Soon the news that the works of the five artists were sold for more than one million US dollars spread to Europe. Some art magazines also reported on the linearist works of the five artists and announced the transaction prices of the five artists’ latest works! Of course, domestic art media also reported this.
According to the news, some art journals are also preparing to send reporters to the United States to interview the five people.
The exhibition in New York was very successful. Even the number of words cannot explain the problem, because it was so successful that it dwarfed the following cities. However, Fang Yi's works still lived up to expectations and were exhibited in a third city.
It was announced that it was sold out.
The first three paintings that were exhibited in Venice increased from 1.25 million to 1.4 million, and the latter painting was 1.6 million, which was an increase of tens of thousands compared to the price purchased by the Cohens. Now Fang Yi is not
It was Fang Yi in the past. When it was first exhibited, many collectors thought that Fang Yi was just following the trend of linearism, while people like Keshma were the main force in the creation.
If you think about it, you will understand. Many Europeans think that Chinese people are not good at oil painting. Even if they are good at painting, they are all following the trend and following the painting style pioneered by others. Can you say that they are creating a style? Since Fang Yi.
Who is like this? Not even among Chinese people in China or overseas, you can’t find anyone like Fang Yi
There is no such person who has become a member of a new painting school, let alone the main force of the founding school, or a representative figure! From many interviews in Venice, whether it is Keshma or Rude, as well as the remaining Artur and
Anders has admitted to the media more than once that Fang Yi is the one who made the most important contribution among the five of him.
Of course, the works of representative figures are easier to sell!
The problem now is that just halfway through the exhibition, Fang Yi’s works were completely sold out. In other words, people who came to the preview later could not buy them if they wanted to, because the Fang Yi works hanging in the exhibition hall no longer belonged to Fang Yi.
It is gone, but belongs to the owners who paid for it.
The last stop was Los Angeles. As soon as the preview was over, Fang Yi returned to the hotel, took a shower, and had a phone call with his girlfriend, Bellonica. Before the conversation could be finished, he heard a knock at the door.
Opening the door, he waved to Zou Heming, who was standing at the door with a smiling face, indicating that he could come in. He turned around and returned to the sofa in the living room to sit down.
After chatting with Beronica for a few words, he hung up the phone. Fang Yi asked Zou Heming, "The smile on your face has never stopped during this time! Are you so happy?".
"Of course!" Zou Heming sat down on the sofa and said directly. If you are not happy in this situation, how can you be happy now? The entire art exhibition is basically over. Fang Yi's works are sold out, and the four of Keshma are also
Each of them sold two to three paintings, and the entire gallery's income suddenly reached tens of millions of dollars. Zou Heming could wake up laughing from his sleep.
Hahaha, he laughed twice. Zou Heming said to Fang Yi: "The Metropolitan Museum called just now. They each ordered a piece of Keshma's work. Since you have no works to sell, just ask me what your next move will be.
When will the work be completed?”.
Fang Yi listened and said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Museum is planning to collect my works?" Looking at Zou Heming, he nodded and said: "If they want to wait four months, maybe it will be a little later."
I don’t want it when it’s displayed in your exhibition hall. How can I change it if I want it now?
"Paint slowly, don't be in a hurry." Zou Heming opened his mouth and said relaxedly: "Just ensure that about four works a year are handed over to the gallery. As for the time, you can control it yourself. We will see if the works can be handed over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art!"
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"I can't necessarily guarantee the four works." Fang Yi now doesn't want to bury his head in painting like before. The technique of linearism is inherently more complicated. In order to support this touring exhibition, he and his friends are all at the same time.
I started working on two or three works, but the reservations have not yet been completed.
Although four paintings a year doesn't seem like a lot, Fang Yi really can't guarantee the number of paintings. In the next time, he is going to be more casual, which means he will be more critical when looking at his works, and be prepared to
Draw a bigger one, one meter over two meters.
