When we arrived in New York again, even the freshness of last time was much less. Fang Yi and the other five stayed directly in the hotel, waiting for the opening of their art exhibition. Of course, they also had to receive interviews from some art media every day.
This interview was not as sloppy as last time. A reporter found a pen or took a voice recorder, and everyone sat casually in the hotel cafe and chatted slowly. Not only did the paper like last time
Quality media, this time there were also two or three TV media. Some TV stations had columns introducing emerging arts and sent people to interview five people.
Fang Yi and the other five people were wearing more casual clothes and were sitting on a red curved sofa. Opposite the five people was sitting a beautiful blond female anchor, dressed in white professional attire, with her two big white legs together, slightly tilted.
He lowered his body and elegantly faced the five people.
"Why did you meet and become familiar with each other? And did you realize that the five of you created a new painting school?" The female anchor asked another question to Fang Yi and the other five.
Keshima opened his mouth and said: "Of course I didn't realize it at the beginning. At that time, Fang and Rude, I had just met each other, and we started to understand each other through a competition?".
Listening to what Keshma said, the female anchor smiled and asked jokingly: "Is there any competition? Just like fencers? I think the audience of our program will be very interested in your competition. Can you give us the details?
Can you please explain what happened at that time?"
Keshima smiled after hearing this and said: "It's just to draw lines on paper to test everyone's control of lines. We have drawn a total of twenty lines, right?" After speaking, he turned to Fang Yi and Lu De and asked
road.
"Yes! There are twenty-four in total." Fang Yi and Lu De looked at Keshima and said with a smile.
"Is there a winner in the competition?" the female anchor asked curiously, holding her chin in her hand: "This method sounds very interesting. Do many artists have such competitions?".
"Between everyone," Fang Yi opened his mouth and said, "As for the others, I don't know much about them, but that's how the three of us played at the time!".
After listening to Fang Yi's words, Rude opened his mouth and said: "Everyone's line style is different, so there is no big result from the comparison. Then everyone added some small difficulties!".
"You've started to get to know each other through this competition, right?"
"Well! We all developed a good impression of each other, and Yi would often come to us from Paris to discuss painting together. Then I wrote to Anders and Artur, telling them that I met a
"I'm a very good friend. If you have some ideas about painting, let them come together. Let's chat together and implement new ideas."
The female anchor asked: "Do you still keep that painting?".
"When I was finishing the painting, a friend happened to be nearby. He had a strong interest in art. He was also a painting student himself, so I gave it to him to take away," Keshma said.
"Wow!" the female anchor made an exaggerated expression: "The three founders of linearism got to know each other and admired each other because of their works, so your friends should keep it well!".
Fang Yi and the others all smiled after hearing this. Ever since they became famous, Benjamin had long regarded this painting as a treasure. Who knows where this person kept it. Still using the female anchor to remind him? Maybe it will be early
Just find a safe and put it there.
"Then you joined in? How did it feel to meet Fang for the first time?" the female anchor asked Anders and Altur.
"I was surprised at his age. He was a little too young," Anders said. "Then after spending a few days with him, I felt that he was a genius. After I felt that Yi was a genius, there was nothing strange about his age.
, I don’t think it’s strange that he later re-mixed the materials to be more suitable for our performance. Thinking about Leonardo da Vinci’s involvement in so many aspects of knowledge, it’s understandable.”
Artur nodded beside him and said yes, expressing his agreement with Anders' words.
At the end of the interview, the female anchor asked: "About the Venice Biennale. Before the list of winners was announced, many people thought you would definitely win an award. But we now know the result, which caused a lot of confusion."
debate. What did you think when you heard the jury announced this result?"
Anders said: "Of course I'm a little disappointed not to win, but it's up to the jury to decide who to award the award to. It's not decided by Keshma and I, so I'm a little disappointed because we
Next, we have to prepare for a tour exhibition in several cities in the United States! It didn’t take much time to struggle with this problem! Within a few days after seeing the results, we all went back and started creating.”
The anchor's question was a trap. Of course, as a program, the anchor would want to hear Anders or Keshima scolding the organizer. Only then would the program be brilliant. But Anders's answer was
It was quite satisfactory and I didn’t complain about the judges of the Venice Biennale at all.
If you think about it more deeply, the two of them would not complain about not winning the award. In the end, the media quarrel over this issue made them gain more than the reputation of winning the award. If they won an award that many people thought they must win, how could they lose their ability?
