Text / Li Yumin
Close to the
context, close to the times, close to nature, reform from the bottom, is
China's painting circles in twentieth Century were carefully combing and calm
thinking, put forward aiming at the scene of China painting. In painting, it is
the essence of the theory of the times and should be recorded in the history
book. In the process of studying and researching landscape painting, it is an indispensable
guiding principle
Li Yumin | go on a journey | freehand landscape | 2013
In the painting
world, due to the influence and erosion of Western painting, the development of
Chinese painting once lost the soul, and the structure of Chinese painting
gradually disappeared. It can be said to some extent in the right context, the
achievements of the Chinese painting return to the right path, return to the
reality of Chinese painting, let the structure to find back away. We face up to
structure and identity, make each painter eyes bright, in the study, face up to
landscape structure in our lives should pay attention to, lack of the structure
and content, the works are boring and feeling weak, good ink cannot be
completed a piece of good works, so good ink must fall in good structure and
good content, it can become complete and decent. So we realized the importance
of landscape painting structure and theory system of reforming from the bottom
is inseparable.
Li Yumin | gossip in front of house | 136x68cm | freehand landscape | 2015
Another key
point is the Chinese painting brush and ink problem. The brush and ink of
Chinese painting can not be regarded as a simple carrier tool, it is a kind of
brush and ink culture and spirit. The traditional landscape painting,
especially from the Yuan Dynasty, has been paid more and more attention by each
artist, which highlights the perfection and completeness after the Yuan Dynasty.
Nowadays, the important position that brush and ink cannot be replaced in
Chinese painting is particularly prominent. Therefore, we must be guided by our
predecessors, especially Huang Binhong's brush and ink concept, to guide
today's landscape painting.
Li Yumin | walking on the bridge across the stream | freehand landscape |
2013
Everyone’s
brush and ink is not same, so it is personality, and the structure is common,
we can put the generality of conversion to the ink individuality to the
inevitable is your own style, this style should conform to historical and
geographical relations, thus requiring us to be close to nature, close to the
times, to choose good for their study area objects, with all the life to
practice, this is our nature painter practice, unremittingly long-term sketch,
not only long-term accumulation of material problems, more important is to
master the local customs and practices, so that artists can close to the times.
Li Yumin | horizontal view of Qingjian | freehand landscape | 2015
Close to the
times both natural and humanity, the better the creation of landscape painting
and the times buckle, so we must stick to it! Stick to it again! This is
intimately tied up with the Qing Xiang old man said, "search peculiar
hills to sketch", it is thus clear
that the importance of good fortune outside the division, as well as the saying
goes: "imitate the ancients better than imitate modern, imitate the nature
better than imitate the ancients". This is what we must insist on in the
life of a painter.