Character brief introduction
Fang Tang, this name Chen Shubin, this year 81 years old, small Lan of ancestral home Zhongshan. Orphan is become when 6 years old, be taken Guangzhou orphanage lives, 15 years old begin to do turbid work on building site, the hardships of teenager period lives, brought up him to go especially with respect to independence as a child, the habit that thinks independently. 1976, his caricature " Beijing roast duck " appear in street of Guangzhou Beijing road, start shooting the fame in caricature bound. Masterpiece has " Le Shu and shrimp young " , " after-thought " , " thinker " etc, for Guangzhou 6 carry can create China the first official mascot " Yang Yang " . The 60 creation course that come for years, fang Tang was created have work of 25000 pieces of cartoon probably, elder brother of famous artist Liao Bing says its work measure is in China peerless.
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On April 3, fang Tang of Zhongshan book caricaturist " swim Yu Yi -- , work of painting and calligraphy exhibits Fang Tang " begin in Zhongshan art gallery. Exhibit in this work in, can see not only abstruse the caricaturist Fang Tang of wisdom, the Fang Tang of home of painting and calligraphy that still can see a freedom follows a gender -- , nearly 200 exhibiting work, except caricature masterpiece, it is to cover canvas, aquarelle, traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy more, showed Fang Tang to the 60 art that come for years are accomplished and produce course in the round, and the change that produces Chinese picture and literary creative work from caricature. Going up century the caricature of 889 time in gold period, fang Tang created the work with amazing amount, was 6 carry of Guangzhou to be able to create China the first official mascot " Yang Yang " , "The amount that I draw cartoon is the whole nation most, have 25000 pieces probably " , elder brother of famous artist Liao Bing says its work measure is in China peerless; After retiring resolutely definitely produces caricature no longer, begin Chinese picture and literary creative work, still continued the high yield that caricature produces " efficiency " , creation content all has dabble to humanitarian picture from calligraphy, literature. "The Chinese is exquisite return to the roots " , on the exhibition, the alms of all of work of 126 painting and calligraphy that square him Tang Jiang creates in recent years gives small Lan town people government.
Donate work to aid house of force Zhongshan caricature to prepare to construct
Go up century 779 time, inside park of lake of ease celestial being, artificial lakefront, sit the ripples booth wineshop that embraces the natural beauty of lakes and mountains plays the host for many Laoshi Qi people those who entertain guests not two ground, hind a few degrees more the name is easy advocate, final and unused bedraggled. 2013, this building is luxuriant change personally, become Zhongshan caricature house, scan widely whole nation has the urban can be counted on one's fingers of caricature house. Walk into hall of caricature shop first floor, just become, Fang Tang, special the caricature of book of one numerous Zhongshan such as Wei, Jiang Yousheng " big Ga " people one word discharges self-portrait, face is thin the self-portrait that those who holding cigarette is Fang Tang.
Zhongshan thes southern part of the country this small town, why can the outstanding painter with so many emerge in large numbers? Qiu Shuhong of chairman of Zhongshan the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference expresses on art exhibition opening ceremony, sea of Zhongshan look out, be in salty fresh water to hand in collect a region, have marine culture, of great capacity Na Baichuan, open included spirit is temperamental, nearly hundred years emerge in large numbers is numerous the worthy of politics, economy, culture, "Fang Tangxian is born in the consequence of caricature bound and achievement, it is the pride of small Lan, Zhongshan, the pride that is Guangdong, China and even global Chinese " .
Zhongshan does not have the city of caricature house more as amount to, from caricature house prepare to construct to open, cannot leave the support of caricaturist of numerous Zhongshan book and Kang to be donated without exception. 2011, fang Tang makes many 100 his picture and many 3000 Tibet such as data of calligraphy, book, objective is tasted, endow the Zhongshan caricature house in preparing to construct, on the Cang Pintian that is Zhongshan caricature house " thick Mo Chongcai " brushstroke.
Fang Tang is donated to the generosity of home town more than, be in early 2003, fang Tang presses down a government to contribute a caricature masterpiece, manuscript, rough draft to wait for many pieces 4600 to small Lan. This work of painting and calligraphy exhibits an opening ceremony to go up, fang Tang reviewed the life that comes a few years and creation course, say affectionately finally, he is loving home town small Lan greatly, plaint the grumous atmosphere that home town painting and calligraphy creates, the alms of all of work of 126 painting and calligraphy that decides to draw this second book the exhibition to go up presses down people government to small Lan.
"Because the Chinese is exquisite,return to the roots, our Zhongshan small Lan is the countryside of painting and calligraphy, the culture atmosphere over there is very good, my friend in that is particularly much, they support my creation very much, I am so right they very be thankful. If abandon work central art gallery, countrywide each district has outstanding work to go to over there donate, was taken seriously very hard, contributing Guangzhou also is such, contributing Zhongshan even also is such, because Zhongshan had too much painter " , fang Tang expresses, small Lan prepares to build a large culture center, on one hand accountability abandon oneself work small Lan, on the other hand work can get attention, become likely still " the treasure that presses down a house " .
