Human of the painter: Collector's Edition

Author: Xiao Yu
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Perhaps the main purpose of human art is to express the lives and emotions of humans themselves. Since the goal is to portray humans, then studying what humans truly are, researching and grasping human form, should be a natural and inherent thing. Second, within the scope of human knowledge on Earth, we believe "humans" are the highest achievement of matter's development. Therefore, from a form perspective, they should also be the most beautiful and perfect. As a result, human artists, naturally, should praise, celebrate, appreciate, and depict them, which should also be a natural and inherent thing.
Painting Model Collection 3: A Healthy, Normal Human Society Treats the Beauty and Art of the Human Body in This Way. However, it's different in China. Many people say that promoting the beauty of the human body and valuing human body art is not in line with our national conditions. Indeed, this statement is not entirely wrong. But this proves that our "national conditions" are unnatural and unhealthy. Chairman Mao once pointed out sharply that in a letter to six Central Political Committee members, he said, "Nude models are necessary for painting and sculpture—without them, it's not possible. Opposing them with feudal thinking is inappropriate." It is precisely this unnatural and unhealthy "feudal thinking" that has caused distortion and destruction of the healthy beauty and art of the human body. Could this "national condition" still be maintained and inherited by the Chinese people who overthrew feudalism? The outcome should be clear, but the reasons for the hesitation and opposition of many comrades are also very real. This is because healthy human beauty and art often also carry unnatural and unhealthy elements—the so-called "yellow" poison. Therefore, the task is to promote normal and healthy aspects while opposing the yellow.