Teacher Guo Dahua, who is over 80 years old, has been very busy: teaching at the university for the aged, attending calligraphy and painting at the grassroots level, entering the campus, joining the army, going to the countryside, and participating in industrial and mining activities; Participate in various calligraphy and painting exhibitions and workshops. , but also insist on calligraphy creation, almost no free time every day!
Teacher Guo Dahua not only has profound attainments in calligraphy, but also has his own uniqueness in the exploration of calligraphy theory.
Teacher Guo believes that artists should educate people on aesthetic thoughts through artistic creation. The artist's heart should be closely connected with the needs of the times and the people, and strive to dedicate the best spiritual food to the general public. "Don't dwell on fantasy, don't dwell on empty voices", respond to new expectations and meet new demands.
At the same time, Mr. Guo Dahua insisted on pursuing the artistry of his works. A work without artistry is lifeless, and without life, it loses its singing sense and internal tension. As the pursuer of painting and calligraphy art, painting and calligraphy works are the embodiment of the artist's artistic ideal and life height, and release spiritual glory and soul when creating. We can roam freely in the world of art, but we have to accept the test of the times and the people. Painting and calligraphy are not only tools for painters to express their feelings, but also forms for people to express their feelings. In order to truly serve a better life and meet new demands, we must think about and study the demand characteristics of our clients. It is necessary to explore the role of works in society.
If any art form fails to achieve the purpose of educating people, it will seriously ignore itself as a service provider, break away from its own service object, and fail to think of the restrictive role of the broad masses of the people on works. Guo Dahua thinks that such "art" can only become a mere formality!
As an artist, you should study your clients and tailor them to your needs. Times have changed today. The content created by artists should conform to the times, reflect people's voices, praise beauty and lead people forward. It should be miniaturized and refined, suitable for the masses to post and hang.
Only when artists are close to society, the masses and life can they seize and occupy positions with excellent works, and can they implant traditional culture into people's hearts and carry it forward.
Today, when calligraphy and painting have entered the era of artistic aesthetics, the exhibition hall has become the exhibition stage for calligraphy and painting works. With the transformation of major social contradictions, people's growing demand for a better life, beautifying the home environment and improving family cultural taste is also growing. It can be seen that it has become a new trend for calligraphy and painting works to shift from exhibition hall to living room. Since our works should meet the needs of the people, we should change from a huge exhibition hall to a small exhibition hall in terms of creative form and content, and create more small and diverse works into people's lives, so as to keep pace with the times. About precise force.
Guo Dahua said: Artists should not only have artistic talent, but also cultivate their own moral character and occupy the market with "moral character". It is always aimed at long-lived old people, old party member, veterans, lonely old people, sick old people, left-behind elderly people with difficulties and so on. Can you offer calligraphy and painting works, such as Longevity and Family Training, to make them feel the warmth of the big family?
It is a phenomenon that some people learn Wang Xizhi's ci and copy Li Bai's poems. Teacher Guo Dahua thinks that this is just a "fast food culture" in society. Artists must have their own things in order to stand on the world. The original intention of calligraphy is to write your own heart. Just copying the poems of the ancients has deviated from the original intention of calligraphy!
The "art" within art can be achieved by everyone through hard work; The "art" outside art is often ignored by many people. And this art of being a man and doing things from art is what an artist should really pursue!
Mr. Guo's calligraphy works displayed in this paper are all poems, words and couplets created by Guo Dahua himself.