Being a famous artist for art, You Xiaolin "dialogue" with the ancient Shu people with paintings

Cover Journalist Yang Fan

On the afternoon of June 19th, Gu Shu painting representative and famous painter You Xiaolin visited the "Classic Art Masters forum". The title of "Ancient Shu Civilization and Tianfu Culture" explored the unique charm of ancient Shu culture through a unique perspective of an artist. He also combined his Sanxingdui theme oil painting works to lead the audience into the spiritual world of the ancient Shu people.

In his early years, You Xiaolin graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. For 20 years, he has been committed to showing the glory of the ancient Shu civilization in the form of oil painting. The cultural relics unearthed from the Sanxingdui site and the Jinsha site have given him a lot of inspiration. You Xiaolin believes that the inner tradition and distant past of human beings are a firm system. He uses paintings to "talk" with the ancient Shu people and then open the door to his artistic creation.

In the long run to go to Sanxingdui and the Sands Museum to learn artistic nutrients and ask relevant experts to ask for advice, You Xiaolin discovered that the core point of ancient Shu culture is the astronomical consciousness of the ancient Shu people. "This view of the universe is the supreme state of ancient Shu culture. The ancient Shu people believed that the rise and landing of the sun was carried by the birds, and the birds were the messenger connected to the heavens and the earth. It shows that the bird worship of the ancient Shu people has reached a considerable level. Therefore, to study and depict ancient Shu culture, we must study the bird culture and bird worship in depth. "

To this end, You Xiaolin found his own unique painting language and creative direction. Not only is he a bronze mask, but the godbird of Samsung Dou has also become one of his painting themes. You Xiaolin has created "Samsung Ding Soul Series", "Golden Sand Dream Series", "Ancient Shu Song · Sun Sacrifice Series", "Qi Yun Huazhang Series", "Hanfeng Shu Yun Series", "God Bird Nirvana Series", "Silk Road Finding Series" Wait. From Sanxingdui to Sands, from silkworm clusters, fish tadpoles to Shu Han, to the Southern Silk Road, his works show the continuous development trajectory of ancient Shu civilization, and the distant mood of the diversity of Chinese civilization.

You Xiaolin said: "Our ancestors have created a brilliant history, including deep philosophy and aesthetic thoughts. My continuous learning in the past 20 years is to conduct in -depth exploration on the road of oil painting, rooted in Chinese philosophy , Aesthetics, regards archeological results and historical legends as souls, unique personal painting art language as an expression form, with personal painting language combined with magical realism and symbolism, tells the great history of the Chinese nation, tells the endless story of Chinese civilization ","

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