[Commentary] From Shanghai, Guiyang, Hong Kong, Taipei, Paris to Montreal, from painting and calligraphy Danqing, Yin-Yang Tai Chi, corporate image design to photography.
Liu Rongqian, who has gone through great changes after a famous family, spent most of his life walking between the East and the West, immersed in artistic creation, and became an academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts with the innovative photography art concept of "instantism".
Recently, Liu Rongqian accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency's "East-West Question" in Montreal, sharing his experience in Yihai and talking about the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western art.
Question 1: What is the main idea of "creativeism"?
[Concurrent] Liu Rongqian, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
What is called "instantism", is to use the camera as a paintbrush.
In fact, 90% of my photos, even 95% of my photos, are taken on the automatic file. Shoot at will, but not at will, but at will.
Another (characteristic) of "creativeism" is that it does not seek perfection, and let the viewer complete it with you.
"Tao" and "Skill" are a balance
At a certain level, when you have too many "daos", you need "skills", that is, you just want to express one thing, and you have to be a little skilled in grasping this thing. It's "dead" out, so you need something a little emotional too.
Question 2: How does the course "Tai Chi Methodology" help students understand themselves and the world?
[Concurrent] Liu Rongqian, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
I always teach them to stand, people must have a center point, their own center point, how to find your own center point, Taijiquan says "holding the ball", standing on the pile to "hold the ball".
When you "hold the ball", the circle is in this place, your center point is here, outside your body, how can you stand firm?
Until you tell him, instead of holding the circle, you can use this method to move the center point of this place into your own body, and use what you think and what to think. Once you think about it, you will become righteous.
That's why I said, after you have grasped the center of yourself, you will be stable, and you can just do your work.
I have a student who is (in) psychology. When I talked to him about Taijiquan, he said, "It's very useful to me!"
Question 3: What are the differences in the background of cultural thinking in the field of Chinese and Western art creation?
[Concurrent] Liu Rongqian, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
We have something that has been passed down. Our culture has a long history, and the foreign culture is foreign. Except for a few regions, the culture has not been as long as Canada, so it has not been affected so much, and they have a lot of room to play.
The mind of a foreigner is a "semi-circular" mind, he never has the concept of "back", China is a "circle" concept, so we have something taught by my parents and given to me by my ancestor's religion in the "back" ( Things), so we are very balanced, China (people) is balanced, but progress is very slow, and there is no such broad horizon to create.
We (some people) are very proud and say "I'm a room-entry disciple", but as soon as you "enter the room", you're "finished", you are framed, especially those who are interested in art like us, we The absorption power of the eyes, the absorption power of the eyes (yes) is very strong, and the vision is very strong, so when you often see things and see a lot, you will naturally be affected by it.
If (we) do it with sincerity, it is actually a self-portrait in the end.
Question 4: What are the similarities between Chinese and Western art?
[Concurrent] Liu Rongqian, Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Is there something in common between Chinese and Western art?
Yes, because people love beauty, and beauty is seen from the inside of the head, holding the eyes, that is, people have a basic sense of insecurity, so I believe that beautiful things give people a sense of security, that is, they feel comfortable when they look at them. .
Then because of the difference in your environment, in each different region, etc., the aesthetic things are not the same.
Art is a language. (I) always thought that what we were talking about was "Esperanto". However, "Esperanto" must have a local accent to be attractive. After all, China and the West have something in common, but in form Not quite the same.
Chinese and Western cultures speak "world languages". If you speak "local dialects" with a lot of "foreign languages" in the middle, it is not a real "esperanto".
(Reported by Yu Ruidong and Li Jiali)
Responsible editor: [Wang Kai]