Chinese Artistic Character——Zhang ShangGuo

来源：联合早报中文网作者：邵湖心更新时间：2021-09-07 14:43:05阅读：

本篇文章16474字，读完约41分钟

Carry forward the art of Chinese painting and calligraphy, carry forward the Chinese spirit, present the image of Chinese painting and calligraphy to the world, and show the dialogue and exchanges between Chinese artists and international culture.

In order to allow foreign art lovers and collectors to have a deeper understanding of Chinese traditional culture and art, New Media has specially planned this art topic, which is pided into two versions in Chinese and English. This event was recommended by the Singapore Academy of Arts and Singapore Lianhe Zaobao. I believe this special topic will make Chinese painting and calligraphy a wave of art overseas!

Art resume

Zhang shangguo, male, pseudonym Songshi, born in Jiming mountain, leader of Shangshu hall, was born in Wushan, suixian County, Suizhou City, in May 1959, the hometown of Shennong, Emperor Yan and the hometown of chime bells and ancient music.

At present, he is a calligrapher and painter of the Chinese Academy of painting and calligraphy, the art center of the Ministry of culture and tourism, a doctoral supervisor of the Oxford Academy of art, a member of the Hubei Calligrapher Association, the Chinese couplet society, a member of the calligrapher and painter Working Committee of the new literature and art group of the Chinese calligrapher and painter Association, and a member of the Art Committee of the China International Federation of literary and art circles, Member of the artists working committee of China Association for the promotion of corporate culture and executive director of China international literature and Artists Association.

He has loved calligraphy, painting, seal cutting and photography since childhood. He is especially good at calligraphy, painting and seal cutting. He mainly focuses on calligraphy. He has learned from others and is able to learn from others. His works not only inherit tradition, but also innovate and have personal characteristics. He believes that learning books focuses on understanding. Those who learn from me die and those who rebel against me live. Because of his solid artistic skills, full of confidence, he is familiar with all kinds of calligraphy, coupled with the solemnity of regular script, the fluency of cursive script, the strength of official script and the antiquity of seal script; Therefore, he can use a variety of rich and varied writing techniques to win with vigour, simplicity and clumsiness, beauty without state and unprepared, beauty without beauty, and form a personal artistic style of elegance, flexibility, both form and spirit, and ups and downs. His works have been exhibited in calligraphy and painting exhibitions at home and abroad for many times, and won the first, second, third, high-quality award, excellent award and calligraphy Saint gold award respectively.

▲Appreciation of Mr.Huang MingYun's works

In 2013, he was awarded the "gold" award and the honorary title of "lifetime achievement award of Chinese manned space calligraphy artist" in the successful public welfare calligraphy and painting exhibition of Yingshen 10 manned space flight. In the same year, he was selected into the large album of Chinese contemporary calligraphy and painting masters, the teaching model of Chinese art colleges and universities, and was awarded the leading figure in the calligraphy and painting industry of "pride of Chinese calligraphy and painting art" and "Chinese dream" by the most authoritative online media such as Chinese enterprise reports, CCTV and people's network.

In 2014, he was selected as a famous Chinese calligrapher and painter to give gifts to the national two sessions. In the same year, he was awarded the "chime bell literature and Art Award and top talent" by Suizhou government and Publicity Department. His works have been exhibited and collected in Japan, the United States, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other countries and regions.

In June 2017, the work was strictly selected and honored as China International News Journal, and Shao Huaze, former member of the CPC Central Committee and former president of the people's daily; Fan Zeng, a famous calligrapher and painter《 Starring in the film Yue Fei: Shi Xiaolong and Yin Feier, an internationally influential star of China International News magazine, were published in the political Journal of China International News.

In June 2018, it was honored in the art horizon of world knowledge pictorial, which is in charge of the Ministry of foreign affairs, and ranked on the front page together with front-line artists Shen Peng, Liu Wenxi, he Jiaying, Wang Xijing, fan Dean and Han Tianheng. In November of the same year, he was honored into the art exhibition "the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up" held by the art center of the former Ministry of culture.

