Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 975 Abstract Expressionism
In fact, Wu Ziyun's guess was not wrong, indeed there was no one more brilliant than Hu Hai.

Half an hour is really too short, and it is not equal to the creation time of a normal oil painting.

Oil painting, unlike watercolor painting, is usually done layer by layer.

After painting the first layer, you have to wait until the paint on the first layer is dry before you want to paint the second layer. Therefore, if you want to complete an oil painting, it may take as little as one or two months, or as long as three to five years.

Hu Hai's painting has only one layer in total, and it is completely made up of pigments, which is why it can be completed so quickly.

However, although none of them drew a complete work, they all showed something special.

Another one that impresses Zhang Chong deeply is Pan Jianfeng's paintings, because among all the works, Pan Jianfeng's paintings are the most complete and the largest in size.

This work is very messy, with paint flowing randomly all over the place.

If ordinary people see this painting, they will probably question their own aesthetics, after all, they can't see anything.

It is not enough that Zhang Zhong has a little understanding of art, and he probably understands what Pan Jianfeng learned in Europe and America.

Abstract expressionism is a new art force developed in the United States in the middle of the last century. As the name suggests, abstract expressionism is a non-realistic painting style that combines abstract forms and the emotional value orientation of expressionist painters.

Before the prevalence of abstract expressionism, Russia and the United States, the two behemoths in the literary and artistic competition, had always been Russia's pressure on the United States.

Compared with the literary and artistic desert of the United States at that time, Russia produced a large number of talents, whether in philosophy, literature or art, there were many masters.

During the Cold War, cultural competition was the most important thing, so the United States tried every means to establish a literary benchmark on the United States.

And this literary benchmark is abstract expressionism.

Some people may be very confused. Wasn’t Abstract Expressionism very unpopular with the government in China back then?And the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism always liked to speak ill of the American government.

Even Abstract Expressionism at the time leaned towards communism.

How could the United States establish such a genre of literature and art to fight against Russian culture? Isn’t this shooting itself in the foot?

However, this is not the case. Although the U.S. government does not like abstract expressionism and its representative writers, there are many positive reports about them in China, and it is not only domestic. At that time, more than 800 media around the world were reporting Things related to abstract expressionism, including the heroic deeds of abstract expressionist painters who angered the American authorities.

Seeing such news, people will probably praise the Abstract Expressionist writers with their thumbs up again and again, and they may also praise the freedom of speech in the United States.

Look, these people scold the US government, but the US government is not angry at all, if in some countries...

American freedom is spread in this way.

It can be said that the prevalence of abstract expressionism has little to do with art, but has a lot to do with politics.

This incident also tells people a truth, what determines art is aesthetics, and what determines aesthetics is standards.

To make people like something and pursue something, someone needs to set a standard.

Just like the saying that "the king of Chu is so thin, and the palace maids starve to death", if there is a standard given by an authority, then everyone will follow that standard.

The aesthetics of any era has its limitations.

The United States relied on this kind of reverse public opinion and media offensive to promote abstract expressionism.

Not only abstract expressionism, the United States has always had unique experience in brainwashing, and China suffered a lot in the 90s. So far, many Chinese people who were fooled in the 90s still think that the United States is heaven, and China is the hell of human rights .

Back to abstract expressionism.

Action painting, which is a style of painting closely related to abstract expressionism.

In action painting, fluid oil paints and paints are often expressed directly on the canvas by means of splashing, sprinkling, dripping, and pouring.

Many people may think of some domestic "needle" masters when they see words such as splash, sprinkle, and drop.

Some masters of calligraphy or traditional Chinese painting will put ink in the needle tube, and then shoot it on the drawing paper at will, pursuing the most natural state of the ink.

These masters may not all be charlatans, and some are actually real masters, but they have found a fork in the road of artistic pursuit.

As for whether this fork in the road is good or bad, it's hard to say.

This painting by Pan Jianfeng uses action painting, the paint flows down the canvas, and some places are still flowing.

If Wu Ziyun can barely accept Hu Hai's style, then Pan Jianfeng's works can only make Wu Ziyun roll his eyes.

However, although Wu Ziyun was unhappy, he didn't comment much, but just nodded to Pan Jianfeng.

Pan Jianfeng also nodded to Wu Ziyun, then glanced at Zhang Zhong with a very strange expression, and then quickly lowered his head.

Zhang Chong didn't understand what Pan Jianfeng meant, but he nodded at him.

Wu Ziyun clapped his hands, walked in the middle of the Fengyue hall, and said with a smile, "Students, the time is up, everyone can stop, because this is not an exam, so we will not comment on your works. Next, we Go directly to the dictation stage, the seven students who decided to dictate should be ready, who will start first?"

The few students who decided to dictate just now glanced at each other. In fact, they were not prepared at all just now, and they all ran to pay attention to the works created on the spot.

In the end, Zeng Yun volunteered.

Zeng Yun stood up with a smile and said, "Teacher Wu, how about this, let me attract others."

Wu Ziyun glanced at Zeng Yun and nodded in satisfaction.

Although this guy Zeng Yun no longer specializes in art, he is indeed better than other students in terms of human sophistication.

"Since that's the case, then you should speak first. The other students should prepare carefully when Zeng Yun speaks. I hope the next person on stage won't let me call the roll call." Wu Ziyun said.

Zeng Yun walked to the middle with a smile, without preparing a manuscript, and said directly, "Hi everyone, I'm Zeng Yun, and I'll make a fool of myself first. It's been cold recently, but because today is a special day, So I can still feel very warm, which is the warmth from my alma mater. I have never felt such warmth since I left my alma mater. Looking back, I realized that I only felt it when I was a student."

(End of this chapter)