Almighty painter

Chapter 894 Gu Weijing's Difficulties
"It's never a bad thing. It will let more viewers who didn't know him know him. It will let the judges and guests who originally only had a quick glance remember his name firmly."

The reporter in the white shirt smiled.

"His works and his paintings complement each other."

"Then I hope that he will be remembered as an excellent painter." Liu Ziming also smiled, "No offense, but to be honest, I am not saying that the two have higher or lower status, but... a good painter, whatever he says can become a profound industry insight."

“And a good critic may be able to transform into a curator or even an advocate of artistic trends.”

"But if they switch to painting, they will probably face greater difficulties than the former."

"They are Bole. Bole is busy finding the best horse. If you really run on the racetrack, you may not be able to run very fast. That's not something you can do just by talking."

The reporter stood still.

Blinking eyes.

Huh?
The tone sounded piercing.

This is probably what was said, and it is not meant to mock the editor-in-chief Elena of Oil Painting magazine.

No way, no way.

He always felt that there was a hint of sarcasm in Liu Ziming's tone towards Anna Elena.

As early as the day the interview ended, well-informed people learned that Oil Painting magazine would immediately publish a special issue with this content.

Oil Painting rarely publishes special issues. Every time there is big news that attracts the attention of the entire industry, or when a famous artist passes away, a retrospective issue of the magazine will be published temporarily to commemorate the artist.

such as.

In the 44s, the magazine published a special commemorative issue because of Jackson Pollock's sudden death. The entire issue, totaling 44 pages, reflected the short yet glorious -year life of this artist who made the American art industry break away from European aesthetic standards.

But this time, everyone knew that they would come out.

There's really nothing surprising about this.

The significance of this event to "Oil Painting" is no less than the previous "Muse Project".

For the painting "Old Church in a Thunderstorm", the reporting team sent to Singapore by the magazine would work overtime until they had a heart attack, but they would still hold nitroglycerin in their mouths and sit in front of the typewriter to produce a rich issue of the magazine. Even if Sir Brown lost his mind, he would not dare to trip up Anna in such a matter as the chairman.

Needless to say, the content of the cover.

It must be "Old Church in a Thunderstorm".

It is said.

Anna Elena will be personally responsible for the interview, "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm", "The Foundation for the Frustrated", and the writing of texts related to the female painter Carol.

Not only that.

One painting brings enlightenment.

Everyone in the family will prosper.

As the two authors of the paper, Katsuko Sakai and Weijing Gu, two extremely young painters, also received this great fortune and each received an exclusive interview in their own column in this issue of the magazine.

This is really too jealous.

It means more to a painter to appear on the third page of Oil Painting magazine than to appear on the third page of The New York Times.

first.

They each have an entire separate page.

Secondly.

It is true that The New York Times is a famous newspaper giant, and the total market value of the newspaper group is much more expensive than that of Oil Painting magazine.

Otherwise.

Industry specializing in surgery.

There are many newspaper giants, and The New York Times is not the only one.

It can hardly be called the leader of news in the United States. It is called the New York Times, but it can hardly even be called the only leader in the local news industry in New York.

The Oil Painting magazine is the only one.

It is called "oil painting". They are really the supreme in all art industries related to "oil painting", not only "oil painting", but also gouache, watercolor, printmaking...

It is truly the number one in the entire European art criticism industry, and it leaves the second place far behind.

The significance of an artist being featured in Oil Painting magazine may not be as significant as a writer winning a Nobel Prize in Literature or the Goncourt Prize, but at least it is equivalent to a writer receiving an exclusive interview with The Paris Review, which is equivalent to obtaining some kind of halo certification as a top creator.

"The Paris Review" has published exclusive interviews with 34 Nobel Prize winners. Even those who did not win the prize, such as Haruki Murakami, Marguerite Yourcenar...each of them is a literary giant.

Oil Painting magazine has published exclusive interviews with almost all the artists who have been recognized in Europe since the 20th century, including most of the winners of many important awards since the 1950s.

And from now on.

Gu Weijing and Sakai Katsuko are also among them, and they may be the two youngest among these glittering names.

It's really enviable their good luck.

Many judges in this Biennale did not receive such treatment.

This interview was originally conducted by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Mr. Newzlan. Just when everyone thought that another great story in the art industry was about to be born, a few people in the industry who were more informed got the news not long ago.

Just this Monday.

Miss Elena's personal secretary called Newzlan and stopped the interview with Gu Weijing.

The art director decided to cancel the review column that was originally scheduled to be published in the special issue of Oil Painting magazine.

happen.

Mr. Journalist is such a well-informed person.

"Celebrity paintings have advantages, but also burdens. Society often expects professional painters to have a kind of untainted perseverance. People worry that the painter's 'artistic quality' will be consumed by 'fame'. They worry that he has received so much attention in other aspects, has achieved so much success, and has put in so much energy, so...he is not a good full-time painter."

There was a smile on Liu Ziming's lips.

“What a paradox.”

“Sometimes, even critics who think they represent the authority of art cannot escape this paradox, fearing that their authority will be questioned. It is particularly sad that even those who are most qualified to ignore these constraints are still shrouded in them.”

“Sometimes, the opinions of the world are harder to break free from than the shackles of money. I really think that even the most fair art critics find it difficult to look at a person or a work without any prejudice.”

“What is prejudice?”

The reporter asked back softly.

He said philosophically, "You can say that all subjective emotions come from a kind of prejudice, right?"

He and Liu Ziming were having a rapid conversation.

It was like two chess masters playing fast chess on a chessboard by the sea, moving pieces back and forth in the sound of the tide, and fighting against each other in black and white.

