Soul Painter

The jury is like a huge wave, engulfing everyone's attention.

More than 200 guests in the audience, including politicians, movie stars, artists, and critics, enough to occupy the front page of the "Boston Globe" for a whole year, slowly rotated around the judging panel, sometimes wrapped in Among them, sometimes they gather their own small circles.

The core of the jury is naturally Ms. J.K. She has long orange-red hair, typical British features, a pair of friendly and lively blue eyes, and the quick insight of an artist. She is the center of everything this evening. point.

Mrs. Gardner was on the other side of Ms. J.K. Her eyes were sharp and firm. On their side stood Lu Guoying with a cane. On the other side stood the mayor of Boston and several others. An internationally renowned artist, collector and connoisseur was at the center of the crowd.

Like a pride of lions roaming the prairie, the group passed through Georges Baselitz's "Battle of Creation," David Leffer's "Maria Magdalene," Marlene Dumas's "African Woman," ", and dozens of other oil paintings with the theme of 'Expressing Beauty'.

outstanding.

All excellent.

Especially the three masters, their works have found their own aesthetic essence, and they should be regarded as enough to establish a school in the field of art.

And the works of other well-known artists are equally refreshing.

"There is no doubt that you have contributed an artistic feast to Boston's October." The mayor of Boston complimented Ms. JK.

Everyone agreed.

To this day, everyone still does not know why Ms. J.K held this selection. If it is only for the theme of church murals, it would be a bit motivating. But if this is a new book warm-up event, it is very Successful, at least Ms. J·K has attracted the attention of the world.

Ms. J.K smiled: "Mr. Mayor, you are too polite."

"Everyone." Ms. J.K looked at the crowd around her again. When her eyes came into contact with British actors such as Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, she nodded in gratitude, and then looked at art-related The judges: "Dear judges, have you reached a consensus?"

After all, this is not a formal review. It needs to be scored and recorded for each player just like the Olympic diving competition.

Actually, it's hard.

Art creation is too subjective, especially when facing three masters and a group of outstanding painters. If you use scoring to determine the result, then you have to explain why he scored 9 points and the other one scored 8 points. , this is not clear, and no one wants to do such a thing.

Therefore, the final result will be decided by ten judges, just like a court jury.

"I think the work of Mr. George Baselitz should win." Mrs. Gardner said, "The creation technique of "The Battle of Creation" has reached the level comparable to that of Michelangelo. It is undoubtedly a great work. At the same time, I am willing to pay 3 million US dollars to acquire this work."

Mrs. Gardner's statement made everyone discuss a lot.

Of course, George Baselitz was not there. He just commissioned his students to send the paintings. As a contemporary master, this is the attitude he should have. Otherwise, if he is evaluated in person, it will sound awkward whether it is good or bad.

"I prefer David Leffer's work. This theme expresses religion and humanity vividly." Another judge said.

"Don't you like my work?" Among the three masters, Marlene Dumas, the only one who arrived at the scene, with fluffy blond hair, stared at the judges like a lion on the African grassland.

The judges seemed a little afraid to offend this female painter from Africa, and they all laughed, but there is no doubt that Marlene Dumas's works are equally wonderful, but she is not suitable for religious themes.

"Mr. Lu, what's your opinion?" Ms. J.K asked Lu Guoying who had been silent.

Lu Guoying coughed, but before speaking, Lawrence, who was already standing behind him, quietly gave the old man a hand.

So the old man commented on George Baselitz's comment that "twenty people drawing a picture can only prove that he is a capitalist and not an artist".

And "beauty comes from God's handouts. This rotten religious atmosphere is almost suffocating me." This comment on David Lefel.

And the comment on Marlene Dumas, "If you draw lines with a pencil on drawing paper and call it a painting, why don't we worship primitive people?"

And a lot of venom, swallowed back into the stomach together.

Although the old man has a stubborn temper, it also depends on the occasion. At this time, it is inappropriate to spray people, he knows.

