The ancients said: "pen and ink are ruthless, and the author should not be ruthless; Painting is to have feelings and not to make the painter feel uncomfortable. " It is the soul of art to create feelings with pen and ink and to touch people with feelings. Where does love come from? First of all, artists should devote themselves to life with enthusiasm, collect materials from rich sources of life and integrate them into people's thoughts and feelings. This is the basic skill of artists.
Mr. Xu Shuzhi took this step diligently on the road of creation. 1954, just went to work in Xinjiang. 1 month in Xinjiang, snowy and foggy, dripping into ice. He rode a felt tube, wore a fur hat, cotton-padded clothes, packed his backpack, got on a big truck, trudged on the Pamirs for seven days, and arrived in the Kirgiz inhabited area in southern Xinjiang. With indomitable spirit, he overcame the difficulties of different living habits and national language barriers, gestured with his hands, exchanged feelings, experienced life for half a year and drew hundreds of sketches. He made friends through painting and mingled with the masses in thoughts and feelings. Since then, he has established a living base in rural grassroots, and often goes down to ethnic areas to experience life and collect materials. 1956 sketched in Yili, 1958 worked in Jinghe county, 1962 sketched in Hotan, Yutian, Kashgar and Tashkurgan, 1963 sketched in Hotan and Kashgar, 1964 went to Yili Kazakh area, 1964.
The truth of life is not equal to the truth of art, but the source of life has accumulated rich materials for his artistic creation. Mr. Xu Shuzhi continued to create on the basis of in-depth life and a large number of sketches. Pamir Fair, Picking Sheep and Hotan Bazaar are his early works. In these works, we can see his rich traces of sketching materials and rich life experiences. "Hotan Bazaar" depicts the shapes of more than 300 characters, such as camel team, ox cart and sheep, which are vivid and lifelike. In the painting "Pick a Sheep", the horse running in front and the vigorous and brave figure compete with each other and whisper to each other, which is very profound. The audience behind the picture is about 40 to 50 people. Although it is far from small, it has different shapes, which shows Mr. Xu Shuzhi's sketching skills. As can be seen from the collection of paintings, since 1977, he has entered the peak of his creation, and several works come out every year. From 65438 to 0984, Xu Shuzhi went to Korla, Kuqa and Baicheng to copy ancient murals, which enriched his artistic cultivation and skills. At the same time, he was invited to travel all over the country and had artistic exchanges with many painters, which made his artistic expression mature, his composition was complete and changeable, his colors were bright, his characters were fascinated, his brushwork was vivid, his skills were flexible and skillful, and he achieved a higher artistic effect. For example, "Busy except winter clothes" shows the wool shearing girl's concentration on labor with clear strokes, and accurately describes the headscarf, dress and wool of the object with concise lines, which has reached a high level in modeling, texture and expressiveness.
In Dusk, the author recalls the joy of people's harvest along the Ili River and shows the vast scenery with free and easy pen and ink. The ground in the foreground is dark blue, showing a dusty road along the river. The carriage in the middle scene is running, and the people in the car are leaning on the grain bag and looking down with whips. The prospect is painted in light ochre ink, showing the boundless sky. The author fully expressed his pride and comfort in life with the handwriting of a great painter.
The painting "You have broadened your horizons by 300 Li" boldly constructs a picture that people have never seen before from a far-reaching perspective. A mountain is abrupt, and people stand on the top of it, looking up at the sky and herding cattle in the middle of the snow field. It really feels like "all other mountains are dwarfs under the sun". Such a picture can only be captured by Mr. Xu Shuzhi from his life.
Mr. Xu Shuzhi's painting collection is full of poetry, with paintings in poems and poems in paintings. During his arduous migration, he showed the pride of shepherds, such as "singing camels away from the world beyond the Great Wall", "camel bells break the autumn in Qian Shan" and "how difficult it is to climb mountains and mountains". Express the kindness of shepherds in high mountains and dense forests, such as "Feng Ling goes straight to the top of the green hill", "raising deer in the depths of pine forest" and "poplars come to herd cattle in thousands of obstacles"; Show people's joy in labor, such as "There is milk fragrance floating on the Ili River" and "Busy except winter clothes"; Show people's love in the leaves of konoha, such as "the scenery suits people's feelings" and so on. Mr. Xu Shuzhi's pen and ink are affectionate, touching and touching. The pictures show the touching feelings of Xinjiang people who love life, love labor, miss their homeland and are optimistic and humorous. At the same time, it also reflects Mr. Xu Shuzhi's aesthetic taste and cultural and artistic accomplishment.