Han Peichi
Owner of Banyue Study House
Born in Qilin Village
Born in 1964
Originally from Hebei, studied at Department of Traditional Chinese Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Currently living in Songzhuang, Beijing, independent calligrapher and painter
Contracted artist of Henan Museum of Contemporary Art
Appreciation of works
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Peichi and his paintings-----Deng Fuxing
Peichi and I are both from Gu'an, Hebei, and are fellow residents; his studio and I The Summer Palace where we live is only one stop away, so we can be considered neighbors. Reading his paintings gives you a sense of intimacy.
Peichi is an honest man, peaceful and humble, gentle and taciturn. I think there is an innate give-and-take and shyness to his character. He is in great contrast to those current half-tone painters who are pretentious, high-spirited, bombastic and even arrogant. In the eyes of some people, people like him seem out of date, too naive or even pedantic, and cannot "advance with the times."
Perhaps because of this, Peichi also adopts an "honest" attitude in painting. He started from tradition, studied it carefully, immersed himself in calligraphy and ink, worked diligently, and forgot all about sleep and food. Over the past few decades, he could be said to be a tomb of pens and ink, with three thousand wasted paintings. It can be seen that he did not make a show of his paintings, but practiced real skills, moving forward step by step on the rugged mountain road.
Traditional flower and bird painting has been pushed to the top by several modern and contemporary masters. It’s really difficult to come up with something new. Like Peichi, starting from tradition, on the one hand, there is something to rely on, rely on and refer to. On the other hand, it is difficult to break through and create something new. In the eyes of peers, one move after another, one stroke after another, Everyone knows its source. If you blindly "borrow from the past" without "opening up the present", you will definitely end up mediocre. Therefore, we must break out of tradition. It's hard to get in, and it's especially hard to get out. It seems that the artistic path chosen by Peichi is a real one that relies on talent as well as skill and is a late bloomer. It is not like those extremely smart and shrewd people who stray far away from the tradition and find a different path to create something new. All of a sudden, the results will appear, and you can make some tricks as soon as possible.
Among the themes of Peichi's paintings in recent years, pomegranates, wisteria, peonies, grapes, camellias, persimmons, magnolias, plums, bamboos, fruits and vegetables have all been involved, among which lotus and lilac are the most popular. It’s also more personal. The works in the Lotus series use brushstrokes freely, and the ink colors are rich and vivid, depicting a common theme in flower and bird paintings, and depicting personal features. Lilacs are difficult to express, and not every flower-and-bird painter dares to care about them. In Peichi's pen, the dense and unified, charming and elegant lilacs appear vividly on the paper, with new ideas coming out.
Then again, everything has two sides. After breaking into the tradition, once you break out again, it will be really amazing. Immersed in the traditional painting accumulated over thousands of years, once it reaches the heat, it will undergo a qualitative change. The strokes of the pen and the dripping of ink all contain a certain meaning of traditional culture, which is understandable but difficult to express in words. Moreover, it also shows the painter's distinctive artistic style, which is called "borrowing the past to open up the present". During this period, it is conceivable that the painter, who is honest and conscientious by nature, put in a huge amount of effort. So, people sighed: Look, the honest way of painting is the right way, and honest people will not suffer! Because art does not violate the dialectics of nature.
We hope that Peichi’s works will arouse more people’s emotions.
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