Ma Jun doesn't seem to be able to drink much, but many friendships encourage him to drink. It is friendship that keeps the wine. It's also interesting to watch Ma Jun draw. He held the pen so low that his fingers were almost close to the tip of the pen. Hooking is fast, accurate and powerful. Check it several times, put the pen on the felt, check it several times, and then use color. Just a little, very little, and suddenly there is seamless ink. For example, small color on the pillow in "Deep House Series" and small color in the fruit bowl, sleeping alone and sleeping alone, are wonderful, charming and wonderful, but only a little, but wonderful, and people can't help but "ah". Ma Jun means that color is samadhi! Ma Jun uses color sparingly, but uses water sparingly, that is, "What is water?" ! For example, I like water very much and make good use of it. A piece of water is thick and light, and the strands are thick and thin. It is suitable for dryness and dampness, and it is rich. Looking at Ma Jun's paintings, without asking the content, omitting the figurative modeling, squinting at the dark and dry color blocks and various lines on the screen, there is a feeling that makes the eyes extremely comfortable, just like someone reciting old-style poems with ancient rhyme. Although you can't understand what he is reading, there are highs and lows in music. This is the essence of Ma Jun's ink painting! This makes Ma Jun's works present a unique style and charm, and the most prominent thing in Ma Jun's paintings is the unique beauty of ink and wash. Although Ma Jun's paintings are called cool places, watching, dwelling deeply and so on, they are all untitled, just like untitled poems. Ma Jun's works have no orientation and few inscriptions, but you can have more feelings and ideas when you look at his paintings. Look at Ma Jun's paintings. Look at those people who dragged their slippers around in ancient times. Most of them are idle people. They dragged their slippers and put down the armor staff that men should have with bare arms. They walked leisurely and slowly, sat down and read, fanned, read, bathed or slept in Ma Jun's paintings. Couches, tables, lamps, chairs, curtains, bamboo curtains and cups are all props of these characters-props show their leisure and laziness. There is a big difference between the classical figures in Ma Jun's works and other painters, that is, there are neither mythical figures in the Nine Songs nor great celebrities in ancient times. Ma Jun's works are all unknown figures. They looked around, feeling at ease, serene and serene. Some people were puzzled and didn't know what they were doing. What are you doing all day? One man is holding a cup there, while the other is picking his ears there. One is awake, and the other is still sleeping there.
In Ma Jun's paintings, there is no war and nothing men can do. They lived the life that Jia Baoyu yearned for in a Dream of Red Mansions, not talking about economy or officialdom. Look at Ma Jun's paintings. Slowly, you will leave reality and enter another world. What is art? I think art is to keep people away from reality for a while and keep people away from reality. If there is no distance between art and real life, what do we need art for?
Among the contemporary painters in China, Ma Jun should be one of the most adept at absorbing tradition and nourishing himself. Ma Jun can capture its charm in portrait bricks, ancient murals and traditional dotted lines. A few sketches of a horse can make powder for the ancients, which shows that Ma Jun has a deep understanding of classicism. Ma Jun's studio is a painting case, an arhat bed and a cupboard. On the cabinet, there is a painted female figurine of the Han Dynasty, and there is also a Han brick. The warrior on the brick is flying, his feet are not touching the ground, and his beard is moving. Ma Jun's studio can be said to be very simple, and there are not many colors in it. Color exists only in his mind.