(This chapter is an additional update. There will be another update in the evening. It is not guaranteed to be updated before 12 o'clock.)
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late at night,
Zoom online meeting room.
"The pastoral style of this painting easily reminds me of Giorgione's "Open Air Concert." The author hopes to achieve a pastoral dream song-like harmonious picture by coordinating the style of the garden and wild nature. To be honest, the idea is good, but it's a pity The artist's brushwork fails to meet the ambition of the composition...
"If we compare it with Odilon Redon who also liked to paint pastoral..."
Gu Weijing put on his headphones and listened with interest to Mr. Sloth and Curator Tonks' interpretation of the last pastoral painting, occasionally adding a few words of his own.
It is really interesting to listen to these senior experts talk about art.
"Fu Lei's Family Letter" mentions that when he was a child, musician Fu Cong liked to follow his father Fu Lei to visit Uncle Qian Zhongshu. The biggest hobby of the children in the entire Tsinghua courtyard is to sit on a small bench and listen to Master Qian talk about art and literature, and talk about everything in a funny and humorous way.
Gu Weijing has a similar feeling now.
Being able to communicate closely with big bosses is a joy and privilege in itself. This is the charm of salon culture that was so prosperous in old Europe.
His strength in calligraphy and painting appraisal is his ability to review an independent work of art.
The system allows Gu Weijing to split a painting into countless details and fragments like a cook deconstructing an ox.
But for the grasp and interpretation of the entire art trend,
Just a lot worse.
After all, vision makes the difference.
He was just an unknown person who opened a small gallery on the banks of the remote Yangon River.
Since our ancestors took root in Myanmar, they have deviated from the center of art.
Europe and the United States regard this place as a desert for modern art. This is both a prejudice and a fact.
In terms of understanding of the development of world art, not to mention the two art giants, even Ms. Katsuko Sakai is more than an order of magnitude better than him.
Watching Mr. Sloth and Curator Tonks quote from classics, starting from a small painting, they linked up classic painters and different painting styles in the history of art.
It was like having a super VIP two-on-one art history class on site.
It's enough to make the average art dog go crazy with envy.
In turn, Curator Tonks and Anna - they felt happy.
Detective Cat's ability to grasp the details of painting is really strong.
The biggest worry that professional art critics have when appreciating a work of art is that sometimes they always feel itchy.
They always regret that their words are not penetrating enough to fully express their views.
For example, let's say you describe a place where the colors are a bit dry.
What is dryness?
Everyone seems to understand, but they don’t seem to understand.
This is more of a feeling, and it is difficult to explain clearly.
But the detective cat can always pick up the conversation in a timely manner and break down this argument from the painter's point of view - there was a problem when the colors were juxtaposed and mixed. The paint was too thin, resulting in the color spots not being fully mixed.
Be crisp and direct.
This light sentence is like a piece of wet and astringent cooked cowhide being violently peeled off your nostrils, and it is like a sharp silver needle that suddenly cuts a swollen hole on your face. The fire boil opened.
This kind of refreshing feeling is indeed beyond words.
It has now been an hour since the recording of the podcast started, which has already exceeded the expected time. Director Tonks' assistant once knocked on the door of the study to remind the director to pay attention to the time.
The curator dismissed the other party casually.
He is chatting happily now, and other things can be postponed later.
Mr. Tonks was obviously very happy now. His face turned red under the camera, his bald forehead was shining brightly, and his two small eyes were shining.
When the recording of the podcast had just begun, Director Tonks had already forgotten those minor unpleasantnesses.
For a middle-aged and elderly artist, this kind of joy that directly touches the soul is much happier than telling a naughty joke to make a young girl laugh.
"Ms. Detective Cat, are you interested in coming to the Taylor Art Museum as a special junior art researcher, responsible for explaining the collection of works every day?"
The main recording content of the entire salon has come to an end with the discussion of the last pastoral painting.
Now is the time for the guests to chat - summarize the entire podcast content, and then let the guests talk a few words about topics they are interested in.
It's like a drunken chat at a dinner party.
This session can be long or short. If it is long, you can chat for more than ten minutes. If everyone is not interested, you can just end it in a hurry.
Curator Tonks obviously didn't have enough chat, so he directly sent me an offer.
Junior Research Fellow in the Arts?
