Soul Painter

The theme of the third painting of the Demon School is "Veterans".

　　 Of course, all the names of this exhibition have been criticized by art lovers.

　　 For example, the first "Cat" is too unidentifiable. Everyone usually refers to it as "The Painter's Cat".

　　 The second piece of "The Ring", what's the name of this, is the protagonist the ring? So some people call it "Boxing King", and some people call it "War of the Century".

　　 As for the third "Veteran", this is also controversial, and the public later called it "The Doomsday Judgment."

　　 Unlike the previous two, this is not a personal portrait.

　　 There are only nearly ten people in the painting, they are in a fighting posture, hiding in a bunker.

The overall layout of the screen follows a harmonious division principle. With the center of the frame, our protagonist, Hopkins, is the base point, and the screen is evenly distributed up, down, left, and right. There are corresponding characters on the top, bottom, left, and right. Hopkins is equal, which embodies the overall consistency of the picture, and effectively and truly describes a battlefield environment.

In terms of layout, it seems that the two painters first tried to describe the characters with infinite symmetry. This led to the fact that although the ten figures in the painting were of the same size, the viewer’s gaze seemed to be attracted by the central'protagonist's concave point'. The protagonist.

In the depiction of the protagonist, the connoisseurs found that the brushwork of Gao Fan and Anna has become closer to life, contact with reality, and return to classicism. They almost use a realistic way to depict the veteran, the protagonist’s actions , Expressions, clothes lines, and weapons on the body are all very real and full of traceable details.

　　 This is a very interesting technique of painter'reverse evolution', because since the 18th century, oil painters have progressed towards'images' rather than'images' when they achieve great skills and pursue transcendence.

If you look at the works of oil painting masters when they were young, such as Picasso, Edward Hopper, Michelangelo, Dürer, Dali, etc., you will find that they were not only enlightened very early, but also given their wisdom, often more than a dozen. When he was 10 years old, his works had reached a pinnacle in portraying the'reality'.

So their way of progress is the superficial "doing subtraction", but the actual "doing addition". Picasso stripped the world to only a few forms and a few colors. Dali began to depict time and space, and Dürer turned To depict the ethereal gods, they rebuilt a world with their paintbrushes and opened the door to the world.

　　 The path that the painters chose together may be because they have no way to go in terms of classicism and must find a new path, but what about Gao Fan? Why did Gao Fan choose to return?

　　 This became the first doubt critics had when they saw this painting.

　　 Then, the theme of this painting made not only critics but also ordinary audiences feel...discomfort.

　　 There is no **** scene in the painting.

　　 But there are traces of blood everywhere.

For example, our protagonist, who is sitting on an ammunition box, is covered in the smoke and exhaustion of war. There are many details on his body, including his slightly lowered head, naturally drooping arms, and the one on his knees. The gun, the blood on the dagger in the hand, and an ear on the ground.

　　 Seeing the protagonist, the audience can almost imagine what the protagonist did at that moment, at a moment that was not described in the picture... He should have killed an opponent! Or a prisoner of war! At least his ears were cut off.

　　 only from one detail, it extends to a killing.

　　 The expressiveness of the details is surprising.

　　 Except for the protagonist, the other nine soldiers each have their own ‘details’.

　　The painter used skilled lines and colors to depict the appearance and form of these soldiers. When the audience carefully examines these soldiers, each soldier will experience his own story and evil.

For example, the young soldier with a photo in his pocket and his back leaning on the wall of the trench. He is praying while holding the cross in his right hand, while his left hand is holding his chest tightly. Seeing the shape of his mouth, he seems to be able to read what he is yelling. Selena', or a name like'Serena', maybe his wife. His war is finally over. The good news is that he is alive. The bad news is that he will be captured. Can he still see his family?

　　 And under the feet of this soldier, there is a piece of silk, on the silk, holding a hand, whose hand does it belong to? It was not drawn, but hidden deep in the trenches. The hand was small and exquisite, but it was solidified with death and struggling with horror. It should belong to a dead female who has not been painted in the picture. When the audience observes this soldier , It is easy to imagine what he did before, it may be a ***.

And the soldier who was closing the ammunition box, he looked a little panicked, and beside the half-closed ammunition box, there was a little red shoe on the side. The little shoe was embroidered with a small lotus flower. The shoe had The author should be a little girl. The little girl’s mother embroidered her blessing on the child’s feet, but now she can only stray on the battlefield.

　　 is enough for the viewer to imagine what happened to the child.

　　 The whole picture is full of details, and almost every color and every line has meaning.

Holbein’s "Ambassadors" is famous for its realistic style of group portraits full of details and metaphors, but as long as you compare the two paintings, you will find that this time Gao Fan showed the audience far more details than Hol. Bein’s masterpiece.

　　 And these soldiers either give up resistance like the protagonist, or like the soldier next to the ammunition box burying evidence of crime, the reason is why this painting is named "Doomsday Judgment".

In the picture with a wider sense of space, besides the ten soldiers depicted, there are a large number of troops rushing up at the edge of the picture. Those troops only show a piece of green clothes and a red flag, but it makes people feel that it is. Thousands of troops, immersed in it, can even hear the piercing and loud Charge.

　　 Ten soldiers were surrounded.

　　 The veterans with **** hands will be besieged.

　　 Here, the infinite symmetry painting method truly shows its magical meaning.

　　 The blood on the battlefield is depicted in the screen. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 describes the **** and cruel ‘punishment’ outside the screen.

　　 There is no doubt that these soldiers who committed countless crimes on the battlefield have been surrounded by the other side, and waiting for them will be "Doomsday Judgment."

　　 The audience can see the endless smoke and exhaustion in this painting, especially from the protagonist, they can clearly feel that there is only one bullet in the gun in the lap.

This bullet will be reserved for the protagonist himself. The coldness of the gun and the scorching heat of the bullet rush into the viewers’ hearts in an instant, and at the same time there is more sadness and calmness, these two contradictory emotions, at this moment, from The low-hanging eyes of the protagonist in the painting permeate outwards and diffuse into everyone's heart.

　　 He knows that he is sinful, and he will accept punishment in peace.

Plus.

　　 The red flags roll around at the end of the angle of view.

　　 The loud Charge in my ears.

　　 even more so that this painting should be named "Doomsday Judgment" instead of "Veteran".

Some critics think: "From "Cats" to "Rings" to "Veterans", although Gao Fan's painting exhibition is named'Thestrongest', it is a wonderful irony. From the perspective of boxers who have been in prison, and veterans who have committed serious crimes with **** hands, they spurned this shackles of society. For the destruction of animals and disadvantaged groups, the strong were tied to ethics and the beasts were pulled out of their claws. The world makes the painter desperate. He is declaring war on this world order with his paintbrush."