existing shopping mall? So, some "artists" are not shy anymore. Even if someone who excels in making a show copies one painting into ten thousand paintings, they will boast about how skilled they are in their own painting. They clearly claim to be a skilled artist, but claim to be a "certain family" or "certain teacher", completely throwing away their moral bottom line and conscience. A few years ago, I said this was a scam in the art market. How could these people care about artistic inventions? Making money is the 'hard truth', they only have the false name of 'artists'.
Artistic inventions should be independent of the system
Some people think that today's art world is just a martial arts world, with various small and large peaks established in the world. Artists associations, art academies, and other institutions under different systems, for their own interests, even for the interests of small groups, resort to any means necessary to engage in "operation", resulting in a restless and impatient appearance of striving for success. It seems reasonable that Mr. Wu Guanzhong proposed before his death that certain units should be abolished in order to promote the development of art work in our country. He said, "The Art Association has a huge organization, which is like a yamen with many bureaucrats. Many people have nothing to do with art, they rely on the country's money to survive, and then use this brand to grab money. Many painters try their best to get close to the officials of the Art Association, and after entering the Association, they try their best to obtain a title and raise the price of their paintings
Real artists speak through their works, they don't need to rely on various official positions to elevate themselves. Wu Guanzhong painted his hometown, and the big tree in the picture marked his mother. His works are full of realistic feelings about nature and family, which moved me deeply. Mrs. Zou Peizhu, the wife of Li Keran, personally told me that when Li Keran was hiding from the Japanese bombing in the air raid shelter in Chongqing, he aspired to "establish a biography" of the mountains and rivers of his motherland. Therefore, his landscape works are not about the scale, but about the expansion of national spirit, and his thematic inventions also have their own real emotions. Most of the "artists" in the realm of power are not worthy of their names. As mentioned above, they rely on connections to obtain various levels of official hats in the art world, awards and honors from various exhibitions, etc. These are all empty names and have nothing to do with "artists" and "artistic inventions". As collectors and enthusiasts, we should avoid them. Those of us who engage in art criticism should not just boast and talk nonsense. We should be brave enough to speak the truth and not say or do one thing. We should not only see doubts, but also propose solutions to them.

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