Before the gathering of students studying in France, Fang Yi had something far more important to do, which was the admission interview to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
When he was in China, Fang Yi had always heard that the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, the Russian Repin Academy of Fine Arts and the British Royal Academy of Fine Arts were known as the four major art academies in the world.
In fact, it was only when I got here that I discovered that the so-called four major art academies in China are just from YY. The most famous first-tier art academies now generally tend to be the three major art academies! The ones with the most approval are generally
My opinion is that the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, and the Yale School of Art are the three most recognized art academies in the world. As for the top four! It sounds more like the habit of the Chinese people. They do everything.
Make it up to four or eight or something.
It would be great if Italian Buddhism and Beauty can be included in the top ten, because Buddhism and Beauty does not have a high status at all in modern art! The current Florence Academy of Fine Arts only has its historical status!
As for the beauty of the Russians, in the eyes of Western Europe and Americans, it can only be haha! As for famous Russian artists, it is just that the Russians play with themselves behind closed doors! Western-centric theory, what do you think of the current art field?
Western Europeans and Americans, who are powerful in China, would rank Maozi Art School, which they regard as barbarians and cultural deserts, among the top four. Among Western art critics or artists, if it can be ranked in the 20s, it will be considered a success for Russia.
It’s a shame to be in the top four!
The rumor in China that Liemei is one of the four major art academies is just a mere boast. Then a group of people who studied in Maozi returned to China and started to brag about it! Not to mention students from Liemei, even teachers from Liemei and so on.
If you go to a school like Bami, the treatment is not much better than that of ordinary students!
As for the domestic rankings of Hangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, seventh or eighth, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, which is ranked 19th, it is a fantasy. Among all the art academies in China, it is considered good if they can be in the top 50.
In the eyes of Western Europeans, Americans are very powerful in visual and media arts, the French and Italians are very rich in art, and the British are very authoritative in art research. They have nothing to do with Japan and the Russians. If you don’t believe me, take a look.
Among the most expensive paintings in the world, how many are by the artist Mao Zi? There is not one in the top ten!
Of course, there are no official rankings for these things. Even if there are, they are only ranked by some busybodies or magazines in order to attract attention. As for the domestic rankings or the rankings of foreign authoritative institutions, the upper lip touches the lower lip.
, the domestic list is more like what Hangzhou and the United States have compiled themselves! As far as it is generally believed among the countries with strong art in the world, there is no such thing as the top four that some people in China are talking nonsense about!
Fang Yi naturally had to prepare well to participate in the interview at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Fang Yi naturally had some indescribable feelings of intimacy in his heart for the school where his teacher Liu Hongshuo graduated. Of course, the so-called good preparation does not mean
You need to wear a neat suit for the interview. This is an audition for an art college. It is not a job recruitment in a factory! It is not just listening to the leader's instructions. The clothes are neat and tidy, and the other thing is comfort!
On the morning of the interview, Fang Yi drove his car towards the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris on the left bank of the Seine. When he drove there, Fang Yi found a parking place. When he arrived at the interview location, he discovered that the place was filled with people.
illustrate.
Although Fang Yi was mentally prepared, he was still stunned by such a driving test. This was the first time he had seen such a situation in France for so long. However, this situation made Fang Yi stunned for a moment. He immediately figured it out.
.This is the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. At this time, not only young art students from all over Europe and the world are gathered here, but in terms of admission rate, it is a hundred times more difficult than the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China!
No matter how many students apply for the exam, it doesn't matter to Fang Yi. Fang Yi thinks in his heart that if he can't get into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris because of his level, there can only be one situation: the interview teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris is blind! He's brainless.
The experience bar in it is only eight people short of reaching the master level. If the Paris Academy of Fine Arts doesn’t admit me, who else can be admitted?
Fang Yi, who was so confident, found a cleaner step and sat down. There was still about half an hour before his interview time. Fang Yi took out the now very trendy Apple MP3 player he was carrying and put in the earphones.
After listening to the song, Fang Yi looked at his watch and waited for the agreed interview time to arrive.
With ten minutes left before the time, Fang Yi turned off his cell phone, put the mp3 player back in his pocket and walked towards his interview room.
After waiting for five minutes, he heard a middle-aged woman calling his name in French. After hearing this, Fang Yi adjusted his clothes easily and confidently walked inside.
"Hello, interviewers!" As soon as he opened the door of the room, Fang Yi glanced at the five interviewers sitting inside and said with a slight greeting.
"Please take a seat!" The middle-aged female interviewer sitting outside looked at Fang Yi and smiled and said, then pointed to the chair not far in front and motioned for Fang Yi to sit there.
"We took a look at your work! In terms of technique, it is very good, and in terms of the details of some pictures, it is rare for such a young person to have such skills!" An old man in the middle who was almost completely bald looked at it.