In January 2019, he was honored as "China's first-line calligrapher" and "national cultural inheritance and innovation contribution award for national representatives of poetry, calligraphy and painting". In June of the same year, the jury composed of four chairmen of China Calligraphy Association and Art Association: Shen Peng, Zhang Hai, fan Dean and Su Shishu was strictly selected and reviewed. It won the "special prize" of China's top calligraphy and painting masters competition held by the art channel of China network information station, and will tour the world.

In September 2020, he won the honorary title of "lifelong achievement of Chinese folk literature and art" (the highest award of Chinese folk literature and Art).

In April 2021, he was honored in the UN daily news, high-end dialogue "covenant of world civilization" - Zhang shangguo.

His works and biographies include the Centennial classics, the complete collection of Chinese calligraphers, the Yearbook of Chinese calligraphy edited by the China Calligraphy Association, the proud son of the Republic, the world's talents, art China, the glorious years, the sea of words of the world's figures, the world's who's who, and moving Chinese artistic figures, A collection of works published by the Central Literature Publishing House, such as the monument to a powerful country, the Great Renaissance, a generation of famous artists, masters of Chinese contemporary art, the backbone of China, famous Chinese Calligraphers and painters in the 20th century, the dictionary of world contemporary calligraphers and painters, the dictionary of calligraphers and painters on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the inscription of celebrities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the recommendation and purchase of Chinese national rites 。

Without personality, there is no art.

▲Appreciation of Mr.Huang MingYun's works

Comments on Zhang shangguo's calligraphy by social and art experts：

Ouyang Zhongshi

1. The fine calligrapher Zhang shangguo's works give people a sudden sense of openness. He has an old way of using his pen, is hard-working and rigorous, has a sharp brush edge and covers a wide range of subjects. He has high attainments in a variety of different writing techniques. His works are of great personal style and flavor of the times. They are rare excellent calligraphy works in China

2. "Appreciation of reading Zhang shangguo's works: Mr. Zhang shangguo is rooted in the grass-roots level and has long been familiar with his calligraphy works. His calligraphy works have made great progress, his pen is ingenious, and gathers flexibility and harmony. His word" China "reflects the style of" great show, elegance, atmosphere, beauty and ". His lines are flowing and indulgent, with high aesthetic value, and is quite a contemporary everyone. The pen is generous and excellent. His artistic attainments not only absorb the essence of traditional theory and practice, but also create his own artistic style, worthy of the title of national ceremony artist.

Comments by Shao Huaze: (former member of the CPC Central Committee and President of the people's daily)

"Mr. Zhang shangguo's works: profound theoretical foundation of calligraphy, good Chinese character writing skills, excellent artistic moral realm and artistic style are reflected. All styles can be used. From the perspective of brushwork, ink use and composition layout, the density is appropriate, the thickness is compatible, the brushwork is strong and the density is appropriate. The works are of great collection value.

Cai Guosheng (a famous CCTV expert in treasure identification and cultural relic identification) wrote an award speech for the winner Zhang shangguo:

"As a well-known master of calligraphy at the grass-roots level in China, your persistent pursuit of calligraphy and tenacious fighting spirit have demonstrated a wonderful artistic life, displayed the image of Chinese calligraphers in the art world, and opened a window for the world to understand Chinese culture. As a public figure, your feelings for the country and love for the society affect others, It inspires people's confidence and conveys the warmth between people when they need it most.

Shen Peng, judge of 2018 "new era" calligraphy and painting image ambassador and consultant of China Calligraphy Association (former chairman of China Calligraphy Association), commented:

The structure is steady, dignified, vigorous, smooth and natural, with hidden bones and tendons, full of literary talent and high artistic value. It can be seen from the works that the author has accumulated a lot of cultural cultivation. While inheriting the excellent national tradition, the works contain personal feelings and thoughts, so that the quintessence art presents a fresh form and strong vitality, It has high artistic value, inheritance and promotion value and industrial value!