Anna immediately pricked up her ears.
"Ms. Detective Cat has such good painting skills. It would be a pity to give up her identity as a painter and become an art museum tour guide."
She gave Tonks an annoyed look.
This old bald Englishman seemed a bit disgusting to her.
Want to steal someone from me?
Anna absolutely cannot accept Detective Cat giving up her career as a painter and spending her time doing art science for the general public.
"Tour guide" is actually a bit insulting to the position of Junior Art Researcher.
Compared with tour guides in an art museum, they are actually more like the person in charge of a small exhibition hall.
The staffing of an art museum is similar to that of a university. The so-called junior art researchers are similar to lecturers or teaching assistants in universities.
Engaged in some auxiliary research work, the daily work content is relatively leisurely.
In particular, the Taylor Art Museum is considered a large art museum in the world.
The income is neither high nor low, and it can be considered a decent job. The development prospects are good and stable.
Normally, if you want to get a position at the Taylor Art Museum, you have to be a graduate of one of the top 100 art schools in the world.
For an online illustrator from a third world country, this offer is quite sincere.
"Thank you curator for your kindness. I hope to be a professional painter for the time being."
Gu Weijing politely declined Director Tonks's kindness.
For me during the Spring Festival, this kind of invitation was completely out of reach, but now after meeting Mr. Cao and Uncle Sakai, I have a different perspective.
A junior art assistant is unattractive.
Not to mention anything else,
If I could become Mr. Cao's closed disciple, I would have stepped directly into the history of modern art, and my status in the art circle would not necessarily be inferior to that of Curator Tonks himself.
"Hey, ma'am, let's be honest. Being an art assistant at the Taylor Art Museum has a much more stable income than being an online illustrator. It's elegant and decent. I can also help you get a British green card."
Curator Tonks was a little unwilling to give up and continued to seduce.
Gu Weijing continued to decline politely.
"Okay... If you are interested at any time, you can contact my assistant." Curator Tonks saw that Detective Cat was indeed not interested in his offer, so he shook his head angrily.
"Ahem, curator, I suddenly remembered something that I haven't recorded yet."
Anna interrupted Tonks' work of seducing the next "Van Gogh" in her mind and changed the subject somewhat rudely.
"Curator Tonks, as usual, I ask every guest who participates in the podcast his favorite painting style. What is your favorite art style?"
"Academic." Mr. Curator said without any hesitation.
"Because of Turner?" Anna didn't seem surprised at all by this statement.
"Because of Turner." Curator Tonks nodded.
Turner is to the British painting world what Shakespeare is to the British literary world.
Especially compared to the dazzling array of masters in the history of French, German and Italian painting.
The list of great painters in British history is relatively small, with almost just one person named Turner. This is basically the standard British answer.
"What about you, Ms. Detective Cat?"
"Impressionism."
Anna's heart skipped a beat.
Her favorite painter is the Impressionist Renoir, but she didn't expect Detective Cat to like the same genre as her.
"Well, Impressionism is a popular choice. Do you prefer Degas or Monet? If you like Impressionism, I personally recommend you an article - about works of art..." Curator Tonks was happy to show off his knowledge.
""The Origin of the Work of Art", the philosopher Heidegger's lecture on the style of Van Gogh's paintings and Impressionist works, I have read it, it is really good. After reading this book, I will read the paper of Professor Kappei Koyama of Tokyo University of the Arts "A Brief Analysis of Impressionist Creative Ideas" was very rewarding."
Gu Weijing naturally knew this article by Heidegger, the philosopher who was a big fan of Van Gogh.
He has been reading literature crazily with Sakai Katsuko these days.
Naturally, Heidegger's commentary on the post-Impressionist Van Gogh's representative painting "The Shoe" in "The Origin of the Work of Art" was among the documents selected by Uncle Sakai.
"Eh? You actually know Koyama Kappei?"
Curator Tonks was slightly shocked.
If you are talking about ordinary literary and artistic young people or philosophy lovers, they may read Heidegger and it is possible that they have read "The Origin of Works of Art".
So Kappei Koyama is one of those hidden figures who is relatively well-known in the professional field, but ordinary people and even ordinary non-art scholars have never heard of him.
Only those who have a deep understanding of art will have these articles on their reading list.
