Comments on You Zuozhong's Calligraphy

On the one hand, You Zuozhong is immersed in the profound kingdom of traditional art, embracing everything and embracing everything; On the one hand, it constantly sublates and enriches itself in the process of inheritance and evolution.

In his study book, he realized that only learning tablet is easy to be stiff and dull, and less lively; Posts that only learn French are easy to sweet talk and vulgar, lacking the vigorous spirit of Gu Zhuo. "Monuments can strengthen bones and posts can nourish qi", but mutual understanding and accommodation is the purpose.

Therefore, he searched in Qin and Han Dynasties and Wei Jinzhong, explored the combination of classicality and modernity, and paid attention to the expression of emotion and personality in his works, striving to show an artistic form with jagged ups and downs, scattered sizes and lively rhythm.

Calligraphy learning and writing ancient famous posts are the illegal second door for calligraphy to become a family.

You Zuozhong's post process is as follows: In 1980s, he studied Yan Zhenqing, Chu Suiliang, Jin Nong and Yang Xianli's official letters.

In 1990, Zhang Menglong and Wei Bei were the main subjects, interspersed with the monuments of Wei and Liu Aisheng in modern Fujian and Qing Dynasties, and Zhang Qian and Han Li were also studied.

At the beginning of the new century, after You Zuozhong published his anthology Ten Years of Red Paws, he studied Wei Bei and Han Li for more than ten years and transferred to another school. This is the stage point of the sudden change of You Zuozhong's calligraphy style.

From 2000 to 2005, I studied under Wang Duokai's cursive script. After studying in Wang Duo for five years, You Zuozhong traced back to the source. Wang Duo took the road of traditional two kings, Wang Duo took the method of Song Sijia and Mi Fei, and transferred to Mi Fei in 2006. Two years later, the calm and cheerful Mifei was a student of Erwang. In the second half of 2008, A Zhong was replaced by Wang Xizhi, a book sage, and his book style changed greatly, and he jumped to a new level.

In September 2007, I learned computer by chance. The modern network world provides a space for You Zuozhong's calligraphy to display his talents. You Zuozhong is currently the chief moderator of China Calligraphy Art Network and other moderators of more than a dozen mainstream media networks in China. For all calligraphers in China and the world, the online calligraphers' forum has a large number of clicks and a high professional level. Everyone is a big shot, dare to comment and speak. So this is a good environment for competition and promotion.

Everything about You Zuozhong is work, and everything has its own charm.

His regular script has both the strength of European characters and the liveliness of Chu characters, and occasionally participates in the inscription of Fang Junqi, the boss of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Exquisite stippling, connecting the preceding with the following, full of charm, quite the charm of Wei Jin people.

Its official script was carved in the Han Dynasty by Li Qi and Zhang Qian, with dignified structure, implicit pen, danger in danger, elegance in ancient times and solemnity in silence.

As the saying goes, "calligraphy should be cultivated by writing, and the brushwork should be comfortable." Anyone who has made achievements in the art of calligraphy has made achievements in brushwork. You Zuozhong's brushwork pays attention to subtle posture, pursues simple and straightforward artistic conception, and unifies the contradictions between "strong" and "elegant", "show" and "outstanding", which is unconventional everywhere, and the characters are fashionable because of the glyph.

The function and value of calligraphy lies in expressing beauty, shaping beauty and enlightening people with its connotation. This requires calligraphers to have a deep understanding of society, life and nature, to touch the inspiration of calligraphers and activate the feelings of creation, so as to cut and combine, refine and select, ferment and fully reveal according to the law of beauty, so that people can get the edification and sublimation of beauty in appreciation.

You Zuozhong is well aware of this. So he always has endless books, new ideas and bold pursuits.

In ancient China, there has always been a saying that "poetry is the heart and books are the paintings of the heart". You Zuozhong has an innate feeling of being a poet. His metrical poems are both traditional and trendy, rigorous in form and vivid in content.

You Zuozhong's calligraphy embodies the poet's passion between statutes and expression, and has a fluent, fluent and straightforward style, forming a simple, elegant and unique calligraphy art style.

You Zuozhong likes to write magnificent calligraphy works. He believes that only magnificent, broad, profound, dignified, wild, wild and aesthetic calligraphy works can have emotional shock, visual impact and spiritual appeal.

The reason why You Zuozhong can create magnificent calligraphy works is inseparable from his thought, mind, sentiment, knowledge and knowledge cultivation. For example, Mr. Meng said, "I am good at cultivating my lofty spirit." You Zuozhong has a mountain-like mind, and only with a big mind can he become a big hand. The ancients said: "A big instrument must be loud, and a high instrument must be far-reaching." This is also called.

You Zuozhong's calligraphy has realized the basic form of his artistic practice, and his works fully reflect the author's profound understanding of China's traditional culture and accurate grasp of the aesthetic orientation of the times. Now his works are simply meteorological expressions! What is particularly rare is that his communication with the audience relies on an elegant natural charm, a high artistic taste and the author's pure aesthetic feeling in his works.

You Zuozhong's calligraphy works tell people about his emotional world in a vigorous and leisurely style, which is full of literati atmosphere from beginning to end and naturally reveals the cultural connotation of calligraphy. In the era of pluralistic change, it is not an overnight thing to form a complete and mature personal artistic language. Only those who can recognize themselves clearly and stick to the direction in grasping the characteristics of the times have a way out. You Zuozhong's calligraphy creation embodies this pursuit everywhere. From his works, we can feel that the vigorous and free-spirited realm in his works is slowly fading away, and a personalized and chewy pen and ink kung fu is gradually settling down. I believe that with the passage of time, he will have more excellent works.