fringe artist

Chapter 228 226. Chen Li'an: I don't want to be a typical example!

The hot summer and the sultry weather made everyone feel irritable, but when they stepped into the exhibition hall, they seemed to feel the cold wind blowing from the distant snow-capped mountains, instantly dispelling all the heat in their hearts.

In the center of the exhibition hall, Chen Li'an is introducing the theme of this film festival to everyone.

"In a busy modern society, everyone is busy surviving, and staggers forward under the pressure of the times. Every corner of our lives is filled with daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, fame and fortune. How long have we not stopped to examine our to see the poetry and the distance in my heart”

Amidst the ethereal sound of the prayer wheel, Chen Li'an's words seemed to come from the sound of pious chanting in the sky.Chen Li'an's line ability has always been very good. Under his narration, everyone's heart became calm, and under the reflection of "Snow Mountain", they became peaceful and pure.

In the corner of the exhibition hall, Director Yang felt the coolness brought by the breeze, and couldn't help smiling when he saw Chen Li'an's "magic stick" speech.

Artists are often no different from magic sticks.

Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an adoringly, turned to director Yang and said, "Mr. Yang, is this film festival a success?"

Curator Yang said with a smile: "Can it not be successful? This kid has mastered all the visual, auditory, and tactile senses. I think that art in the future will really become a variety of media."

Hearing Director Yang's words, Li Dabai couldn't help laughing, he was proud of Chen Li'an, and also thankful that he could be his assistant.

Among the crowd in the exhibition hall, several reporters kept taking pictures of Chen Li'an with their cameras to record this film exhibition.

Such a unique exhibition method made these reporters who are used to art exhibitions feel novel and unique.

It seems that every new work of Chen Li'an will be presented in a different way, always at the forefront of artistic development, breaking the tradition again and again.

There are many people who have the same feeling, and even many artists are thinking about this new way of Chen Li'an.

The form and carrier of art seem to be no longer a single color and canvas, nor a photo. From Chen Li’an’s award-winning Jiangnan-themed oil painting to the last installation art, these artists have seen him break through little by little. Traditional limitations.

Some people like this way, and some people don't like it. They think that Chen Li'an is playing tricks.

However, such a voice is insignificant in the many recognitions and praises. The above needs a model to represent the restless young artists, someone to guide this group of people, and a model to break the public's demonization of art.

In Beijing last year, several performance art activities with great influence took place. Eleven naked young men and women used their bodies to increase the height of an unknown mountain by one meter.

This caused a great sensation at the time. In addition, many domestic performance artists were influenced by the Western avant-garde, and the performance art they played became more and more perverted and extreme.

Naked body can no longer satisfy many extreme artists, they even began to cut flesh, eat people, feed people oil, play with corpses and other radical behaviors.

They constantly challenge the physical limits of artists, and also constantly impact the public's perception of art.

This kind of influence is extremely bad, because most people create for the purpose of gaining attention.

Especially after Chen Li'an and several artists made installation art this year, there was even a word spread in the circle.

"If the painting is not good enough, we will make installations; if the installation is not good enough, we will make performance art."

It can be seen that its bad influence has reached the point where people in the circle cannot bear it, let alone the public's opinion on it.

200 was an extremely extraordinary year, the TH crisis, nearly [-] million social security cases, the ensuing second crackdown, the promotion of the comprehensive gun ban law, the failure of the Yangtze River Space Rocket, the Three Gorges million immigrant, Thousands of workers are laid off and so on.

Almost every labor pain will touch some people's nerves, and those who are most likely to be touched are those engaged in art and literature.

The throes of social change have been revealed bloodily this year, so that many people have become confused and acted aggressively in such throes.

At such a time, Chen Li'an's film festival is like a ray of warm sunshine in winter, forming a strong contrast with those restless and radical performance art.

Who doesn't like such an artist.

The reporters in the exhibition hall recorded the significance of this film exhibition, and some artists who played video art even held up their cameras to record this film exhibition.

Perhaps in a decade or so, Chen Li'an's series of artistic performances will become an important symbol of the development of Chinese contemporary art.

Of course, it takes time to verify, the development of art is always elusive, and use will give you a big turn when you don't expect it.

After the film festival ended that day, Chen Li'an accepted an interview as usual, talking about his understanding of performance art.

Chen Li'an has always been cautious about art cognition and speech, not because he is afraid of saying deviant words, but because he thinks that many of his understandings are superficial.

Art has different understandings and cognitions in everyone's heart. Chen Li'an will not advocate his own ideas, nor does he want to portray himself as an art master.