"What else have you seen?" the curator asked curiously.
"There are quite a few, including "The Still life as a personal object (Collection of Impressionist Personal Still Life Sketching Ideas)" by Professor Davis Warner of the Rhode Island Academy of Fine Arts, and "Analysis of the Origins of Impressionism and Oriental Art" published in "Asian Art" ", by Professor Hunter Lowry..."
Gu Weijing reported a lot of articles like the names of dishes.
It is difficult to read these papers in one week.
But Katsuko Sakai has roughly marked the key points that they may use in the entire paper.
This greatly reduced his study pressure.
"By the way, Director Tonks, I want to ask you a question."
With a professional curator by his side, it was a rare opportunity. Speaking of this, Gu Weijing brought up a problem that troubled him when he was reading the thesis.
"In the article "Analysis of the Origin of Impressionism and Oriental Art", it is mentioned that the Impressionists like to use more scientific color principles to paint, and the development of dark pigments becomes more vivid through color mixing... This view is consistent with the Dutch great When the painter Mondrian is dealing with dark lines, he likes to stop abruptly a few millimeters from the edge. Through the transition of minimal white space, the edges where the black paint overlaps with other colors also have subtle changes. Is it the same reason? ?”
"Uh... this, this..."
Curator Tonks was a little confused.
Gu Weijing actually overestimated Director Tonks' knowledge reserve.
What professional curators pursue is the breadth of art, covering various art schools.
However, in terms of depth, there is no comparison with scholars engaged in a certain professional field.
Curator Tonks had only heard of this article, "Analysis of the Origins of Impressionism and Oriental Art."
Just like everyone knows that Proust has a huge tome called "In Search of Lost Time", but memorizing two famous lines from it to show off is already the limit for literary and artistic young people.
If you really want to read it, even university professors who specialize in French literature may not have read the entire text.
The tip of Tonks' nose was sweating a little.
It's embarrassing to say you don't know at this time, and even more embarrassing to talk nonsense.
Oh shit,
Ms. Detective Cat, would you please recognize your own identity?
Aren’t you an online animation illustrator? Do you still need to study for a thesis to be an online illustrator now? No...this industry is so complicated now.
"Let me answer this question for Curator Tonks. You are right. Through the blending and mixing of fine colors, the transition of light and dark strokes and the white space, it is a clever method of over-coloring. What you mentioned in articles…”
Anna quietly helped Director Downs.
Today, the surprise that the detective cat brought to her exceeded Anna's imagination, and she felt that her heartbeat was slightly accelerating.
Anna found all of this a bit incredible.
She knows how boring reading literature is,
If you don't have the devotion and love for art in your heart, it would be a kind of torture for most people in this impetuous society.
She sat in front of the computer and stared at the portrait of Detective Cat on the screen for a long time, as if staring at herself in the mirror.
On the other side of the screen, Gu Weijing didn't notice Curator Tonks' embarrassment.
Since we talked about art style, after listening to Mr. Sloth answer the question, he just asked: "You mentioned that your favorite classical painting school is the academic school. What about modern art? For example, you are a curator who chooses to participate in an exhibition. Do you have any good suggestions on works, painting types and style directions?”
This is what Gu Weijing is really concerned about.
There are a hundred flowers of modern painting styles, and there are various schools. It is difficult to call what is the mainstream.
actually,
If Gu Weijing wanted to simply paint traditional Chinese paintings, he would not need to consider the issue of style.
In the final analysis, the painting styles of Chinese painting are divided into two categories: meticulous brushwork and freehand brushwork. Basically, it is difficult to escape from this circle no matter how you jump.
Gu Weijing estimated based on the current progress.
His oil painting and sketching techniques rely on copying "Old Church" and receiving illustrations from the Internet, and it may not take long for him to break through to Level 5.
The progress of improving Chinese painting will be slightly slower without systematic assistance, but it should be possible to reach Lv.5 before submission to art exhibitions.
So he was faced with two choices,
It’s hard to say which one is more powerful, a master-level Chinese painting painter or a master-level oil painting painter.
But if it is level lv.5, at least for participating in a Western-style art exhibition like Singapore, oil paintings are obviously more likely to be shortlisted from a utilitarian point of view.
This is when it’s important to get a professional’s opinion.
(End of chapter)
