Collecting calligraphy and painting also requires certain strategies, so that you can collect better calligraphy and painting. So let’s take a look and learn what I recommend for you. I hope it will be helpful to you.
There are many friends like this in the collection market. The trading volume in the collection market has dropped. Is it possible to buy at the bottom? What should I buy? From the perspective of collection, this idea is wrong. Instead of going Rather than waiting for an unknown "bottom", it is better to pursue a more accurate "low" position. For example, you can select works with meticulous painting skills and good creativity from the works of young and middle-aged artists who are not yet well-known but have great potential, buy them at low prices, and wait for long-term appreciation.
Furthermore, for the works of living famous artists, there is also a lack of institutional manipulation, and there are many price bubbles. We ordinary collectors have no way to judge, and the investment risk becomes very high. Although I can be considered a senior collector, looking at my collection over the years, the most purchased works are works by young and middle-aged "non-famous artists". Most of them are bought for several thousand or tens of thousands of yuan, and some are bought for several hundred yuan; There are fewer works by famous artists.
If you have relatively sufficient funds on hand, there is every reason to get involved in the collection of calligraphy and painting works. However it is better to err on the side of caution. Due to the continuous development of science and technology, firstly, counterfeiting methods have also penetrated into modern scientific and technological methods, and you will be deceived if you are not careful. A friend saw a four-foot-long landscape painting signed by Zhang Daqian at an auction exhibition not long ago. However, regardless of the coloring, ink dyeing, style, momentum, and signature, he thought it was valuable. The suspicious flaws are far from the original works of the same author, which are mostly recognized. As for this kind of work, if you just see the signature without carefully identifying the work and buy it rashly, you will most likely regret it for the rest of your life.
For many families, it is financially affordable to spend about 10,000 yuan a year to collect a few paintings and calligraphy works. After you get it, hang it on the wall or hide it in a cabinet. A few years later, when some of these young and middle-aged calligraphers and painters become celebrities or even masters and grow into "towering trees", the money you invested will definitely be lost. Relatively satisfying harvests and high rates of return appear. This collection and investment strategy of "keeping the clouds open to see the sunrise, and the trees forming a canopy to enjoy the shade" is actually a smart financial management move.
In the current era of social stability and literary and artistic prosperity, it is a wise investment choice to focus on collecting the works of contemporary calligraphers and painters, especially young and middle-aged calligraphers and painters. First of all, we must invest in the works of young and middle-aged calligraphers and painters with great potential. Secondly, do not rush to make a move. If you want to make a move, you must wait until these young and middle-aged calligraphers and painters become celebrities or even masters, so that you can obtain a satisfactory return on investment. In this way, on the one hand, you will not be harmed by counterfeit goods, and you are fully qualified to obtain them at your door; on the other hand, the price will be acceptable.
Based on the above, modern calligraphy and painting collections attach great importance to the artistic value of calligraphy and painting works of art. For paintings, we must value their painting skills and creativity, and for calligraphy works, we must value their skill and courage. For those who have just entered the collection industry, it is recommended to study more, compare more, and consult with experts before purchasing. It is not wise to follow the crowd and follow the crowd.
What are the ways in which calligraphy and painting collections can be deceived?
1. It is caused by errors in appraisal by appraisers. I am superstitious about famous appraisers. I saw some calligraphy and paintings with the postscripts of famous appraisers on them, so I bought them. Later, I found out that they were fake. Some items were purchased through an appraiser, but later research revealed that they were fake.
2. It is caused by trusting state-owned painting stores. In the past, I always felt that state-owned art stores, especially famous state-owned art stores, would not sell fakes, so I did not pay attention to identification when buying things. After I bought them, I found out after research that they were fake. After thinking about the loss, they realized that many of the goods sold in state-owned painting stores were collected by themselves, and sometimes they received the wrong goods due to wrong appraisals.
3. Believe that it is caused by friends. Some things brought by very close friends were accepted without careful appraisal out of trust in the friend, and were later found to be fake.