However, Chen Li'an's cautious speech still made these reporters like it. There are too many young artists who act aggressively and recklessly.

Always break through in your own works, rather than break through the confinement and break the rules in your own speech and behavior.

After more than an hour of interviews, Chen Li'an and Li Dabai came out of the National Art Museum of China.

Looking at the darkened sky, Chen Li'an touched his stomach and said, "I'm hungry, I want to eat braised noodles."

"To Jinyang Restaurant?" Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "I don't want to go out to eat."

go home to eat?That is to do it by yourself. Li Dabai is not very confident in his craftsmanship. Home cooking is okay, but he is really not good at making stewed noodles.

Chen Li'an looked at Li Dabai's unconfident expression and said, "Send me to Zhushikou, and I'll find my master for dinner."

"Oh, okay." Li Dabai breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

Ten minutes later, Chen Li'an returned to Zhushikou and returned to the courtyard where he grew up. He greeted the elders and aunts in the courtyard, and went straight to Uncle Qi's room. As soon as he opened the curtain and entered, he could smell the smell of three delicacies.

"Master, your cooking skills are getting better and better. Just smelling it makes me hungry." Chen Li'an walked in with a playful smile, looked at Uncle Qi who was eating noodles, and took a bowl to scoop some noodles into the pot without hesitation. Bowl of noodles.

Uncle Qi glanced at him and ignored him. He waited until Chen Li'an poured brine on the noodles before asking, "How come you have the time to come back today?"

"I miss you." Chen Li'an licked his lips contentedly after taking a big mouthful of noodles, looked at Uncle Qi and said, "I've been too busy recently, so I haven't had time to come here. I'll come and see you if I'm not busy today."

Uncle Qi looked at Chen Li'an with a hint of fatigue between his brows, and got up without saying anything and went to eat another pot of noodles.

Chen Li'an watched the white noodles go into the pot, he chuckled, and sped up the speed of eating the noodles.

After more than 20 minutes, Chen Li'an, who had eaten three bowls of noodles, leaned comfortably on the chair, looked at Uncle Qi who was smoking and said, "Master, what have you been up to recently? Are you making progress with Aunt Wang?"

Uncle Qi glanced at Chen Li'an before saying, "Recently, the streets say that guns will be confiscated. I've been going door-to-door to do the counting for the past two days."

Chen Li'an hummed and suddenly sat up and said, "Master, I seem to have an earthen gun at home."

"I've handed it in."

"You are still reliable! A family with an old man is like a treasure!"

"I'm really old, and I don't know when I will be able to hold my grandson. The grandson next door will be soy sauce."

"Hurry up, I'll bring you two back in a few months."

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Uncle Qi looked at Chen Li'an in a daze and was speechless, paused his hand holding the cigarette bag, looked at him and asked, "You won't make the little girl's stomach big, right? When are you going to get married? Is it Bai Qing?"

Chen Li'an coughed unnaturally, pretended to stand up and stretched his waist, and said, "Well, I'm not planning to get married. I'll show you when the baby is born, and I'll leave first if I have something else to do!"

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he ran away. Uncle Qi was stunned in the room for a moment before he came to his senses. He couldn't help cursing: "Little bastard! If you do such a nonsense thing, you will have to be arrested and shot before now!"

It's a pity that Chen Li'an has run out of the yard and can't hear it anymore, but this year's crackdown is different from last time. Chen Li'an's strenuous behavior is a matter of style, not illegal!

Chen Li'an, who was full of food and drink, wandered aimlessly in the night. During this time, he was either busy with filming or flirting with the girls, so he was really tired.

It has been a long time since Chen Li'an wandered around alone. For a while, Chen Li'an's schedule is full, so there is not much time for leisurely time alone.

After wandering around in the night for more than half an hour, Chen Li'an returned to his home, took a shower and went to sleep.

In the next few days, Chen Li'an's film exhibition continued, but his name once again became the focus in the art circle.

There are very few artists who can frequently appear in magazines and newspapers like Chen Li'an, and some extreme artists even dismiss Chen Li'an secretly, thinking that he is just a stinker.

It is not known how much of this kind of slander was envy, jealousy and hatred, and Chen Li'an didn't have time to argue with those people.

However, this kind of voice soon subsided. Both China Photography and Popular Photography reported on Chen Li'an's film exhibition, and the leaders of the Photographic Association even praised Chen Li'an by name.

The chairman and vice-chairman of the Photography Association have spoken, and those gossiping people dare not speak up, even Chen Li'an, who has been praised, dare not speak up.