▲Appreciation of Mr.Huang MingYun's works

The world of honest writing has rhyme and good artistic conception of Shi Runmo's mind

（Zhang shangguo's art review）

Calligrapher Zhang shangguo wrote on the surface of Xuan, actually writing between heaven and earth. His calligraphy is based on heaven and earth, pleasing to the eyes with form and moving with rhyme. Each piece is a fine work expressing his feelings according to the book.

The book "dragon" can best reflect the charm of heaven and earth. Most calligraphers pay attention to a large amount of black ink, but they don't have to be careful. Zhang shangguo's book "dragon" is based on a large amount of gray ink and is skilled in detailed conception. Therefore, you can see that his list Book Dragon characters are flying white and leaving silk, like a dragon rising into the clouds. This is a dexterity that many calligraphers can't show with big ink. It can make the big ink fly and hook the silk like clouds, which shows that Zhang shangguo has strong control over the pen and ink. Even if it is made from the list, it can be meticulous and produce beauty, with great dragon rhyme.

Mirror Book Taishan sunrise is the literati's mind with the same rhyme. The strokes are correct, and the Taishan Mountain is towering. Ink has brilliance, sunrise rises rhyme. Although it is a dark sunrise, it is a long rising sun and Oriental red temperament. Ink has a warm environment, which is the artistic accomplishment of painstaking efforts to become ink and color. It can be seen that Zhang shangguo's artistic mood and heart products are different from ordinary customs. In addition, there is a calligraphy work of the same quality and the rhyme of heaven and earth, the Oriental Sunrise is natural. The couplets are arched into a circle, the middle is inscribed into a square, and the square and the circle are combined to show heaven and earth. The implication is light and very leisurely.

When it comes to the way of nature, this sentence is not only Zhang shangguo's pen and ink, but also the artistic way he adheres to in his heart. You see his book God helps those who help themselves. The book is the essence of nature. It takes the essence of calligraphy, seal and meaning, and rhyme. It combines the four words of the body and the body, and writes the natural characters to the best. If there is no natural lightness of Taoism, there will be a natural fusion environment. Zhang Shangguo, because all books are all written, and all books are refined, so that the essence of every body can be retrieved. In addition, there are four screens in "sleep in spring without dawn", including regular script, grass, official script and seal script. Each screen integrates various styles and rhymes, dialectical unity and colorful artistic conception.

Because it can be formed naturally, Zhang shangguo's calligraphy creation is characterized by natural beauty, honesty and beauty, soft pen and ink. It is by no means a praise.

For example, the work "the bright moon shines on the clear spring and the upper stream of stone among the pines" is composed of two beautiful poems in running script. It takes regular script as the bone and Li ink as the meaning. It is high, ancient and upright, but beautiful and fashionable. In the middle of the two couplets, Zhang shangguo created a new path of composition, with Zhang Cao's calligraphy and ink spirit. On the premise of strictly abiding by the Dharma, he was also extremely free. The meaning of the calligraphy is between the pine and majestic, with temperament and charm. It has become a successful model of Zhang shangguo's pioneering calligraphy creation and a new achievement full of artistic and cultural value.

Zhang shangguo's original calligraphy I / 1a, in addition to testimonies, there is Lixin. Zhang shangguo's calligraphy innovation is not to break the old laws and then make a new one, but to innovate the quality based on inheritance. Therefore, his innovative works have made a clear distinction from ugly calligraphy and become a responsible and responsible calligraphy artist.

For example, in the work of harmony, a large number of calligraphy and seal characters are combined into a painting environment, which combines the knife cutting original juice of the seal script, and breaks through the restriction that the seal script is only text, not graphics. There are strokes in the painting, there are paintings in the stroke, and the pen and ink into a book also into a painting. Harmony becomes wisdom and beauty in the world.

On the side of he character, the running script "people are diligent, spring comes early, family and everything prospers" is written in seal script. The structure is arbitrary and very vivid. It forms an interesting contrast with he character, and the sketch system has a great artistic conception.

He is honest in writing, has rhyme on the ground, and is good at moistening ink, mind and artistic conception. Zhang shangguo made great achievements in calligraphy by diligent cultivation. He integrated all forms into exquisite calligraphy works, which gathered into a new trend in the current calligraphy world, fresh, strange and beautiful.