Work wins domestic and international large award repeatedly
"I am very interested in art as a child, be in construction site when, the self-study after knock off becomes a kind of common practice, what I began art over is illuminative. " 1976, his caricature " Beijing roast duck " appear in street of Guangzhou Beijing road, start shooting his fame in caricature bound. Since 1980, he in the whole nation 20 many the press open caricature column, heretofore created work of many 25000 cartoon. Its work wins domestic and international large award repeatedly, include gold prize of contest of Japan border caricature and two special prize, obtain countrywide caricature 3 times year Lu Xun of the 2nd award of monkey of gold of caricature of first prize of caricature of news of contest gold prize, whole nation, China, Guangdong is literary special award, it is 20 centuries 889 time are domestic and international the caricaturist with most bear the palm.
His caricature implied meaning is profound, of Guangzhou of 80 time fashionable " Le Shu and shrimp young " showed the marketplace austral mountain to live, " oil giving a point " the distinctive perspective that denounces oil with all gods behaves earthly energy crisis, " after-thought " it is a flock of timberjack the woods that dangers in fell trees is medium the birdie in appreciation basket sings all alone, its most satisfactory work " thinker " reflected the person that will have an idea to transform the person that does not have a thought...
His work with succinct do not break again abstruse the brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy of wisdom depicts the world 100 condition, disclose a society deformed phenomenon, no less than he is written in work -- , " caricature draws an idea namely " , "One piece does not have the picture of the thought, especially caricature, be the interest that cannot arouse another person, the meeting when so I paint a picture is taking some kind of aim, the upper part of the body my intent come out now in the picture, this is so called ' picture thought ' " .
Square Tang Ceng has said, oneself life should be controlled by oneself, put to public relations, dinner party bad, read many book because of what this is creating, all have dabble from philosophy, politics, astronomy, geography; His adolescent times likes an illusion, explore, infatuate to astronomical, paleontology, the first thing after having a job bought stage binoculars namely. These experience and be fond of, be in " Fang Tangwen collect " in reflect incisively and vividly -- , include of this collected works poem of paper, artistic comment, old system, free poem is sci-fi even etc literature is stylistic. In a cycle of sixty years year after retiring, artistic change of Fang Tang comes suddenly decisive: He from each caricature layout of big the press complete " disappear " , turn and the traditional Chinese painting in lovemaking and literary creation.
Achieve oneself " thinking is gymnastic " exercise creation thinking
"Chinese caricaturist is general one New Year picture 10 come piece very marvelous, but I should draw on 1000 pieces " , in career of cartoon creative work, produced many pieces of 25 thousand caricature in all, elder brother of famous artist Liao Bing says its work measure is in China peerless, fang Tang is attributed to his what achieve oneself " thinking is gymnastic " . Fang Tang perhaps went to bed 8:30 at 8 o'clock in the evening everyday, before dawn got up at 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock is when thoughts is insurgent, the thinking that begins half hours takes exercise, it is aggregate thinking takes exercise on one hand, pursue the exterior phenomenon of a lot of things its internal matter deep, numerous field becomes a the simplest reason, this is aggregate thinking; Diffuse namely on the other hand thinking, be just like chemist to mix a lot of material together when having chemical test, be together all sorts of viewpoints and gimmick polymerization, reach first-rate effect.
Enter an octogenarian " thinking is compared it seems that young when better " , the creation style that also allows Fang Tang is more follow one's inclinations, "My picture does not conform with the market, exhibition, want how to be drawn " , the length that he makes in recent years humanitarian picture is not of make a draft. There are many western elements in Fang Tang's work in addition, "I bought the artistic book of a large number of wests, because artistic thought of the west is of ceaseless innovation, what they look is how many originality is contained in work, whether to have visual wallop, if take a fancy to the picture of landscape artist of the country, basically be background of foreground medium shot, painterly object also very much the same, it is your copy me, my copy you, without what originality " .
Fang Tang says frankly, chinese some painters are more conservative, think to advocate innovation to betray a tradition namely, he thinks the artist should have a kind of tolerant state of mind, "Some people are more conservative, some people compare lead, but this ability is normal social phenomenon, we were used to stress general character, should allow everybody to preserve his individual character actually, emphasize a tradition overly can making art loses vitality instead " .
When the difference that speaks of caricature of China and foreign countries, cartoon, he listed mickey mouse the cartoon figure of this one widely known, two palms vertical stroke is over ear, be mickey mouse " auditive " , still do not forget to imitate the gesture of the happy to dance when mickey mouse walks, form of lifelike, bud is very, form bright contrast with the figure of full head white hair. "Present Chinese caricature became cartoon, move free, the cartoon that follows Japan, United States uses free difference too big, you see mickey mouse, how the family is vivid figure, but our cartoon figure is very stiff, arrive from limbs movement bearing, very inflexible. It is better that China moves the development that overflow to still need art of a few cultures to inside information, creativity is good, can have kept the talented person that uses free script " .
Plan as a whole: South reporter Wang Wei
Interview and write / photography: South Tang Peifeng of reporter Liu Xianpei's trainee
