Art Theory _ Artist Su's Art Theory

When Sue left China, it was the climax of anti-tradition. After returning to China, he settled in Shanghai, which lacked traditional atmosphere. His understanding of China's thought and culture can only be short-lived, casual, fragmentary and intuitive. In Germany for more than twenty years, he lived alone for a long time, divorced from the local mainstream culture. He said that at the same time, he didn't study German culture and cut into China tradition. This makes his fictional art float between China and Germany like a mirage, like the home of the homeless. Because of this, Su's art has a natural quality that transcends the countryside. He doesn't think highly of China's emotions found in his paintings by European collectors. He thinks that good art has no nationality.

Nevertheless, Chinese and German cultural factors still permeate his works. Sue is a painter who is good at oral and written expression. He can perceive the nuances of pronunciation, intonation and tone, and can use language and words to express his intentions concisely. He speaks standard Mandarin, and his Chinese writing level exceeds that of many China painters. This makes people think isomorphically about the China significance of his pictures. Similarly, Sue speaks more authentic German than ordinary Germans. His portrait is as deep, gloomy and rational as the German style. Like ancient Greece, modern Germany, which is good at rational thinking, has been the brain of Europe and the world for a long time. Let a German janitor talk to you about philosophy. Philosophical rationality has infected many German painters, and Su is no exception.

In the contemporary world where hedonism prevails, and in contemporary China where postmodern thoughts lead the fashion of the times, a work of art is easily ignored by criticism, curation and communication if it is not directly linked with current events. The man of the hour in contemporary art circles has been widely concerned because of his direct expression of social problems. Su's art is not only free from regional space, but also free from social time. Su's modernist painting style would not have attracted the attention of critics, especially young critics, if it had not been for the dramatic outbreak of China art market and the emergence of people of insight in the collection field. In the eyes of many avant-garde critics, abstract painting is no longer a force to subvert the old art, but a new style of academic school; In the eyes of many students in the Academy of Fine Arts, the effectiveness of art is like a new recipe in Sichuan cuisine restaurant, which has been neglected for a while. Art is just a fancy renovation process, and abstract painting is out of date. In this artistic atmosphere, Su's art obviously won't receive special attention. In the long run, is this an artist's misfortune or luck? I think it is the latter.

Painting is Sue's way of life. He worked tirelessly to make his works authentic. He admires German plumbers or postmen, and his meticulous work is amazing. He doesn't think that the occupation of a painter is more noble than that of a plumber or a postman. In China, painting has been entrusted with too many missions. This was the case during the Cultural Revolution, and it is still the case today. Painting always seems to be the tool of politicians in the ruling and opposition parties. He used his art to try to show art itself. China people have always advocated? Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world? But I still don't understand that only people from all walks of life can make unprecedented contributions in their professional fields and revitalize the world. If all people become amateur politicians to join in the fun-like the Cultural Revolution in China and xx in Germany, no matter where you stand, you will only become a follower of old-fashioned politics. In this sense, Su is an outdated independent artist.

Sue studied in arts and crafts school in her early years. Early artistic edification, like first love, is hard to forget for life. Every work of his has the shadow of arts and crafts. No matter how he cuts, tears, collages, polishes and makes old, his pictures have the obsession of pursuing perfection in arts and crafts. Whether this predetermined feature is ultimately manifested as an advantage or a disadvantage depends largely on the luck of improvisation.

Sue's first novel is The Big Family. This award-winning work made him highly valued by famous artists such as Wu Guanzhong, Zhan Jianjun and Han Zhong, and made friends with Wang Huaiqing, Shang Yang and Tang Xiaohe. Finally, he immigrated to Germany, changed his life track, and became a student and friend of Ruppes, richter and Basel. The House of Big Girls painted a close-up of an injured sleeping beauty wearing a military cap. What the curator needs is this prop to turn the ordinary mother-daughter relationship into a historical drama. At that time, the audience, like the author, was very interested in beauty face and his picture processing: the astringent pigments were scraped thin and rich by the painting knife, and the linen lines were as clear as ever. This can be regarded as the technical source of his abstract painting, and his abstract concept is the complete abandonment of props.

Today, abstract painting has become a classic art, and the uniqueness of abstract painting that Su has painted for half his life must be established through comparison.

Su's paintings are different from Roscoe's in the United States, although he thinks he has been deeply influenced by Roscoe, although Su has been influenced by religious churches in his childhood and even has his own Christian name. Roscoe's representative works are composed of simple color blocks. Thick color blocks spread out and coagulate slowly like volcanic magma, and the subtle and soft infiltration effect between color blocks, like the harmony between maternal love and church music, goes straight to people's hearts. Different from this, Su's color blocks are divided by hard edges, fractures, depictions or collages, which makes the painting style show the toughness of men.

Is there a difference between Sue's painting and Newman's painting in America? Abstract imagism? Reinhardt's art is similar to his. They use flat painted rectangles and straight lines to form a simple picture on a deep background. Sue's paintings are also different from those of the Dutch painter Doesburg? Specific art? Although I borrowed Doesburg's terminology to define Su He's abstract painting. In Doesburg's figurative art, symbols and lyricism are removed, and the picture is dynamic with the distortion of pure geometry. This action only touches people's eyes.