Blowing Shi Qi whirlwind in Paris of art circles
This time it showed Shi Qi’s 65 paintings in Louvre Museum, including Chinese paintings and oil paintings. The exhibition time of a week, the number of visitors reached 100 thousand people, many visitors use hand day or one day to appreciate slowly, and the authorities of French art circles gave high praise for his works.
Shi Qi Chinese painting
The chairman Michelle· King of French artists association said:” We always pay attention to Chinese painter Mr. Shi Qi and his works, he integrated the language of western painting with eastern art, has great contribution to the development of the art painting. Shi Qi’s paintings have the spirit of the times, he has deep understanding of western art painting, I will calling French artists learn from him, We hope that have more opportunities to support more Mr. Shi Qi’s works to Paris hold exhibition.”
The executive chairman Ms. Isabella· Lawson also siad:” we can see Chinese painter Shi Qi’s painting exhibition in Paris, let us have chance to known the contemporaneity of Chinese painting art, also let us get the moving of art.”
It was born the world famous “Barbizon” Barbizon mayor Michel·Boduaier said in the exhibition:”Barbizon is the center of cultivating French artists, we welcome Shi Qi to Barbizon hold exhibition, and exchange with French artists, let more people known Chinese contemporary painting art.”
French famous creator Pierre ·Michelle ·Verebouguer has a special liking for Shi Qi’s art, he said:” High level painter as Shi Qi, I’m willing to plan exhibition for him all over the world. French academic circles gave Shi Qi the highest honor, painters like Shi Qi should be held more exhibition in Europe, let western world known more about Chinese contemporary painting.”
Famous collector、Dalian Uanda Yuebaozhai general manager Guo Qing-xiang said: “Shi Qi’s painting language interflow between Chinese and western.
Guo Qing-xiang witnessed the whole process of Shi Qi exhibit in Louvre Museum, France, he said:”Let the world know that we have accomplished artists, should be held more exhibition in the world. The exhibition of this time, let me feel that Chinese artists can be understood western culture, but the profound Chinese culture, it’s hard to understand for western people, this time French people have seen Shi Qi’s painting , let them found the way to know eastern culture.”
In Guo Qing-xiang’s eyesight, Shi Qi’s works have personality characteristics of era, this painting language interflow between Chinese and western, cause the feeling not divide eastern or western, color not divide eastern and western, have real feelings experience, through color express in the pictures, the whole world can be understood. “Shi Qi is an outstanding person in the field of contemporary Chinese painting who displaying brush and ink and color, can get the viewer’s resonance of the different cultural background, in our expectation, like his works in 80s of last century 《New town》、《Cherry blossoms》、《Waterside impression》and so on, his works after 2000s 《White snake》、《Lean ink lotus》etc, I like them very much. I have seen also, many French viewers stood a long time in the front of the works, taste it slowly.”
At the same time, Guo Qing-xiang said, western art researchers always caught the essence to dissect for art, French artists association chairman Michelle · King ever said, realistic oil painting is the creation of four hundred years ago in the west, but now China is doing these things do not have academic value. Collectors are also interested in every period of the creativity work, instead of craftsmen copying work later. “As a China art collector, I determined not to follow the trend of the collection of market speculation, I will not be combined with the painters to market speculation, only will try my best to recommend the real Chinese art to the world, this is to leave real wealth for future generations.”
Traditional Chinese painting: the death of to learn tradition will become a false tradition
In 70s of last century, Shi Qi’s creation already having national influence, his fame as the 《Water Splashing Festival》, also faintly visible change of image, but Shi Qi is not satisfied with the way in which the reform of Chinese painting as a snail, looking back the early famous works, Shi Qi’s spirit of self discarding shows clearly:” 《Water Splashing Festival》、《Rises chicken》、《Dabie mountains in snowing》and so on, bound by the traditional model, in addition to the Chinese painting can not be modified, I am in trouble, each one works are like peeling a layer of skin in general.”