While the reporter was talking, he was secretly complaining in his heart.

Really?

Really?

Mr. Liu must be a well-informed person. He must be dissatisfied because Oil Painting magazine decided to cancel the exclusive interview with Gu Weijing.

The reporter couldn't help thinking in his heart -

He didn't say that. The way his butt is sitting is really too crooked.

Even though Gu Weijing received so much attention, Oil Painting magazine canceled its exclusive interview with him.

It looks incredible to outsiders.

Mr. Reporter, I can actually understand the logic here.

Under such circumstances, it was actually quite difficult to publish Oil Painting magazine.

At the level of "Oil Painting", people no longer need any gimmicks to attract traffic and money.

It is traffic and money itself.

It's about artistry.

However, in some people's minds, artistry and commercial attributes are not so compatible. "Completely opposite" may not be an appropriate description, but at least these are two different tracks and evaluation criteria.

Just like art films and commercial films, independent films and Hollywood blockbusters.

In the painting world, perhaps works with high "artistic quality" can be sold for very high prices.

This may be more obvious in the film industry.

It's hard for you to imagine that a movie like "Avengers" can win the Palme d'Or in Cannes or the Golden Lion in Venice, right?

Even if it is an Oscar that "does not reject" commercial films.

The best that can be achieved is a technical award. As for the major art awards, almost everyone, including directors, film critics, actors and even the voting judges of the film guild, knows that it is impossible to win.

No matter how awesome the PR team is, there’s nothing they can do.

The styles really don't match.

It's not that box office performance is unimportant for art films, but they often have their own distribution theaters and marketing logic. Some producers will take films that seem "not likely to sell well at the box office" to Venice or Cannes, hoping to win a big award so that they can sell tickets and make money.

But when a work itself has already received huge attention and box office success.

Then run for the prize.

Those attentions may not necessarily have a positive effect.

Even though the Oscars seem to be more commercialized than Venice or Cannes, no matter how they are marketed and publicized behind the scenes, they are still billed as a pure "art award" awarded to artists rather than business tycoons.

Commercial achievements have been rewarded with box office revenue.

The organizing committee of the award is very afraid of conveying the impression to the outside world that the award will be given to whoever is popular, rich, sells well, or receives the most attention.

The same goes for art exhibitions.

Even if you really take out tens of millions of dollars and use it to compete for awards with great fanfare, you may not necessarily win a trophy.

Gu Weijing’s works, or rather, Gu Weijing himself, are in this situation at the moment.

He is The Avengers.

"I am Iron Man."

Iron Man is so rich, so awesome, and his flying armor is capable of doing anything, but it is difficult for him to win the hearts of the members of the Film Association.

Gu Weijing is so famous, but his fame cannot be converted into awards.

Very likely.

Carol, Carla, and Ms. K. are the hottest names in the art industry this past week.

Better than Kazunari Sakai, better than Tang Ning.

Better than Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Banksy, and Hirst.

If the attention index could really be quantified, the various search volumes and discussions would surpass Picasso and his status would be close to that of Leonardo da Vinci.

The problem is.

Gu Weijing was the discoverer of that work, it was his painting...

That's not his painting.

Kara holds "Old Church in a Thunderstorm", a combination that can win 99% of the awards in the current art world. It is really the ironic joke that Miss Irena said at the beginning of the interview, if Van Gogh walked on the street today, all the art award selection committees in the world would cry and shout to give the award to him.

Change it to Gu Weijing holding "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm"?
This combination is a bit strange.

The expressions on the judges' faces will also be a little strange.

When Gu Weijing was holding his own painting, that strange expression turned into a playful expression.

Just like the expression on the reporter's face at this moment.

Even though it was a painting that Liu Ziming described as being no worse than Carroll's.

"Mr. Liu, you should at least consider the curators and judges."

No matter how many teeth Tonks licked when she saw Miss Elena, as a curator with lofty ambitions, perhaps she would like to replace her Jaguar with a Rolls-Royce one day and support national brands.

He was actually afraid of leaving the public and even the media with a -

He requested that the Biennale's art award be given to Gu Weijing in order to reward the huge attention he had received in public opinion.

Many judges probably thought so too.

“It’s really hard for them to do this. Gu Weijing’s contribution in his research has attracted public attention, and the Biennale can provide a stage for an interview, but its function is not to do this.”

"Besides, you should also consider Miss Elena."

The reporter shook his head.

It is true that Liu Ziming is a great artist and a wealthy man.

But he is not a person who will obey the other party's orders.

The reporter can be considered a well-known art scholar in Southeast Asia, and he is even a judge for some biennials. He is by no means a small figure.

to be honest.

Be it a big shot or a small shot.

With Liu Ziming's personality.

If the reporter was really a person who only knew how to obey orders and flatter, this conversation today would not have happened, and he might not even get an invitation to Liu Ziming's private party.

The man said whatever he had to say.

"Put yourself in her shoes. If I were Miss Irena, I would also be worried about leaving the public with the impression that I was giving Gu Weijing an art interview that he was not entitled to as a reward for discovering a work by Irena's family."

"She probably realized this later and decided to cancel the column."

"Ms. Elena has just become the director of the magazine. Rewarding Gu Weijing for his discovery? That 300 million euro check is generous enough, isn't it? You can't expect others to reward you with your position as art director at the same time."

"It cost them $50 billion to return to Oil Painting magazine."

"That Gu, he should be content with winning 300 million euros. Can a work that won the Singapore Biennale Gold Medal sell for 5 US dollars? It may be difficult. Maybe it will only be around 3 US dollars."

"She gave him a hundred times that amount. What more could you expect."

(End of this chapter)