Fang Yi sat down on the chair and said immediately.
"But have you ever thought that your works, whether they are realism or post-impressionism, all have a strong Chinese flavor! Even if I don't even look at your information, I can tell you are from China just by looking at your paintings!".
Fang Yi nodded and replied: "I don't deny this! After all, I have lived in such an environment since I was a child! Whether it is Chinese philosophy or living habits, they will naturally affect my creation! This
I will not deliberately avoid it, or avoid it!".
The other four interviewers looked at each other, and the middle-aged female interviewer who just spoke to Fang Yi said, "Are you Bruno's student?".
Fang Yi nodded after hearing this, and couldn't help thinking in his heart: Didn't you say that foreigners don't have connections? Why did he mention his teacher after just asking a few questions? When he was in China, he read a report saying that the United States has
My school even opened a special course on Chinese relations! I saw at that time
After hearing this news, Fang Yi sighed for a long time, thinking that the Chinese people who cultivate relationships are already in American university classes. How shameful it is to have relationships! Now when he heard that his teacher was mentioned, of course he felt a little strange in his heart!
Why did the teacher Liu Hongshuo be dragged out after just a few words of conversation?
In fact, Fang Yi was wrong. Foreigners also talk about guanxi and alumni relationships. Almost all Chinese people talk about guanxi and foreigners talk about it. However, due to cultural differences, the ways of building guanxi are very different.
After all, foreigners are human beings too, and they also need to be social! Americans take this course because they want to enter the Chinese market, and they need to learn how to build relationships in this market. If you use the same European and American relationship-building techniques, don’t talk to people in China.
Let’s talk business. You might offend someone!
This course is not to make fun of the Chinese people's messy relationship, but because of the objective requirements to enter China, the world's largest emerging market! Let American entrepreneurs and managers go to the Chinese market and use local market methods to draw correct relationships.
, build a good relationship!
"Your style is not similar to his, at least not in my impression. It can be said that they are completely like two styles!" The female interviewer looked at Fang Yi and asked, as for the school where Fang Yi graduated from Stone Art
.None of the interviewers cared about it! In fact, they didn’t even know where Shi Yi was. What Fang Yi asked these people to be interested in was not the style of his work, but the recommendation written by Liu Hongshuo as a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris to his disciples.
letter, plus Bernard’s letter of recommendation.
To put it more bluntly, these interviewers were not interested in Fang Yi’s work style! Without these two letters of recommendation, the confident Fang Yi might not even have a chance to be interviewed!
Some people may say that these people don’t like Fang Yi’s Chinese-style works, so why can Mr. Zao Wou-ki’s paintings be sold at such high prices in the European market? Why can the French appreciate Zao Wou-ki’s paintings but not Fang Yi?
works?
This is art. How can there be a unified standard throughout the ages! Everyone's appreciation of the world is always different. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, that's what I'm talking about! Naturally, the conclusions drawn are also different! Besides, it's just a matter of course.
Yi is not Mr. Zao Wou-ki! To put it more bluntly, Mr. Zao Wou-ki can draw like this. Others just don’t like your Fang Yi’s paintings now!
Fang Yi opened his mouth and replied directly: "My teacher did not ask me to draw according to his style, but more encouraged me to draw according to my own ideas!".
After answering several questions from the interviewers, one of them signaled Fang Yi to evaluate some of the nearby works and tell what the artist wanted to express.
Fang Yi glanced at these paintings, and none of them had names popping up in his mind, which meant that none of them were qualified enough to remember the names in their minds. He directly expressed his opinions to several interviewers calmly.
Next, several interviewers asked Fang Yi which artist's work he liked and his evaluation of the artist! Fang Yi naturally opened his mouth to this question and named two names: Titian and Ingres!
Then he spoke briefly.
The last step was for Fang Yi to write a short essay about art on the spot.
From the beginning of the middle session, Fang Yi felt keenly how hard these interviewers were dealing with, and his heart slowly sank, but he still kept a smile and completed the entire interview session!
While Fang Yi bowed slightly to the interviewers and walked out the door, the female interviewer asked the people next to her, "What do you think?"
"There is nothing to fault in terms of technique, but he is too conservative in thinking! From the conversation just now, I think it is more appropriate for him to enter the oil painting restoration profession! Instead of creating," the bald old man in the middle finished speaking and shook his head with a smile.
He nodded and said, "To be honest, it's hard for me to connect this student with the crazy Bruno in my memory! Before the interview, I was already prepared to see a young man with full personality and arrogance.
Artist! But now I feel a little regretful!".
"The activity of artistic thinking is somewhat lacking! He is more of a conservative than me," said another interviewer who is almost 50 years old.
"Then let it go first!" The old man in the middle sighed and said. (To be continued...)