(excerpts from 2011 Guangzhou poetry and calligraphy and painting academy annual display poem album preface)
Text / Xie Dingming
"The ancient Silk Road – Guangzhou "Huaiyuan station" (Liwan eighteen Fu)" | 138x68cm | 2012
(Guangzhou, Huaiyuan station, in those years of Guangzhou trade prosperity)
The painters of notable achievements were organic combination of nature and humanistic spirit successfully and will be able to inherit the traditional painting and calligraphy art in China field, develops and innovates into valuable art masters.
Especially in the works that permeates the broad nature, like the sea spirit, and even a very broad realm of life. Stand in a picture as true to life, as if before the picture of life, but the real feel of nature and life, art and spirit, and the beauty of a blend of rich atmosphere of the moment, really feel in front of the artist is in the mood to understand life, perception of the world understanding, harmonious realm of art and morality, is to create a new realm of artistic beauty.
Xie Dingming | "ancient Maritime Silk Road - ship navigation pass by Quanzhou Gusao tower" | 68x68cm Doufang | 2010
Think carefully, and you will come to the following point:
First, a big realm of brush and ink self-cultivation as China painting fine cord, is an important carrier of aesthetic taste of Chinese painting. As a Chinese painter, in addition to the individual views of life and sincere emotions, with painting skills of refine brush and wonderful ink, and a variety of cultural accomplishments are extremely important. As the saying goes: "three days without a break, the tune lingered in the room." is that the song is beautiful and interesting, memorable to people. A good picture is also unforgettable. Its charm, in addition to the visible image, but also its invisible ink from a breath can be perceived, and this kind of atmosphere than painting is more important, it is the works of the "mood" and the soul. On the other hand, with the painter's artistic accomplishment, artistic skill, personality temperament, taste, style, aesthetic pursuit and the level have a very important relationship.
Secondly, the great realm of creative form and the aim of art are often innovation and creation. For modern Chinese painting, no matter what the artistic point of view, what kind of artistic practice, how to face on the basis of the traditional, to create a modern form of China painting of the historical problem, this is not a personal issue, or several people's standards, this is the basic standard of Chinese painting can go to the world. Even artists write modern history, most of this standard is the coordinates.
Thirdly, the aesthetic pursuit of the great realm, when I talked about these successful works, would be produced profound enlightenment in my heart: a real artist is not to walk the footsteps of others, and a real painter of seeing the truth, more will not repeat his old trace, as long as those go into the thick of life constantly, constantly feel the modern living atmosphere, consciously into the modern cultural trend, constantly enrich the development, innovative artists, can always maintain the fertility of art life. often remember a famous art critic Dijing said this quote "only through the art of shallow clouds, after a deep understanding of art deep plowing, painting was printed in the top of the painting language, on the construction of what he perceived as the realm of art, to determine the life and art of home."
Throughout the world: "the road is go out of their own, as long as you go, always have to come home."." Let us work together to create a wonderful road of art.
Director of the standing committee of Guangdong Province Cultural Institute, Dean of Guangzhou Poetry and Calligraphy and Painting Academy
Xie Dingming in Mid Autumn Festival in 2011