Gu Weijing was not angry because of Mr. Sloth's questioning.
He has also heard a little bit about the current status of the painting knife painting industry.
I heard that what he was good at was the so-called "Knife Drawing". Mr. Sloth didn't just tell him to get out, which was already very polite and well-educated.
"Are you sure you really know how to use an oil painting knife to draw? Don't believe in any claims that it can be done quickly. Drawing with a knife is a very difficult skill. I can think of only one artist who can use a good oil painting knife in the world. Just a handful of people."
There was suspicion in the other person's tone.
"I think my mastery of the drawing knife should be pretty good."
Gu Weijing carefully considered his tone to make himself sound less like a boastful liar.
"Okay, I can try to find it for you, but this category is too niche, so don't have high hopes."
Anna sighed softly when she saw Detective Cat being so persistent.
Simply painting knives is really unpopular.
Unless you are a particularly famous painter, it is difficult for you to receive commissions, and it is even difficult for you to participate in serious art exhibitions.
She sighed.
The shortcomings of online illustrators are obvious. They have not seen much of the world. Not only do they lack understanding of art trends, but they are also easily fooled.
She felt that she must work hard to reform this "misguided" African female painter.
After thinking for a moment,
Anna typed again to persuade.
"Actually, since your line skills are so good, painting serious traditional oil paintings is the right path. You can take your time. I highly recommend you try participating in art exhibitions. This is the first step for a professional painter to enter the mainstream painting world. This year's Singapore Art Biennale is a good opportunity. Waiting for our other guest, Mr. Mika Tonks, he is the co-curator of the European section of this art exhibition."
It is no coincidence that both Anna and Mr. Cao are recommending the Singapore Art Biennale.
The Singapore Art Biennale is not a top international art exhibition, and the competition is not as fierce as those traditional art exhibitions with a long history. However, the level of attention it receives is not low.
Especially affected by the epidemic.
In order to revitalize the tourism economy, the Lion City has allocated very high funding for exhibitions.
The total cost of the exhibition, which lasted for about a month, including the venue and exhibition decoration alone, was 1.5 billion Singapore dollars, and it also exceeded 100 million US dollars based on the exchange rate.
The gathering of international art judges has even surpassed many long-established art exhibitions in Europe in terms of investment scale, and is several times that of the equally famous Yokohama Art Triennale in Japan.
Secondly, this year serves as two major blows for Singapore to revitalize its cultural tourism industry.
The time of the Singapore Art Exhibition was adjusted to the same week as the Singapore International F1 Grand Prix, the most popular international sports event in the Lion City every year.
According to the estimation of the Lion City Tourism Bureau.
There will be hundreds of thousands of ordinary tourists from all over the world coming to watch sports matches from Eastern Xia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other countries, and they will also visit the art exhibition by the way.
It will even exceed the daily visitor density of the British Museum during the same period.
It has a lot of traffic and popularity, and it is indeed a good opportunity for participating painters to officially "debut".
As for Tonks, the co-director of the Taylor National Gallery of Art—he is a professional curator.
If the artwork is like a movie, then the curator is the screenwriter and director.
A curator with an excellent resume basically jumps between the two tasks of working in an art museum and planning various international art exhibitions.
A street ladder for mutual advancement.
Except for the online illustrator Detective Cat, almost every invited art critic guest in the special podcast Art Salon recorded by Anna every two months has the experience of curating art exhibitions.
Be able to be the independent curator of Taylor International Art Museum,
Tonks is already a leader in this industry.
He has held positions in eight large and small art museums, and has held countless solo and group exhibitions for various artists.
A few years ago, when he moved from a private family-owned art gallery in Belgium to serve as co-director of the Taylor National Gallery in the UK, Tonks basically stopped looking at ordinary small art exhibitions.
If he wants to help his career, let him get a taste of the truly world-class art galleries and museum director positions in the palace of art, such as the Louvre, the British Museum, the Vatican Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and more.
There are probably three ways.
The first is to enter politics;
Despite the fact that foreign art workers ignore the government and bravely say no to the powerful all day long, there are a lot of PY transactions secretly going on.
Especially for a large national art museum like this, if it wants to put its feet on the line, it will die if the annual government funding is less than 10 million euros in subsidy.
Even if you try to save money, the museum's board of directors or management will tell you to get out immediately.
This kind of large art museum is very concerned about maintaining good relations with the government.
If you can be a minister of culture or something in the cabinet, it is easy to become the director of a large art museum after your term is over. Basically, you can retire with a high salary.
There are many examples of this in history, somewhat similar to the dozens of former sports ministers or former prime ministers of EU member states who are among the top brass of UEFA.
