Raki: Growing freely like a weeds ｜ Entering the famous studio ⑱

"Lingnan Art Studio"

Report from the Mergeon Cyrough 系

Text/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter Zhu Shaojietu, Video/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter literary and art Gan Zhuoran

【Enter the studio】

"I came from grassroots." When asked why we had long -term weeds as the creative object, Luoqi, deputy dean of the Guangzhou Academy of Painting and Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Academy of Arts, blurted out.

Rocky's studio is located in the Guangzhou Literature and Art Creation Center. It is located in the geographical center circle of Guangzhou University Town. Lakes and mountains and forests can be seen everywhere.

More than a year ago, Luoqi was transferred from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts to the Guangzhou Academy of Painting. On the side of the corridor full of vines and vegetation, Roach opened the studio's door with a smile.

Roach's studio

Mark: Smile and "Rochi Gray"

"If there is no special arrangement, I will hardly leave Komatsu." Luoqi said that he stayed in the studio for 12 hours every day, from eight or nine in the morning to 8:00 pm.

From the time of studying, Luoqi is a diligent and quiet person. He lives in the studio, dining room, and dormitory room for the year. "I am almost the same now." He said, since I came to the painting academy, "there may be one more point, go to the meeting."

Studio

This studio looks a bit messy, showing its owner's casual character. The color of the studio is basically black and white and gray, and it seems that it should be monotonous with the life of Roqi. He uses a large amount of gray in paintings, and even has the reputation of "Rocky Gray", which has become an impressive identification in the painting world.

"I like gray. Gray is a kind of pure, peaceful, and a kind of accommodation. It exists here quietly and keeps distance from you. You can talk slowly with it. I won't hurt you. "

Luoqi in the interview

During the relationship with people, when starting and ending his speech, Roach often uses smiles as a logo. “过去，总想着要做一些大事情，但现在我能按自己内心的要求去创作一些东西了。”罗奇说他最近迎来了一个新阶段，心态平和一些，创作更沉淀，某种"Internal consumption" seems to have healed.

Stay away from the hustle and bustle, reflect on the status quo

On the wall of the studio, the master's work was filled in an orderly manner. Luoqi reviewed his creative process and did not hide his inner edge: "When he was young, he should draw a strong painting; when the body and spirit are mature, and the state is better, you must tend to reflect on life. Through it Artistic expression on social issues. "

The paintings on the wall are basically done after moving into the studio

Over the years, his creation can be roughly divided into two types of themes: one is a character, and most of the characters are placed in the barren jungle or outskirts, showing a kind of refreshment look; , Laoyan, but silent and quiet.

And what can best reflect his aspirations and thoughts is the portrait of modern scholars in the "Learning of the Forest" -s -this conforms to Luoqi's academic interest, and at the same time, he is very consistent with the prudent character that is away from him and reflecting on the status quo.

"What a clean water" 60cmx90cm 2012

The book "Modern Xuelin Point Record" by scholar Hu Wenhui, Luo Qi thought of the masterpiece of the Ming Dynasty painter Chen Hongzhang "Water Margin Leaf", and began the creation of "Scholars' Leaf" series.

Later, in his creative feelings, he wrote: "History is an endless wine order, a card. History characters are the cards on the table, a fog that is away and drifting, and will never be solved. . Each card is extremely important. In the past, playing today, playing today, in the future, a card that can never end. "

Critics Yang Xiaoyan commented on Richi, saying that his energy was mainly on the attempt to grasp the spiritual temperament depicting the object, and strived to make the characters' corresponding positioning in history, or contained some kind of "subversive subversion in the inside "".

"Xuelin Leaf · Xiong Shili" 245cmx80cm 2011

"Cross" back to hero history

Over the years, the creation of the Republic of China's studies has continued. On the wall of the studio, he hung his newly drawn Lingnan Painting Master to live and live in the nest, and the portrait of the two people, with a larger portrait portrait between the two, with an unknown blacksmith as the main character.

Portrait paintings on the wall

Luoqi cares about the wonderfulness of the individual, he cares about "this individual".

Rock's paintings for characters are not limited to the so -called celebrities. In 2016, in order to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers and Peasants, he completed the theme creation oil painting "Grass Metro Stream" and reproduced the typical image and tragic scene of the Red Army's Long March.

Luoqi also explored the importance of revolutionary history and spirit to the current significance to the present through the back of the Red Army.

"Grass Metro Stream" 300cmx800cm 2016

In the prospect of the picture, it can be seen that the object that Luoqi has explored for many years, weeds. He believes that it is countless individuals who are unknown and tenacious like weeds, creating the history of heroes.

Luoqi said that in some great historical paintings, creators will secretly hide their portraits. In this large -scale oil painting "Grass Metro Stream", the picture is full of back, but Luoqi made a "spiritual Xiaoyao Tour" in the back -and -gradually backs, and implanted himself in the right side of the back. On the old Red Army, "crossing" back to this grass subway flow. "Walking on the ground" 109cmx217cm 2010

【Art Talk】

Every painting has my own shadow

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Yangcheng Evening News: Why do you continue to use weeds as the theme for many years? What kind of development has recently developed?

Rock: In the past, weeds were mostly embellished as painting composition. There were almost no people who painted it, but I hope to use it as a special object of observation. The theme of weeds is of great significance to my personal creation. It is especially suitable for me and is a spiritual home that I want to express in a sense.

