Li Maolin
At present, the price of calligraphy and painting market is chaotic and chaotic. What you see is that all kinds of titles are overwhelming and all kinds of packaging are bizarre, which really confuses ordinary cultural people and makes collectors of calligraphy and painting disagree. In this case, people who want to collect will have to rely on the help of experts. However, some "experts" are fake experts, and some "experts" are even "childcare" for painting and calligraphy authors. If they are not good, they will be fooled. As the saying goes: it is better to ask for yourself than to ask for others. The surest way is to know what you are doing. However, the knowledge of painting and calligraphy is so great, how can we appreciate a painting and calligraphy more quickly and reliably? It's actually very simple. The author summed it up in ten words: "Look at the words first, look at the words first." This law, for contemporary calligraphy and painting works, undoubtedly has the role of pointing out the maze.
"Look at the handwriting first", that is to say, to appreciate a contemporary painting, you might as well look at its handwriting first. Chinese painting, poetry, painting, calligraphy and printing are four in one. Poetry is indispensable and writing is often indispensable. Where can I find this word? It's in the signature office. You know, it is difficult for people without a certain cultural background to write good words; People without any educational level can draw a tiger according to the cat and draw vivid and beautiful lines quickly. This is the reason why "licensed goods" are easy to produce. Even if some paintings are genuine, if the calligraphy skills are weak, they can only be full of craftsmanship, and they can't reach literati paintings, and their value is limited, so they are generally not worth collecting.
"Look at regular script first", regular script is the basis of calligraphy. Since Sui and Tang Dynasties, China calligraphy has established regular script as the main popular font in society. Scholars learn calligraphy first, and the quality of regular script directly reflects their calligraphy level. What's more, regular script can't be played freely to a greater extent, and we often see regular script. It is clear at a glance whether a person writes regular script or not, and he can't hide others. Some people who don't have a deep foundation in calligraphy always want to take shortcuts, so they don't learn to walk, but learn to run. Sometimes they say creation. This so-called work cannot stand the test of time. Some calligraphy works, even Oracle Bone Inscriptions, are easy to scare people. At this time, we can also see his signature, which can only be regular script or running script, and it is impossible to use Oracle Bone Inscriptions.