
Zhu Mingjian likes drawing history paintings, which seems to be related to his study experience at the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Zhu studied from Andrei Mylnikov, a worldclass Russian painter and professor of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts. Enlightened from the achievements of Russian history paintings, Zhu is also summoned by the Chinese epic plots in the heart. Appreciating his history paintings is like walking in the time tunnel.
—Luo Shiping, Time Tells a Story—History Paintings of Zhu Mingjian
To present the history of the battle of Tunmen, Zhu Mingjian adopted the“hyperspace structure”in his history paintings, combining the historical space time with the realistic space time on the same painting.
—Xia Shuoqi, Appreciating the Modern Themed Artistic Creation at the“China Arts Exhibition”
朱明健作歷史畫,似乎與他在列賓美術(shù)學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷有關(guān),因為圣彼得堡畢竟出過列賓、蘇里柯夫這樣的歷史畫大師,俄羅斯畢竟有巡回展覽畫派以來的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義油畫傳統(tǒng),朱明健本人畢竟是梅爾尼科夫的入室弟子,筆下也確有些俄國油畫的味道。但朱明健不拘泥,在他受啟迪于俄羅斯歷史畫成就時,內(nèi)心受到召喚的是民族的史詩情節(jié),中國文化特有的歷史敘事結(jié)構(gòu)引導(dǎo)他去作時空因果的探究。他的歷史畫,已是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)跳開了典型情節(jié)的戲劇化再現(xiàn)而史詩的目標(biāo)開放,那鋪陳延伸在朱明健油畫中的時空路徑,引人入勝,讀來有如行走在時光隧道之中。
——羅世平《時光在說——朱明健的歷史畫》
“超時空結(jié)構(gòu)”因主題的需要在兩次大展的創(chuàng)作中都有采用。例如,中國和葡萄牙的海戰(zhàn)——屯門之戰(zhàn),曾經(jīng)歷了幾次戰(zhàn)役。為了展示這次海戰(zhàn)的歷史,畫家朱明健在《屯門之戰(zhàn)》中采用了“超時空結(jié)構(gòu)”,把歷史時空和“現(xiàn)實(shí)”時空結(jié)構(gòu)于同一畫面。時間上有延續(xù)性,囊括了幾年間進(jìn)行的幾次戰(zhàn)役;空間上多層次,不但描繪了海上正在展開的戰(zhàn)斗,還刻畫了水下因曾經(jīng)發(fā)生海戰(zhàn)而沉沒的戰(zhàn)艦殘骸,手法豐富,概括了屯門之戰(zhàn)連續(xù)幾年的歷史真實(shí)。倘若采用瞬間現(xiàn)實(shí)時空的方法,便不可能有這樣的藝術(shù)效果。
——夏碩奇《從兩次“中國藝術(shù)大展”看當(dāng)代主題性美術(shù)創(chuàng)作》
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