4. I believe it was caused by the author and his relatives. Once, a friend who owned a painting shop and a painting seller brought a painting and said: Let's go to the home of the author with the signature to identify the authenticity. So we went to the author's house together. The author said it was true, so I bought it. After further research, I found out that it was a fake and who made the fake. Only then did I realize that the author is old and has eye problems. He is good at fakes. Some works are indistinguishable from fake.
Another time, it was the same situation. My friend brought a Fu Jie one and bought it. Later, I found out who was the fake one, so I returned it. Of course, there is also the opposite situation. Once I bought a painting from a friend in a Beijing cultural relics store. My friend showed it to the author. The author said it was fake and said that he had never painted for a Beijing cultural relics store this year. You can check the cultural relics. According to the store's inventory and acquisition records, the painter sold a batch of paintings to the cultural relics store that year. I really don’t know why the author wants to say this. I’ve met other painters like this in the future. Another time, I saw a landscape painting in a painting store. I thought it was not good at first glance, but I showed it to the author’s wife and son. They both said it was real, so I bought it. After further research, I found out that it was fake. Only then did I realize that the author’s wife and children may not all have studied his works. I also encountered a forger who showed the fake painting he made to the author's wife. The author's wife said it was genuine and even took a photo in front of the painting to show that she identified the painting as genuine and that the author's son was in the fake painting. There are also cases where photos are taken in front of the fake paintings, and some of the authors' sons even write a long postscript next to the fake paintings. The opposite situation also happens. I bought a real painting from the author’s wife, but the author’s children were stunned and said it was fake.
5. It was caused by wrong identification. The identification was wrong due to poor lighting or lack of information, and a fake was purchased. When appraising calligraphy and paintings, one must look at them in good light. If the light is not good, the faults that should be seen cannot be seen, leading to appraisal errors. In some cases, I did not study the works of some authors sufficiently, resulting in appraisal errors.
What are the stages of calligraphy and painting appreciation?
1. Visual observation, as far as calligraphy is concerned, is the first step in calligraphy appreciation. It is a kind of intuitive attention, an appreciation of the formal beauty of calligraphy works, and a pleasure to the eyes. It is characterized by sensory directness, emotional involvement, and short-lived feelings. It mainly includes the appreciation of the five major contents of calligraphy: the beauty of calligraphy, the beauty of knotting, the beauty of composition, the beauty of ink, and the beauty of materials. Although the formal beauty of calligraphy is a physical beauty, it belongs to the metaphysical "Tao" in terms of inner philosophy. What you get through visual inspection is visual perfection, which is a lower level of appreciation, but it is the basis for higher-level appreciation of inner understanding and spiritual understanding.
2. Mental enlightenment is a wonderful understanding of the "image" of the calligraphy works observed based on visual observation, and obtains beauty and spiritual pleasure. Appreciators at this time, as Zhang Huaiguan said in the Tang Dynasty, "only see the spirit, but not the shape of the characters." The beauty of calligraphy's charm, character, and expression are obtained through inner understanding. At this time, the appreciator transcends the perceptual vision of calligraphy works and rises to the recognition of the value of calligraphy works, which purifies the soul and improves personality, which corresponds to the moral realm.
3. Shenhui, this is the highest stage of appreciation of calligraphy and painting. Appreciators can unite human beings and books, directly reach the realm of heaven and earth, and gain the joy of Tao, ambition and spirit. This kind of lasting joy deep in the soul brings people into the Taoist realm, where the spirit is liberated and gains carefreeness and freedom. For thousands of years, the reason why the classics of calligraphy and painting in the past dynasties have been favored by appreciators is because the appreciation of calligraphy and painting has entered the realm of Taoism, which brings endless charm and enjoyment to people. The process of appreciating calligraphy and painting from visual observation to mental understanding to spiritual understanding often requires going back and forth and pondering over and over again before you can gradually deepen and enter the realm of the unity of man and calligraphy.