Text / Chen Jun
After the work of a day, like all the office workers who work hard, the vast people sea with long hair, wearing jeans, carrying a parcel, the shuttle in the bustling crowd in a hurry, slightly decadent, while looking forward to the head of the bus station, and also do not forget to brush the Micro-blog the bitter youth is me.
The way from the company to home is not far, but every day for ten years to squeeze two times to let me not into pie, but let my bones tough a lot, the compressive capacity is it made like this? Went back home almost 8 p.m., the dinner is still hot, the child also started his game, life is calm and steady, is not rich, but now it’s time to be calm down to paint! 9 o’clock is the time to start on time every day, so every day, never stop painting, this is my art life!
Chen Jun | 《Reflected》| 100×100cm | Buben Propylene Chinese painting pigments | 1998
A few years ago, has been busy living, barely paint, but has not stopped thinking, only for the pursuit of dreams! The brush has accumulated too much emotions need to pour. If you want to ask me ten years ago and now what is the difference in artistic creation, I personally feel that the peace of mind and a deeper understanding of life!
Young frivolous unruly and fearless, but now some more clam and unhurried, as time goes on, many things begin to feel relieved, instead of return to the real self and respect for the heart, less utilitarian, only the art of pure. This attitude can make me calm down to draw some pictures, the completion of each work is a process of practice, this kind of devotion and insistence also let me more deeply into my painting.
Chen Jun |《One of city landscape》| 110×80cm | Rich paper, ink and wash, propylene | 2014
Has been committed to the modern transformation of Chinese painting, based on the modern interpretation of “ink painting”, Chinese painting from the beginning of the century began the process of change, in this modern society, with the development and integration of information and culture, in this multi-cultural context, how contemporary Chinese painting in contemporary, how to maintain the local, in traditional and modern, east and west, how to identify the value of Chinese painting, how to adapt to the new form of traditional features, and how to take into account the characteristics of Chinese painting, etc. these are the problems of the thinking of the art circles.
The corn of the formal expression of traditional Chinese painting is brush and ink, brush and ink in the evolution of nearly a thousand years has formed a set of mature and perfect model, formed some peaks of art, and then follow the old road, Chinese painting difficult to change the old appearance, it is a pressing matter of the moment to the Chinese painting is a new development of brush and ink, in mid 80s Li Xiaoshan proposed “Chinese painting has been a deed end”, and Wu Guanzhong’s art thoughts of “brush and ink equal zero”, that is, the old pattern of Chinese painting can not meet the needs of modern people in the way of expression and aesthetic needs, and the impact of the new trend of art, the contradiction between the conservatives and reformists in the concept of art is increasingly apparent, the concept renewal is not fashionable, not abandon the tradition also, it is the choice of the whole art circles and society group of accepted art, this is also the practical significance of “brush and ink with the times”.
Chen Jun | 《Our life is full of sunshine》| 80×80cm | Buben, Propylene, Chinese painting pigments | 1999
My series is based on the above considerations, some new explorations in language. It makes a lot experiments on the contemporary transformation of traditional ink painting,
Working through the day, I can only finish the work by night, the night is a very important part of my life, I put the most brilliant pursuit of life to the vast darkness, with the long night of contact and dialogue, also let me have more apperception and awareness of the night, unconsciously, there are these “night painting”, “the night scene” is a metaphor of the city symbol, always between the real and false, I think this is the most material and the most spiritual city symbol, for everyone has a different interpretation. I personally tend to critical thinking.
Chen Jun |《Landscape of evolution》| 38×26cm ×8 | Mixed material | 2007
The screen is no longer a rational sense of the “night” is ironic, the glory of the surface can not hide the fragile heart, we are enjoying this “civilization”, and at the same time being confused by the lack of another kind of spirit. At night to show her charm and tenderness of the dead cold building, but its luxury and wealth makes people feel distant, such a situation will not be long, will soon be carrying heavy and chaotic loads. Perhaps the world is too lack of warmth, I do not know is the contradiction of people or social contradictions, let the people willing to indulge in this free illusion, even if it’s just a little comfort and infatuation. The flaunty is behind the nothingness, the moment of glory is the cost of the destruction. The spirit of the heart has not belonged to itself, has long lost the weight suspended in the fog of the color. Is compliance or escape? Let people fall into the vicious cycle can not self solution.
And let it drift with the wind, manye the next stop is your spiritual home. Is this religious fate detached or lost? This so-called values have not been able to judge their own, has long been the “modern civilization” tied. Gradually lost the right to speak, the night continues to burn its last passion, as if to swallow all the dreams in the vast darkness.
The noise was no longer gentle and even some unscrupulous, in the light of the change unpredictably in disguise, and the appearance of noise, under the disguise of solitude, the package is a real heart, the dazzling night lamp warms the exhausted body and mind and burns the fragile heart. Which one is you? The distance came a wandering singer holding the guitar rock with sorrow: who is out of the question so hard! It’s all right answers……wakening from a dream, will return to reality, the reality of the ideal and the reality of the real have long been blurred. All of a sudden feel that the dark night is like a black mirror, every shadow seems real, but it is false!
Late at night, the street light becomes lonely, occasionally pedestrians passing by, leaving only a long shadow. The radio the day listening to his voice and not seen the anchor still repeated spicy taste on the topic chatter without stop, I also express this smoldering city not to mind taking the trouble. Late at night, the outside is very quiet, but very noisy images!......