Liu Yitong: Let the World Read Chinese Culture![]() "The European Union invited me to hold a solo exhibition. The world's most famous stars gathered on the day, Cannes red carpet dancing together. I used to honor my ambition, half of it was hard work and half of it was fate. Who built the high platform to create a heavenly road, grateful to the motherland for thousands of words." In the just-concluded Poly Huayi 2019 Shanghai Autumn Art Auction, Shishi famous painter Liu Yitong's two ink illusion paintings were sold for 220,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan, hitting the highest auction record for his personal works to date. A few days ago, in Xiangzhi Dabao Liu Yitong's home, the reporter met the true nature of the artist, the exchange, he said the most is grateful to the great motherland and the beautiful new era to help him realize the ideal of art. On the occasion of parting, he used WeChat to send reporters the above poem in seven lines, the feelings of the son of the fist overflowing. Liu Yitong, a native of Shishi, has enjoyed painting since childhood, specializing in ink and wash, white drawings, sketches, Chinese New Year paintings and woodcuts. As early as 1974, Liu Yitong had his paintings published in Fujian Daily and other authoritative mainstream media, and participated in many national exhibitions, among which a number of New Year's paintings were distributed nationwide, and many people are familiar with his name as a result. For a long time after that, he was unable to concentrate on painting for various reasons, but he never gave up. From the early 90s of last century, Liu Yitong was inspired by the research and experiments on the performance of paper and ink, and began to study "ink illusion". This painting method is very special, the creation of only ink, not brush, a school of its own, and his painting style has also changed from the original realistic to pictorial. For the great change in creative style, Liu Yitong explained that a person's artistic life is very limited, he did not want to repeat the painting method when he was young, nor did he want to imitate the fixed techniques and styles of the academy painters, so he painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint, and painted what he wanted to paint. This is true when we carefully appreciate his "ink" illusion paintings. The water and ink flow and merge naturally and soundly, revealing a hazy mood, showing the beautiful Jiangnan, clouds and mountains, peaks and forest springs, etc., which are from the tradition, but are not restricted by it. In these works, line is no longer the only way of modeling, but is naturally formed by the blending, interplay, squeezing and dipping of different color blocks. The experimentation and repeated practice of these techniques have formed Liu Yitong's unique appearance, exuding ethereal and ethereal imagery, which is more in line with the cultural nature of the Chinese people who emphasize the quality of literature and the beauty of the arts, and is also more in line with the cultivation of people's reverence for the purity and quietness of the world. After 17 years of practice, Liu Yitong's "ink illusion" paintings gradually attracted attention from the outside world - in 2013, at the invitation of the European Union's China Economic and Cultural Committee, he organized the "Liu Yitong Chinese Ink Illusion Art Exhibition" during the Cannes World Film Festival in France. Liu Yitong Chinese Ink Illusion Art Exhibition"; in 2017, in order to welcome the BRICS leaders meeting in Xiamen, Xiamen City Museum organized "Art China (Xiamen) International Exchange Exhibition", his creation of "Deep Roots and Mighty Leaves" and other forty works were selected to participate in the exhibition; in 2018, he was invited to hold the "Chinese Ink Illusion" exhibition in the British Museum. In 2018, he was invited to hold the "Chinese Ink Illusion Liu Yitong Solo Art Exhibition" in the British Museum; this year, his "Ink Illusion" art exhibition was held in the "Amber Building" at 27 Huqiu Road on the Bund in Shanghai. This year, his "Ink Illusion" exhibition was held in "Amber Building" at 27 Huqiu Road on the Bund in Shanghai. Unintentionally become the first painter in Fujian held a solo exhibition in the British Museum, Liu Yitong did not expect his "ink illusion" paintings can be in the deep-rooted art accumulation of Europe to get so much love and recognition. Liu Yitong told the reporter that the reason why he was able to walk on the red carpet in Cannes and hold a solo exhibition in the British Museum was due to the extra appreciation of Chinese culture and art by foreign friends. Acceptance and perception of art is a universal ability of all human beings, even people of different ethnic groups and languages can also appreciate art together. Through foreign exchanges, foreign friends have gained a new understanding of Chinese culture, and all of them marvel at the poetic beauty, simplicity and illusion of Chinese ink. Liu Yitong also pays great attention to highlighting the characteristics of Chinese tradition when he goes to the international arena. For every major event, he must wear Chinese clothes and tell Chinese stories. The illusion of life is used to create the image of ink and wash. Liu Yitong's "Ink Illusion" has made a big splash on the international stage and won honor for Chinese ink. "Art has no boundaries, I want to be an artist of the world." he said. He said. Reporter Fu Wenzhong Li Zichong The World Returns, the Heart Returns to the Honorable Mansion |