Secondly, publish heavyweight academic papers.
An art museum director is similar to a university president. Publishing papers in this scholarly job is always a powerful tool for promotion.
With Tonks' current status, it was actually not difficult to publish a paper.
His subordinates are in charge of an entire art museum, and they can do whatever they want to get a good thesis done.
But in the same way, if you can compete, so can your competitors.
Ordinary hydrology is actually of little help to him.
This is the case with art papers. Ordinary papers are easy to write, but if you want to write original discoveries, 30% depends on hard work and 70% depends on luck. In a sense, this is more difficult than entering politics. If you think about making a big discovery all day long, it would be more practical to talk about how to be the Minister of Culture.
The third method, which is the more direct method, since you are a curator, naturally organize an art exhibition.
Especially for large-scale international art exhibitions that are “national business cards”. Basically, the directors of the above-mentioned art museums have experience in curating large-scale art exhibitions.
Based on Director Tonks' current resume, it is not difficult to participate in the Venice Biennale, the jewel in the art queen's crown, but becoming an independent curator to organize exhibitions is not that difficult.
Probably at most, he plays the role of collection coordinator of a certain subordinate sub-exhibition hall.
If he switches to a second-tier national art exhibition like the Singapore International Art Exhibition, he will be able to become an independent curator immediately.
"Director Tonks is the curator in charge of the European section of the Lion City Art Exhibition?"
Gu Weijing was only slightly surprised when he saw the news.
The organizing committee of this large-scale art exhibition has dozens or hundreds of names of well-known art critics and curators. The names are so long that they can occupy an entire web page. He did not take a closer look.
Even if you look carefully, it is difficult for him, a Yangon student, to have a relationship with such a big shot.
If Director Tonks was just a member of the organizing committee, Gu Weijing wouldn't even be surprised.
Out of courtesy, as long as a big shot like the director of the Taylor Art Museum is interested, the organizer will basically send an invitation.
Just like Mr. Cao's assistant Lao Yang, he receives countless invitations from the organizing committees of various large and small art exhibitions every year.
However, Mr. Cao is already in semi-seclusion.
Except for those who really can't avoid it and put their name on the organizing committee, they usually politely decline.
But independent curators still have a different meaning.
He remembered that the Singapore Art Exhibition - Asia, Europe, America, Africa, and Oceania each had an independent curator. He did not expect that the curator Tonks who was about to be connected was the curator of the European area.
"If possible... after the recording salon is over, can I ask Mr. Tonks some questions?"
Gu Weijing hesitated.
As a painter who wants to participate in an exhibition, the opportunity to communicate with the curator of an art exhibition alone is rare, but this is Mr. Sloth’s podcast.
Not communicating with the host first is very rude.
"Are you interested in the Singapore Art Exhibition?"
Anna had originally hoped that the detective cat would embark on the path of a serious painter, and she was very happy to see that the detective cat finally became interested in art exhibitions "at her own suggestion".
"Of course I have no problem here, I just want to see what Director Tonks means."
She agreed to the other party's request without any hesitation.
It's easy to understand why Detective Cat would want to talk to Curator Tonks.
The International Biennale will have different tendencies in the selection and awarding of exhibited works based on the themes, curators and organizing committee judges’ preferred styles.
The theme of this year’s Lion City Art Exhibition, “The Noise of the World,” is very inclusive.
While the submitted works are blooming, it also means that the subjective aesthetic tendency of the organizing committee is more important.
It's like a cooking competition. A Jiangnan judge who doesn't like spicy food is faced with two dishes of the same level. One is the bright red Maoxuewang, and the other is the light fried shrimps with parsley. Which one does he like better? It goes without saying.
Although the international organizing committee from all over the world can neutralize the bias brought by this personal aesthetic perspective to a certain extent.
But the curator’s opinion is always the soul of an art exhibition.
If Detective Cat contacted the curator, would it be unfair to other painters who want to participate in the exhibition?
please,
Nothing in the world is absolutely fair.
If you regard the art exhibition as an examination, understanding the examiner should be what the examinee needs to do.
Even if Anna is obsessed with art, she would not think there is any problem with this.
From ancient times to the present, since the birth of the profession of painter, personal connections have been the most important part in various art circles.
It is normal for a father to recommend a son, a teacher to recommend a disciple, a senior brother to recommend a junior brother, and an economist to name his own painter.
It can be said that it is an industry practice for participating painters and curators to communicate about paintings in advance.
Just like some actors who are liked by the director can chat with the director during the preparation stage of the script, and they are more likely to be selected during casting.
