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Xiong Ming, Jiangxi Yongxin, was born in 1965. He was admitted to the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts) in 1986 and studied under Quan Shanshi, Qin Dahu, Xu Manyao, and other teachers. He has been a professional painter since 1997. In July 2011, the "Color from China" exhibition was held in Milan, Italy, and joined the Italian Artists Union during the exhibition. In November of the same year, he participated in the 14th West Lake Art Expo; In July 2013, an art exhibition was held in the Louvre, France, and the contract was signed with the Louvre in October of the same year.
Now he is a contract painter of the Louvre in France, a member of the Italian Artists Union, and a member of the Zhejiang International Exchange Association in China.
Reporter Sun Leyi
When I first saw Xiong Ming, he kept a flat head. The combination of red and white checkered shirts and gray sweaters gave people the impression of simplicity and neighbors. He was a contracted painter at the Louvre in France. In the studio located in Qinghefang, there are all kinds of calligraphy and painting works. In addition to regular work in France, Xiong Ming stays in this studio to paint. He said, "Painting is like my life to me."
Devote oneself to research and pursue real artistic creation
Xiong Ming is very simple about his career path. "When I was a child, I read Rembrandt and Goya's oil painting books, but I didn't understand them, didn't learn them seriously, didn't study seriously, was fashionable in my teens, and didn't know whether oil painting and traditional Chinese painting were Chinese or foreign, but I was very interested in such works." At the end of 1982, I joined the army, "At that time, there was only one purpose -- to see how people draw," said Xiong Ming. In the army, he worked on blackboard newspapers, arranged reading rooms, and copied files. Three years later, he was transferred to Jinggangshan Iron Mine as a driver. After driving past the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts at that time, he knew that painting could be admitted to college, Finally, he embarked on the road of art by deepening the training of cultural courses and professional courses.
To be successful, Xiong Ming has to go through a lot of bad years. After graduating from school, Xiong Ming didn't know which way to choose. "Painting was very tiring and hard. For a while, I didn't have income and was confused. I felt that I didn't have room for improvement. It was all a chance to learn hard.", Xiong Ming met Jamie Gilly, the chairman of the Italian Artists Union and the chairman of the Northern Italian Chamber of Commerce Union when he held an exhibition at the Hangzhou West Lake Art Expo for the second time, and he was highly praised by him. In July 2011, Xiong Ming was invited by the Italian Artists Union to exhibit his works in Italy. His unique "Chinese flavor" oil painting style had a certain response in the local oil painting industry. Jamiri Geely believes that Xiong Ming's oil painting is truly a combination of China and the West. His paintings show Chinese culture and use Western oil painting techniques so that Europeans can better and more easily understand Chinese culture and understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture.
In October 2013, Xiong Ming held an exhibition in the Louvre, France. In the meantime, the Louvre Museum of France officially signed a contract with him and invited him to participate in the "Master's Road Plan" of the Louvre. After becoming a contract painter in the Louvre, Xiong Ming did not appear in the public eye because he became an international painter, but remained close and devoted himself to creation and research. When asked about his life in the Louvre in France, Xiong Ming said that he spent four hours every day in the Louvre, and the rest of the time must be used for full rest to ensure that the next day's work would be greeted with the fullest spirit. With his serious attitude to work and sensitive feelings toward things around him, he can perfectly interpret it from his works.
See painting as life infiltrating life
For Xiong Ming, painting is like his life. In the beginning, Xiong Ming had a little worry about oil painting. "When I was young, my neighbors and relatives said that I had nothing to do in my life and could not do great things," Xiong Ming said
On the way of painting, many people gave Xiong Ming support. "At the beginning, it was easy to think and live a comfortable life. With the change of society and people's ideas, I was very lucky. I got a lot of help from people, both economically and in painting." After he entered the Oil Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts, he followed the oil painter Quan Shanshi to learn, There are many interesting stories between their teachers and students. They are also teachers and friends. Xiong Ming often shows the whole teacher pictures and asks him for advice. "One rainy day, I took two paintings. After reading them, the whole teacher said that it was raining outside today. I said yes, you might not feel it in your room. He said that your paintings were all drenched clean. I said that the ones I wrapped with paper would not get wet, but he said that the color was very new. You might have just been in the rain, and I suddenly felt it. The color of your painting is bright. " Xiong Ming laughed heartily from time to time during the conversation. "The whole teacher often only says one or two words, but it is just these simple words that make the point."
Draw on the strengths of China and the West to show artistic talent
Xiong Ming's works are not traditional Chinese ink paintings, but New Year pictures with a history of thousands of years in China. He believes that New Year pictures have strong vitality in China, and they have been created by Chinese farmers for thousands of years from their heart's longing for life. His works take color as the thread, and lines as the form of expression. He applies the freehand brushwork in ink painting to Chinese New Year pictures and then integrates the things shaped in the West. For example, when he painted peonies, he painted oil paintings and watercolors on rice paper, and the expression technique of peony leaves was to combine Chinese freehand brushwork with Western modeling. He reflected the characteristics of Chinese ink and washed landscapes in his oil paintings. From the initial shock of foreign paintings and sculptures to the addition of Chinese elements in his oil paintings and the involvement of many traditional Chinese themes in abstract paintings, Xiong Ming has been studying and exploring, "It sounds very simple and clear how to explain Chinese painting in Western languages, but it's a long way to go in practice."
He has always adhered to one principle: "Chinese painting takes thick ink as the main body of the picture, and even elegant paintings need thick ink to make the finishing point. I regard this as the basic principle of my painting and then explain Chinese painting in combination with the oil painting foundation learned from the teacher. It is also to do the best thing I can."
For the future, Xiong Ming hopes to be content with the status quo. But his so-called stable status quo is to paint seriously and try to improve his skills. At present, what he does is to paint without distractions. "If you want to stabilize the status quo, you must improve yourself to stabilize it, and you must move forward to stabilize it." Now Xiong Ming will stay in France for the first half of a year, "I want to bring the technology of classical painting back to China, enrich the painting culture of our country with basic concepts, basic colors, and space, show the unique artistic charm of Chinese painting, and shoulder social responsibility to promote the continuous progress of social culture."
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