The turmoil caused was huge! In some respects, the five of them had to thank the judges for giving them a good reputation. How could they complain? This was just taking advantage and being good!
The entire interview lasted for an hour and a half intermittently. The content of the interview ranged from getting famous, to the Venice Biennale, and then to a little bit about their personal lives. It covered almost everything. Anyway, I was preparing to present to the program.
Let’s give the audience a comprehensive introduction to five linearist artists!
"How many cities will your art exhibition be exhibited in?" the female anchor asked knowingly.
Anders opened his mouth and said: "New York, Chicago, Los Angeles..." While talking about the city names, he also mentioned the time to be exhibited to the public. As for Anders's words, which were not spoken at all, it was because of the camera.
There was someone holding a sign nearby to give instructions. It was like following a script and it was not difficult at all.
"If you are interested in linearism, you might as well go and see the exhibitions of these emerging artists!" The female anchor waited for Anders to finish, looked at the camera and said, ending the interview.
As soon as the female anchor finished speaking, Fang Yi stood up from the sofa, began to untie the small microphone attached to his clothes, then took off the small box hanging from his waist and handed it to the staff on the sidelines.
The five of them took off their belongings, and the staff in the field also started to adjust the machines and other things. The whole place suddenly seemed busy.
Fang Yi walked towards Zou Heming who was standing at the door. When he got in front of him, he couldn't help but ask: "Why do I find this show so suspenseful? It doesn't look like it's introducing pure art, it's a bit like a show or something.
It’s just for entertainment!”.
"Of course ordinary people will care more about little anecdotes when watching art. They are more interested in the artists themselves than the works. As for collectors, who would watch such a program?" Zou Heming patted Fang Yi on the shoulder and pursed his lips, joking.
Said: "Look, Anders has gained something from participating in this show!".
Following Zou Heming's line of sight, Fang Yi saw Anders chatting with the female anchor in the corner next to him. After watching for a while, he didn't see any gain, so he couldn't help but ask: "What gain?".
"The female anchor gave Anders a small note just now," Zou Heming leaned close to Fang Yi and whispered.
"Real or false? Why didn't I see it?" Fang Yi looked at the two chatting happily and asked.
"The rumor is hidden. It seems that Anders has some activities tonight. Let's go have some fun?" Zou Heming asked Fang Yi.
After hearing this, Fang Yi opened his mouth and said: "Forget it, it's better to go back to the hotel to sleep at night. I also want to chat with Beronica for a while and ask how her art exhibition went."
"Then I'll go ask others if they're interested." After hearing this, Zou Heming walked over to Keshima and the others.
Because the entire interview took place in a small conference room in the hotel, Fang Yi opened the door directly and walked to the elevator to go back to his room.
Just as he was about to close the elevator door, he heard Anders say: "Wait!".
Fang Yi reached out and pressed the elevator door button, watching his friend walk in and asked: "Are you going to change clothes and go on a date with the female anchor?".
Anders was stunned for a moment after hearing this: "Did you see her passing the little note to me?".
"I didn't see it, but Zou Heming did. The female anchor looks pretty good." Fang Yi smiled as he watched the elevator close its door and drive towards his room floor.
"Looking at Ilia all day long isn't enough to make me feel sick to my stomach?" Anders took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a phone number written on it, then rolled it up and held it in his hand until it came out.
I threw it into the trash can when we got into the elevator.
The two of them went back to their rooms. Fang Yi closed the door and started calling his girlfriend Beronica. He first talked about his own affairs and then asked his girlfriend how the exhibition was today. The two chatted for more than half an hour.
After hanging up the phone, Beronica wished her boyfriend a smooth exhibition on the phone. The next day was the preview in New York.
This exhibition is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is no cocktail reception during the preview. Apart from paintings, there is no red wine and the like. The guests don’t even have bottles of water! You want to put these things on display and wait for a while.
The Metropolitan Museum wouldn't agree to it.
Although these things were gone, there were indeed many more people at the scene than last time, and their wallets should also be a lot bigger than last time. Because Fang Yi listened to Zou Heming's introduction, they were not some foundation manager couple.
, just like the president of some company.
Fang Yi, who was greeting Zou Heming and his friends, didn't know that he had inadvertently created a history: the first Chinese artist to hold an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Not only domestically but also overseas
Among the Chinese, Fang Yi took the lead.
It’s nothing to raise a fortune, and it’s true that these people have deep pockets, but people who spend millions of dollars to buy a work are more cautious than people before. This is the feeling of Fang Yi’s New York exhibition! (To be continued