Even if you have to be awesome to a certain extent, like Mr. Cao, it is not impossible for the entire International Biennale to revolve around you as a painter, just like a customized script.
The only problem is,
Curator Tonks, would you like to chat with Detective Cat?
…
Late at night, exactly one o'clock in the morning, Myanmar time,
There are still fifteen minutes left before the salon's official recording begins.
Gu Weijing was sitting in front of the computer. There was an open document on the IPAD on his right hand, which contained the electronic versions of the five paintings submitted by fans this time, as well as the dense annotations he had made on the paintings.
With the help of calligraphy and painting appraisal techniques,
These five works have been dismantled again and again into detailed colors, structures and lines.
The painter's brushstrokes, composition and emotions used to create these works are all reflected in the light curtain in Gu Weijing's mind.
The art of calligraphy and painting appraisal has demonstrated its crushing analytical ability in dealing with many works of art that are roughly equivalent to or higher than Gu Weijing's current level.
It was like he had seen with his own eyes how these fans painted.
It is estimated that even the artist who submitted the manuscript would be surprised when he saw the annotations on the document.
After Gu Weijing checked his sound card for the last time and there was no problem, he entered the room appointed in the Zoom conference room.
"Hello? Mr. Sloth? Are you there?"
He cleared his throat.
"Hello Ms. Detective Cat, nice to meet you."
In the Zoom online video conference room, the familiar voice of a middle-aged man with a hint of hoarseness came.
"Me too."
Gu Weijing said.
In Austria, Anna sat behind the desk and looked at the portrait of Detective Cat.
This was her first face-to-face direct voice conversation with the "Van Gogh" she discovered.
The only drawback is that the detective cat in the camera uses a virtual background and an anthropomorphic custom cartoon avatar like himself.
She could only tell by the sound,
Just like the self-introduction on the Internet, Detective Cat should be a woman in her thirties.
"Boy, please confirm. Our recording time is forty-five minutes. The specific time is from 5:30 to 6:15 London time. Please be careful not to overtime. Mr. Tonks has other schedules in the evening. .”
The figure of a blonde girl wearing a black suit appeared on the screen connected to the other camera.
Unlike Anna and Gu Weijing, who both chose the combination of voice change + virtual animated avatar for their own reasons, Curator Tonks is a well-known public figure.
Although it was a podcast recording, I still turned on the camera generously.
The blonde girl now appearing on the screen is Director Tonks' personal assistant, and her position is similar to that of Lao Yang employed by Mr. Cao.
In the past few days, the assistant girl was also arranged to record the podcast to communicate with Mr. Sloth.
In fact, when Anna proposed to add guests to this podcast recording, the assistant was a little unhappy.
The reason why she was unhappy was the same as the reason why Lao Yang was unhappy when he heard Mr. Cao praising Gu Weijing.
Those of them who work as assistants to art bosses hate emergencies like this the most.
The reason why Director Tonks is willing to participate in the recording of Mr. Sloth's program is because the quality of this podcast is really good.
Not only was it the best blog selected by Apple Art Podcast Rising Stars last year, but many of the guests participating in the conversation included Sir Clark, President of the British Academy of Art.
It would be a good opportunity for Curator Tonks to show off her identity without losing her status.
result,
Suddenly there is a detective cat...an internet celebrity illustrator?
It's like an American cowboy running into a European aristocrat's afternoon tea party.
What's your cultural level? I just want to participate in this kind of art salon conversation.
If during the recording of Salon, the conversation was the same as when Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, Director Tonks would also lose her price.
The assistant girl really couldn't understand why Mr. Sloth, who had finally managed to improve the quality of his podcast, would risk ruining his reputation by inviting such a guest.
She had originally advised Mr. Tonks not to participate in the recording of this podcast.
However, after viewing Detective Cat's portrait of Mr. Hyperion on YouTube, the curator was silent for a moment and agreed to continue recording.
"Mr. Sloth, I have completed the sound check and debugging here. When the time comes in a while, Mr. Tonks will come to the study. Again, please pay attention to the recording time. The library time is limited."
The assistant girl finished adjusting the computer and audio in the study room and was ready to leave.
"Miss, could you please wait a moment?"
Anna called to the curator's assistant.
"What's wrong?"
"This is Detective Cat, another guest in our salon recording."
Anna introduced.
She didn't look down on the blonde just because she was an assistant.
Anna understands how art bosses work.
These curator assistants are responsible for the communication work of various art exhibitions on a daily basis. The benefits of establishing a good relationship with them are unimaginable.
You can even directly ask Detective Cat to skip the audition for the art exhibition and participate in the art exhibition as a specially invited painter.
The new chapter is under review, please wait.
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