In May 2020, a post about Professor Tsinghua's demonstration of ink-jet calligraphy exploded on the Internet. In the process of writing a book, you can see a calligrapher with a syringe making a calligraphy work with great exaggeration and passion on Xuan paper. This form of writing calligraphy with a needle becomes ink-jet calligraphy.
With the popularity of posts getting higher and higher, netizens are surprised. On the one hand, it's hard to understand the reason for taking ink, on the other hand, I didn't expect Professor Tsinghua University to have such a slick behavior.
It is reported that the resume of the master who showed ink calligraphy actually says "distinguished professor, a distinguished expert of contemporary art in Tsinghua University". Such a famous name suddenly raised the figure of the master.
Many netizens believe this professor Tsinghua, and they can't help but be shocked that Tsinghua University has such a wonderful professor and his Mo Bao calligraphy. For a time, all kinds of different remarks came to my face.
To this end, official website of Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts also responded immediately, saying that Tsinghua University did not offer a major in contemporary art, so it can be seen that this master of ink painting named Shao Yan has nothing to do with Tsinghua University. Shao Yan's abuse of Tsinghua University's name caused trouble, which even damaged Tsinghua University's reputation.
The origin of the invention of "needling"
The lower case letters written by Shao Yan in his early years have the characteristics of Wei and Jin Dynasties, which are all reflected in his lower case letters. Zhong You's Manifestation Table and Wang Xizhi's Huang Ting Jing both took root in his works.
In the inheritance of traditional calligraphy, he is indeed a doer, not only recognized by Chinese people, but also harvested olive branches from abroad. His works have been collected by Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bank of Northeast Italy and other institutions.
After entering the new century, Shao Yan's concept of calligraphy has been impacted in many ways. In addition, as an artist, he always likes to be unconventional, bring forth new ideas and introduce so-called modern calligraphy, which makes people confused. Shao Yan, who was deeply influenced by western artistic thoughts, painted calligraphy and graffiti and pursued the so-called "visual impact".
There are a large number of post-calligraphers, showing the momentum that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before. Some calligraphy predecessors saw that they could not be famous, so they opened up the so-called "innovation" road one after another. Shao Yan is on this road, or worse.
The formation of calligraphy style largely determines the creator's "three views" People who have incorrect "three views" are bound to go astray and even go astray. In this context, Shao Yan's "needling method" came into being.
Needle calligraphy uses a needle instead of a brush as a writing tool, and the process of shooting ink is the process of writing. Therefore, some people call Shao Yan a "master of ink painting". Why is inkjet behavior getting worse and worse? It is not only Shao Yan who is to blame, but also the booing of the audience naturally adds fuel to the fire.
As a result, the writing behavior evolved into a variety show. Performance also needs the support of props. Shao Yan just has a long white beard and looks like a sage like type, attracting ignorant admirers and fanatics.