These days, the water in the traditional literary and art associations is too deep, and there are too many bosses. Whether it is the Artists Association, the Writers Association, the Photography Association, or the Dramatists Association, there are all big bosses gathered, and many of them are old-timers among the old-timers.

In comparison, the Film Association seems to be very unclassified, not of the same order at all.

Director Yang even tricked Chen Li'an into taking this opportunity to join the Photography Association, but Chen Li'an refused without even thinking about it.

It's not bad for me to go to the Film Association for my little arms and legs, so let's forget about going to the Film Association.

The vice-chairman is too powerful. A young man with a problematic style like Chen Li'an should not get in front of him.

But after such an experience, Chen Li'an seemed to have been stamped in the domestic literary and art circles, focusing on Miao Hong!
Based on this point, Chen Li'an is not yet considered, but Miao Hong.

Chen Li'an has kept a low profile these past few days. He just showed his face at the film festival and ran away every day. Director Wang specifically asked him to enter the Artists Association, so the Photography Association forgot it.

Everywhere I go, people call me Teacher Chen Li'an, and if it wasn't for my young age, people would call me Master.

What made Chen Li'an feel helpless the most was that when he went to the Red River Valley crew, everyone looked at him with strange eyes.

He used to be called Li'an affectionately, but now he is called Mr. Chen. Even when he met other colleagues who came to the film crew to promote the movie, they were polite when they met Chen Li'an.

Those who didn't know thought that Chen Li'an was a big shot in the entertainment circle, Chen Li'an was really a bit baffled, wasn't he just being exaggerated, as for such an exaggeration?

Chen Li'an felt like an ancient literati who was favored by the royal family, and his status was raised a little too fast.

At the backstage of the movie theater where the movie was being screened, Feng Xiaoning looked at Chen Li'an enviously and said, "It's because you guys are good at art!"

"Director Feng, what you said is that movies are also art." Chen Li'an said with a smile.

Feng Xiaoning shrugged his shoulders and said, "Come on, in the world of literature and art, movies are at the bottom, not as high as dancing and singing."

"That's over, it's not as exaggerated as you said." Chen Li'an looked at Feng Xiaoning and said, "It's just that the higher authorities don't pay the same level of attention now, you can look at it in a few years."

It is true that film and television has little reputation in the literary and art world, but it will be very important in the future, which cannot be denied.

Feng Xiaoning lit a cigarette and looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Why didn't you join the Photographic Association? The one above likes your work, why don't you go to pay homage to the mountain?"

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "There's no need for a small person like us, just do your own art honestly."

"You can think about it, I don't know how many people envy you behind your back." Feng Xiaoning took a puff of cigarette and said, "I fucking envy you."

Chen Li'an couldn't help but smiled and said: "I still envy you, don't mention this, just keep running the promotion, I can wait for the movie to be released and become a hit."

Feng Xiaoning couldn't help but said, "You're not popular yet!"

"This red is not the same as that red." After Chen Li'an said something casually, he dragged Feng Xiaoning to the theater to continue promoting.

Don't delve into some things, and be content with taking advantage of them. Chen Li'an wants to keep a low profile now. Some things are fake, and they can be broken with a poke.

No matter what others said, Chen Li'an never regarded himself as a master of art.

In the past few days, Chen Li'an participated in two screenings, and then he didn't show up much.

There are still two days before the film's release, Chen Li'an can be regarded as free, and is waiting to attend the premiere on the day of the premiere.

Downstairs from Chen Li'an's house, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an who came out of the apartment building and asked, "Mr. Chen, why are you still living? There is still a villa vacant."

"That one is for Gong Li. She will return to China in two months." Chen Li'an explained casually, got into the car and said, "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

Li Dabai couldn't help curling his lips secretly, why didn't he look anxious at you before, but now he is anxious to see Liu Xiaoli, men are always duplicity!
On the other side, Liu Xiaoli was practicing dancing in the dance room that Chen Li'an specially decorated for her. Next to her, Sissy was imitating her arms, her chubby little arms looked a little funny.

Liu Xiaoli looked at herself in the mirror, it seemed that the years had not left too many marks on her face, her figure was still graceful, her skin was still firm, and the style between her eyebrows and eyes was charming enough.

After turning around on the spot, Liu Xiaoli gasped slightly and stopped dancing practice. Chen Li'an will come over tonight, so I need to prepare in advance.

After Liu Xiaoli ran to take a shower, she sat in the bedroom and looked at herself with wet hair in the mirror. She suddenly thought of something, her face flushed slightly, and her eyes were full of anticipation.

Tonight is bound to be a sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)