After having experienced various ideological trends from the 1980s to the 1990s, Chinese traditional paintings returned to the direction of independence and self-reliance. Many painters started to explore innovation resource from the traditional culture and presented Chinese cultural spirit connotation in the expression of ontology. Shi Feng is such a painter who made much efforts on the research of Chinese traditional aspects, only by which can we switch tradition to modern very well. Shi’s artworks integrate traditional conception with new realm, showing his profound knowledge and comprehensive self-cultivate.
中國畫在經歷了上世紀八九十年代的各種思潮洗禮后,開始從激進躁動的思潮云涌中走出來,逐漸向自立、自主求發(fā)展的方向回歸。因時代性變革而起于中國畫陣營的各種觀念與手法、語言與精神的求索也從含混不清、錯綜復雜中走出來,變得明確和清晰起來。雖然中國畫在現代性轉型中付出了一統(tǒng)天下的單一化價值判斷的代價,但卻換來了有利于繪畫創(chuàng)作的多元并存局面。當代中國畫似乎在這“多元并存”的繪畫格局中恢復了某種自信和冷靜,開始尋找以筆墨為切入點的本體表現手法和文化精神內涵,旨在從中國畫內部尋求超越動力,完成中國畫的當代發(fā)展。許多畫家開始著眼從傳統(tǒng)中發(fā)掘創(chuàng)新資源,努力讓自己的表現語言有所根據,并出現了一批有所成就的優(yōu)秀畫家,石峰就是其中一位。
出生于1969年的石峰,有感于中國畫在近一個世紀中所遭遇的各種挫折及當代發(fā)展必將回歸筆墨本體的趨勢,開始著眼于中國畫文化脈絡的思考,著手于中國畫傳統(tǒng)法式的體認,對山水畫傳統(tǒng)法式進行重新闡釋并賦予新的內涵,以文化情境轉換嫁接的方式,使傳統(tǒng)山水畫圖式轉化為時代表現。
隨著中國畫筆墨表現功能在多元探索中顯示出的筆墨語言純化和表現功能約簡的傾向,筆墨本體和自律受到了前所未有的關注,中國畫品評標準開始從社會學向藝術學轉換,筆墨自身規(guī)律和文化品性開始釋放出巨大的輻射能量。……