Lubang and I both use knives. I carve people with a knife. Carving stone and casting copper is to build a sculpture group with people as the core. He carved words on the stone with a knife, showing the world between squares. With words and calligraphy as the media, it shows the humanistic spirit-the tension of life and the charm of culture in the process of knife conquering stones. Therefore, the real seal cutting is an art of seeing the big from the small, an art of moving from plane to three-dimensional, and an art of entering the Tao from calligraphy, composition, knife cutting and so on. The road is flat and deep. Therefore, he has made great efforts in the generation of characters, the evolution of calligraphy style and style, and his works do contain unique humanistic feelings and rich spiritual connotations. Only people with profound cultural background can create works of art that are simple, pure and full of literary flavor. Lu Ping pays attention to the transformation of stone characteristics and aesthetic modernity in his creation, thus revealing new ideas, modern interests and charm. Similarities between seal cutting and sculpture. It is not difficult for a novice to carve a chapter and shape an individual. But to go deep into the artistic realm, we need to have basic skills and understanding, and we need to persevere and attack unremittingly. When the commercialization of art is rampant, it is really sinking, sinking into culture, sinking into history, and then rising with the undercurrent, and it is possible to achieve great success. Lupin belongs to such a person. Of course, this is not easy. We must resist temptation and conquer ourselves. Watch Lu Ping's nicks and marks to read. He entered with his heart and moved with his heart. Carve with a knife and write with words. Such a character is rare now. He is a brave man with profound cultivation! (Famous art critic, professor and doctoral supervisor of Nanjing Art Institute)
Li Luping was born in a poetic family. He was surrounded by his parents' literary attainments since childhood, and studied poetry in his youth. When I was young, I turned to many teachers for help. Please benefit all contemporary people, whether writing or art, in order to sharpen them. It is in this specific traditional cultural atmosphere that he was influenced by the pure literati art, chewing the essence of classicism, and created his elegant and ancient humanistic feelings. His artistic perception and creativity made him quite successful in the history of ancient Chinese characters and the study of seal characters, and he knew all about large and small seal characters and auspicious inscriptions, which laid the cultural characteristics of "Jinshi School" for his calligraphy seal cutting. When studying the identification of calligraphy and painting, Li Luping also insisted that the "epigraphy school" relied on "textual research of history", attached importance to the study of brushwork to the textual research of calligraphy and painting, and took calligraphy as the main research material. The "epigraphy school" using historical research methods provides a unique perspective of complementary and mutual evidence of historical materials of different natures. His calligraphy belongs to the line of calligraphy of the two kings, and later he wrote Yang Ningshi, Song Sijia and Lin Bu. He began to understand the changes in the form of Kaifa. In recent years, he devoted himself to the study of Wu Pai and Dong Qichang in Ming Dynasty, taking the positive pulse of Tiexue as the reference coordinate to catch up with the former sages. His calligraphy seal cutting is vigorous, tactfully and evenly reflected, and his pen is swaying vertically and horizontally, with great momentum and infinite strength. Li Luping's seal cutting works feel that the seal cutting techniques are cool and ethereal, calm and simple, or rigorous and square, with a cool and elegant atmosphere and originality. At present, there are countless people who write well, and it should be admitted that some people write well, but I think calligraphers can write with good pens, good structure and good organization. Do you still have time to practice? In my opinion, writing one's own personality connotation and spiritual realm is not empty talk. (Vice Chairman of China Calligraphers Association, Director of Seal Cutting Committee, Secretary General and Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Federation of Literary and Art Circles)
Lu Ping has devoted himself to calligraphy, seal cutting and academic research for so many years. In particular, he has a profound understanding of tradition, and he wisely understands and uses the elements of China's traditional humanistic spirit. I think he has three artistic ideas worth summarizing: first, the spirit is supreme. His pursuit is spirit, and his calligraphy seal cutting style is static, quiet and strict. The ancients said, Qing is quiet, static is ancient, and ancient is clear. It should be said that "Qing" is the most important artistic element that constitutes his style. Secondly, he has a multilateral structure, and the modeling ability of words makes his calligraphy and seal cutting noumenon spirit form colorful artistic charm. His seal cutting works are extremely smooth in lines, strength and scraping. This way of using a pen is also reflected in his calligraphy. The form he constructed for himself has a colorful seal, and his pursuit of form based on emptiness correctly handles the contradiction and unity between emptiness and reality, complexity and simplicity, which is also the highlight of his overall art and embodies his unique artistic language and thought. Third: meaning and heart. Lu Ping pays great attention to freehand brushwork, and seal cutting is dull and mediocre, which can't reflect his personality. Moreover, his calligraphy is not a rigid collection of archaic characters, but a stroke after years of practice, dignified and sophisticated. He can use the artistic language of mental image, the penetrating power of mental image, and work or not. Through irregular and uneven application, the change of printing style and structure, including the whole rhythm, makes us feel that it can really determine our artistic style. I feel that Lu Ping has achieved a heartfelt broadness and tranquility. He reveals the flavor and feeling of the times through artistic language and forms his own fine style, which provides a good reference for us, especially the younger generation of artists. (Famous appraiser of calligraphy and painting, professor of full-time painter of Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting)
In the early 1980s, Lu Ping was introduced to me by my colleagues in the museum. His works are reflected in his style or temperament, which is powerful and distinctive. For traditional research, he not only dabbled in various schools from Qin and Han dynasties to Ming and Qing dynasties, but also studied calligraphy, painting, poetry, theory and calligraphy and painting appraisal. He can get through the related disciplines to serve the art, so since the Song Dynasty, the literati of China painting and calligraphy have demanded the accomplishment and quality of the painter to play a decisive role. For example, he can't do it well alone, which is the key role of artistic character. For more than 20 years, Lu Ping has been immersed in tradition while seeking change in practice, which is actually a form of innovation. Others say that Lu Ping's calligraphy and seal cutting have a good smell, so the so-called good smell shows that he has a traditional humanistic spirit of China, which requires both tradition and creative spirit of dare to change. There are both spiritual paths. There is a kind of "heroic spirit" in his seal. It is very important to put it vertically with a knife without breaking the rules. This is the key to being everyone. In the 1980s, I gave Lu Ping many prints carved by Sun Long's father and Sang Yu, which also influenced him. Learning is anytime and anywhere, especially the people around you and close people. He is also a man of great understanding. Later, I introduced him to Wei Zhizhen, Sha Manweng, Wang Dunhua and Qian Juntao. Later, several old people spoke highly of him and placed high hopes on him. A few years ago, I read some papers published by him, such as Huang's Case Study. I am willing to work hard and have incisive opinions.