Moreover, although the painting skills of these masters have not made any breakthroughs, they are indeed master-level works, and not everyone can become a master.

But if Lu Guoying is asked to choose a winner, he thinks it's better to forget it.

At this time, Lawrence said in Lu Guoying's ear again: "The painting of the younger brother is brought."

oh? Lu Guoying turned her head and glanced at Lawrence, "I thought he couldn't catch up."

While talking, Lu Guoying said: "Ms. J.K, there is a painting by a young Chinese artist, we haven't seen it yet."

Hmm... Lawrence originally wanted to talk to Lu Guoying about the weird things that happened just now, but he didn't expect Lu Guoying to speak up directly. This was not in his plan. Everyone knows the relationship between Gao Fan and Lu Guoying. I feel that my disciple's paintings are expected to stand shoulder to shoulder with the three masters, will this come true?

Lu Guoying's face can cover the sky of the art world in China, but abroad, there are many masters who are as famous as him. Once he loses face on this occasion, it will directly affect the market price of his works.

So, teacher, you have to have more confidence in Gao Fan!

"A young oriental painter." Ms. J.K looked in the direction Lu Guoying was looking at, and said with a smile, "He is your disciple. Let's go and have a look."

So the huge wave of the jury surged towards the corner of the pavilion.

Soon Gao Fan's booth was surrounded by five times more audience than before.

I'm afraid there will be nearly sixty or seventy people.

With Ms. J.K as the core, artists, politicians, movie stars, etc., like judges sitting on the bench, stared at this young oriental artist with a slightly ill-fitting suit.

Gao Fan looked back at them, with a little excitement and anticipation in his eyes, like a shepherd standing outside the sheepfold, looking at the food he was destined to harvest.

"Come on, show them." Lu Guoying said.

"Look at you~" Gao Fan said with a smile, turning his painting to face up.

...

Mrs. Gardner as the woman who owns a museum.

She can appreciate the beauty of art and feel the thrilling power in it.

For example, the classical portraits depicted by Titian, endowed with a beautiful texture beyond the characters themselves, are outstanding works of art that can last for thousands of years.

It is also because of this that she is extremely cruel when facing artists who are not outstanding, and those who have worked so hard to achieve excellence even if they sacrificed their souls. In her opinion, art is a kind of talent If you can't do it at the age of seventeen, then you are destined to stay away from it at the age of seventy.

Now, she is really looking forward to this young artist from the East. It is said that he is a disciple of Lu Guoying who returned to China, but judging from the time, she has only been taught by him for less than two months, and it is true that Lu Guoying let him participate in such judging activities Genius, or just to 'get involved'?

The canvas was turned over in front of Mrs. Gardner.

First, Mrs. Gardner saw the dazzling red in it, the red was burning like wildfire, and then a cat-like god with horns on its head jumped out of it, its whole body was dazzling red, Blooming with light like the sun, He is as majestic as if he is judging everything in the world.

Mrs. Gardner let out a small exclamation.

She had to concentrate before she could continue admiring the painting.

At the same time, she also heard exclamations around her. This painting brought a weird 'out-of-screen effect', which not only frightened her alone, how did it do it?

What kind of technique is this?

Lu Guoying's style is neoclassical, but this painting method does not have the gentle but solemn aesthetic feeling of neoclassicism.

Mrs. Gardner began to search for the theme that the painter himself was trying to express in this painting, and its more expressive techniques with more obvious characteristics.

Soon she was drawn to a twisted human figure at the bottom of the canvas, worshiping the cat-like deity.

Although only a simple brushstroke is used to describe a back figure, and compared with the fiery and gorgeous god above like the sun, it is almost submerged in the aggressive beauty of the god, but as long as you observe carefully, you will be immediately attracted by it. Attract attention.

Crackling...

Mrs. Gardner seemed to hear the sound of seeds sprouting.

The next moment, she had a wonderful feeling that she was coming out of her shell.

that shell.