But which is direction of the way of the evolution? After 30 years exploration, Shi Qi found a way of “three images in one”, combined with abstract、figurativeness、impression, share everything between each other, not compared with one after another, to be true on the concrete, to be hazy on the impression, to be like and not like on the abstract, the mixed, operating out of both visual and good look pictures. “After three images in one, my feeling of collection is relaxed, the picture is more displayed, more flexible and more unconstraint. A painter only reached the picture has me (own symbols) and without me in the picture (spirit is free through the three realms), can be explained by the intentions of the business.”
Meanwhile, Shi Qi thinks that Chinese painting is a flower in a thousand year, idea is too narrow, form is too single, later people learned a little skill, changed a little, except slight differences, still is that flower. “ Lu Yan-shao、Fu Bao-shi’s landscape painting both good, but not put off the clothes of tradition. Just Li Ke-ran, his paintings compared with traditional landscape paintings, there have been reborn, have their new style. contemporary Chinese painting just like him, everyone has own style, burst into thousands of flowers, develop single form to polyhedron.”
Shi Qi Chinese painting
So, in Shi Qi’s view, traditional Chinese painting study is first to copy then create, should be painting and copying is more effective, the painter first to show his nature, found his symbol, the lack of technology has selectively to copy, so while learning and walking, much better than the traditional copying without purpose.
To the traditional study, also can not die to learn, the death of to learn tradition will become a false tradition. “not only can not achieved the traditional so good, and wears a traditional hat, can only be false tradition. We must pull the tradition to walk, can be become live tradition. Works both have spirit of the tradition and the lasting appeal of brush and ink, but is not the same, it has own unique face, so that the traditional inheritance, pull, activation, is the contemporary Chinese painting.”
For a long time, Shi Qi continuously from the theme, composition, color and techniques of brush and ink, pursuit of a breakthrough, in all aspects of the Chinese painting to inject fresh elements, at the same time, these new elements are integrated and digested, into the system of Chinese painting. from “merry and lively” to “tension” of brush and ink, then to the artistic conception of brush and ink, people see Shi Qi’s performance of different styles in various period, his work’s brilliant character, arbitrary ink, strong and plump color, full of tension composition, and the courage of “pull the tradition forward” and insight, all shows Shi Qi has entered into a new Chinese painting realm.
Oil painting: Creation can also blend into the feelings of brush and ink
Except traditional Chinese painting, Shi Qi is also an oil painter, this time in French exhibition, both traditional Chinese painting and oil painting.
Shi Qi Chinese painting
In Shi Qi’s view, traditional Chinese painting focus on feelings of ink, brush and ink are not good, achievement is also not good, western painting emphasizes the sense of color, is thousands of years diligently strive after in color, “My oil paintings are all about color, now many European painters despise color, throw it away, I think this is not desirable. And I believe that one day they will return, because color is the soul of oil painting, just like brush and ink is the soul of Chinese painting.” In the painting of Shi Qi, into a lot of ink feelings, both have cleborate-style and freehand brushwork, even calligraphy and folk paper cut in the painting, western oil painting is not found.
Now he can be described in the creation, he achieved to do as his wishes, but Shi Qi’s courageous heart of march forward is not old, “Now that I’m going to move on, I still have to move on, First, I put forward the theory of “three imagines in one”, must have high level works to support, otherwise it will become empty talk, moreover, should be consider how to increase new elements in Chinese painting, this is the historical mission.”
For the exhibition and award gold prize in France, Shi Qi said, because of physical reasons, he did not personality go to participate in the opening ceremony, but the year before last year has visited to Louvre Museum, yearning for the temple of art exhibition in his inner heart, thought just castles in the air, did not expect so soon, very happy. "Thank you very much for the French audience, experts commenting on my works, thanks to France granted me an award so important. I am happy that westerners can appreciate my works now, to tell the truth, the domestic people can appreciate my work is not much, many people still remain in the painting like or not like, beautiful or not beautiful, these art appreciation on the low level. So, now the domestic need to improve the aesthetic education, the popularization of art common sense, of course, I am very calm, a real artist must not be temptation, especially not to flatter the market. My whole life is to make own ideas to do own art creation, I believe that a number of years later, there will be more people understand my painting.”