First of all, I came from grassroots, and I have some kind of intimacy with the common and unknown weeds. In the face of it, I will feel particularly quiet, just like observing myself. The wild grass, that is, a state of free growth, is also the state I yearn for pursuit, which gives me a lot of room to play.

Now I continue to expand the weed series from the language skills and performance content of the picture. Especially in more than a year from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts to Guangzhou Painting Academy, I have more time to observe and create in my professionalism, and also conduct some experimental exploration.

For the weed series, I will pay more attention to details in the past, and now I have relaxed it. I experimented with a variety of materials. On the basis of the original basis, it was combined with propylene, paint and other materials to make the picture form an accidental effect to increase the imagination space of the work.

"Xuelin Leaf · Wang Guowei" 245cmx80cm 2010

▶▶ Spiritual Homeland

Yangcheng Evening News: In addition to the weed series, your modern scholars series lasted for many years. Your two main subjects seem to have one thing in common, both pointing to the "spiritual home"?

Rich: Right. The original intention of the "Scholar Leaf" series was very simple. At that time, Mr. Yang Xiaoyan recommended me to scholar Hu Wenhui's "Modern Xuelin Point Record". Through reading and thinking, I found that this is a great subject, and then depicts it. Through the portrait of oil painting, the evaluation of scholars is visually visualized. In my opinion, intellectuals are not only learned, but also to have cultural and social responsibility. Modern people can bring us a lot of inspiration.

I mainly focus on oil painting creation. Oil painting is a foreign art medium. Creators especially need to pay attention to exploring the modernity of oil painting, explore how to combine with the spirit of Chinese culture, and then develop their true independent artistic language and cultural style. Essence

I have always hoped that my creation can make breakthroughs in this direction. Personally, painting is a means and a purpose. I hope that I will adhere to a relatively pure spirit and heart through creation.

Yangcheng Evening News: Some comments say that your creation is "just self -portrait", what do you think?

Luoqi: Yes, no matter how hard any artist, he can't escape the "self -portrait". What the picture and creation is expressing is often expressing the painter himself. In fact, it is his inner conveying, so every painting is actually my own shadow -maybe it is to tell a certain story of his own, or it may be an expression. Some kind of emotions in the heart may also be an interpretation of a certain judgment on the current status of culture and the status of social development.

"Be sure to repair the Huaihe River" 3mx5.8m 2021

▶ 【black and white between black and white

Yangcheng Evening News: You are particularly noticeable for the application of gray and green. Is this because of some kind of personal reasons?

Rock: It really has something to do with my personal personality. Gray is the color I studied and applied in the early days. At that time, everyone was particularly concerned about how the work attracted attention at the exhibition. I felt that the color that compared with clear comparisons could play a pioneering effect. But I am more embarrassed and want to do it.

In fact, gray originally existed in this world, and it is between black and white and cannot be ignored. I prefer gray, and gray is the color that is extremely harmonious. It hides the original appearance of color and will not be aggressive.

Green is a color that is difficult to control and has some regional characteristics. For example, some northern painters are not very able to get started with green applications, but even if the southern painter feels green everywhere, how to distinguish the level of green between green, how to distinguish the level of green, how to distinguish the level of green, how to distinguish the level of green, how to distinguish the level of green, how to distinguish the level of green, how to distinguish the level of green. It is also very challenging.

"Dear, Waiting in Endless Long River" 109cmx217cm 2012

▶▶ Long title

Yangcheng Evening News: On the title of the work, you seem to be different from many peers, emphasizing some kind of poetry, such as "We grow a few vegetables on the other side", "My sad craftsmanship can no longer be blend with life" Wait ... how do you consider this?

Luoqi: When I was studying, contemporary art was very popular. Many artists took the title to their works, such as No. 1, No. 1, and even the problem.

In their opinion, after the completion of art creation, it has nothing to do with the artist. When the work appears in the art museum, its significance is given to the audience to enrich. The creators do not need to express too much, let alone interfere with the audience.

Of course, this view is certain, but I was more opposed at that time. I think the artist must have their own ideas and emotions when creating. How the audience understands and explains that the work is the audience, but what the artist thinks can be expressed clearly. So I take some poetic and particularly long titles, which is also for fun. For example, "My sad craftsmanship can no longer blend with life" is to express the problem that I have not been able to solve -artistic things, perhaps always in the entire social chain.

August 21, 2022 Yangcheng Evening News A7 Report

【Introduction】

Roki, born in Hunan in 1975, graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. He is currently the vice president of Guangzhou Academy of Painting, a professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and vice chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association.

The work "Everyone's scattered and hastily disappeared" in 2010 won the Gold Award of the Fourth Contemporary Oil Painting Art Exhibition in Guangdong Province. "Repairing the Huaihe River" was selected in 2021 "Do not forget the original intention, continue to advance -continue to move forward in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China".

General Planning: Du Chuangui Lin Haili

Presidential Capital: Sun Aiqun Chen Qiaosheng

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Cooperation unit: Guangdong Academy of Arts, Guangdong Academy of Arts, Guangdong Academy of Arts, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou Sculpture Institute

Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School

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School Division | Gui Qing

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