It's the twisted figure in the painting.

At this moment, the field of vision is like observing the majestic cat-like god in front of him through that twisted figure.

It was as if she had turned into the twisted figure kneeling in front of the god, looking up at the god with extreme piety, admiration and trembling.

God, on the other hand, is full of desire to fight.

He flaunts eyes that should be the most beautiful in the world but are now filled with anger, and the elk horns on his head that should have been seven colors seem to be covered with hell fire... God is looking down on you, and God will punish you!

For a moment, Mrs. Gardner almost screamed out, but she held back forcefully, but her palms were covered with sweat. She noticed that she had caught J.K. At the moment, Ms. J. K. is also staring at the painting with jaw-dropping eyes. In addition to shock, there is also a hint of anger in her eyes.

Mrs. Gardner heard Ms. J.K whispering almost out of composure: "That's not it...it's wrong...you're blasphemy..."

Ms. J.K's reaction was relatively mild. Dozens of onlookers, including the mayor of Boston, movie stars from England and Hollywood, especially those painters, collectors, and art critics, were all dumbfounded at this moment. Some people exclaimed 'oh my god', some people broke out in cold sweat, some people shook their heads in disbelief, and some people backed away in fright.

It seems that what they saw was not a painting, but a miracle of God or the devil descending on the world.

Yes, it is either God or the devil, and it is impossible for a mortal to draw such a work! Gardner exclaimed in his heart.

The one who reacted most violently was Marlene Dumas.

This female artist from Africa, a painter among painters, a master of watercolor and oil painting who advocates wildness and nature, at this moment her eyes widened as if she saw a devil. She first covered her mouth, then her eyes filled with tears, and pointed The painting exclaimed: "This is God! OH MY GOD! This is God!"

While screaming, she fell to her knees, pressed her forehead to the floor, and chanted praises to God in a strange African language.

This was just a small episode, and soon the staff of the exhibition hall helped the emotional master away.

At this time, Gao Fan had turned over the painting again.

This painting is dangerous.

Not only because Gao Fan and Danny Laufer worked together to create a master-level painting skill of the devil school that can distort human perception with a maximum of 5 points of distortion skills.

There are also 5 points of occultism, and the 'Great Yith Shell' that was crushed by occultism and smeared in the painting.

So this is a great work that is difficult for Gao Fan to paint again.

Because it's very difficult for him to get another 'Great Is Shell', even if he gets another one, it's not the shell of the horse-brown six-legged humanoid race.

This painting will firstly bring a strong off-screen effect due to the occult, secondly the viewer will realize the aggressiveness of the cat-like god in the painting in various sensory dimensions, and finally due to the existence of the 'shell', the viewer will be led In the painting, from the perspective of the distorted human figure, observe the gods who are about to punish humans.

Previous works created by Gao Fan can only harvest the SAN value once, but in this work, due to the existence of the 'shell', it is alive and can continuously introduce the viewer into the perspective of the person in the painting, so as to keep defeating others. sane.

Sal Menkes, an art critic from ASX, was frightened to his knees and lost 10 SAN points to Gao Fan.

And when the jury led the audience, a total of dozens of people, took turns to observe this work, Gao Fan gained nearly 30 SAN points in a very short period of time, but this also caused more audiences to panic , chaos and other states, Marlene Dumas was the one who reacted the most violently, but Gao Fan always felt that the SAN value she was harvested was not that much.

Waiting for Gao Fan to see Lu Guoying and Lawrence standing there stunned, Gao Fan turned the painting over again, facing everyone with the back side.

Then, Gao Fan stood beside his painting, smiling and looking at everyone.

But in the eyes of everyone who managed to calm down, stabilize their mentality, and return to this world, this young oriental youth who didn't dress well was smiling like a devil, or in other words, like a mischievous god.

I was wrong, I shouldn't have planned to sleep, how can I sleep on this big day, what do you guys think of writing this?