Zou Heming became a little anxious when he heard this: "You still can't guarantee the four works?".
"I'm going to paint a larger work next, and I estimate that by the end of the year there will only be about three paintings at most," Fang Yi said after calculation.
"Three paintings are okay, but you can't control it. Two paintings are a bit too few," Zou Heming said. "Even if we want to control the number of works, we shouldn't control it like this." An artist has two paintings a year.
Works? Na Fang Yi lived to his eighties
Even if you can pick up a paintbrush when you are 12 years old, you will only have a total of 120 works, which is too few. Many painters give a few works to galleries a year, but they still have many works in their own painting rooms.
, Fang Yi only paints three paintings a year? How can this be possible!
"We'll see when the time comes," Fang Yi said vaguely. Fang Yi now feels that he has no breakthrough. With the experience last time, he is ready to think more.
Regarding Fang Yi's words, Zou Heming didn't have much to do. He couldn't put a knife on Fang Yi's neck and watch him paint all day long. He could only sigh and said: "Try your best, strive for four paintings to guarantee three works."
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"What do you say about the European exhibition?" Fang Yi changed the topic.
Zou Heming thought for a while and said: "It won't be possible this year. Let's look at it next year. We will wait for your new works to come out before considering the European exhibition."
After thinking about it for a while, Fang Yi realized that his works were completely gone, and only half of the four Keshima pieces were left. How could this half be taken directly to Europe for exhibition, in case they were all sold out and the Lawrence Gallery was on holiday?
One year? How is this possible? Therefore, these works should just sit in the gallery exhibition hall and be sold slowly.
The two chatted for a while, and then Zou Heming left Fang Yi's house and went to Artur's room next door to chat with his other money tree.
Fang Yi returned to the room, turned on the TV directly, and then put his feet up on the coffee table to turn on the TV. His mind was not on the TV program, but instead turned to thinking about the theme to be expressed in the next work.
There is always a certain amount of controversy for a living artist. The works of Fang Yiwu and others have sold for millions of dollars. Of course, there are some artists and critics who can't stand it, and they want to prove it by poking around in the media.
Linearist works are not worth so much money. Some people even think that cutting off more than half of the current price is the real value of linearism!
To put it bluntly, some of them are just black for the sake of being black! They not only comment on linearist works, but also have private purposes. These people, especially some critics, rely on this mouth to make a living. Of course, they know that they will definitely not get likes now.
What a name, but Hei might have a chance to become famous, or at least make himself look selfless, not follow the crowd, what he pursues is the special demeanor and momentum of this independent wave.
Of course, these sounds were directly filtered by Fang Yi in his ears. Fang Yi was not in the mood to pay attention to these people who were full and had nothing to do. Despite their time, I was still lying on the bed sleeping.
What are these people talking about?
Even in China, there are a group of resolute anti-Fang factions. Fang Yi has been resolutely anti-Fang faction since the first art exhibition held in China with his teacher Liu Hongshuo. In Venice, everyone was busy applying for the national pavilion, and there were also people in the museum.
Theme artist, as for Fang Yi becoming famous, I have just briefly touched on it. The focus is still on the country.
At the level of the pavilion. At that time, everyone understood what the general direction was. Fang Yi’s fame naturally belonged to the non-general direction. Did he personally overshadow the national pavilion? This was definitely not allowed to happen. Of course, the report could not focus on the
Fang Yi, a 'little guy', even art magazines still have to talk about this big-picture perspective!
As soon as the news that Fang Yi's works were sold for millions of dollars abroad spread back to China, some magazines felt as if they had been slapped in the face in public. Within a few years of scolding this guy, his works were sold abroad for millions.
US dollars? Is the aesthetic taste of Americans so bad?
When they were hesitating how to comment, the comments of European and American Black Linear artists and critics reached their ears. They immediately felt like a treasure and began to analyze Fang Yi's works from the perspective of the ideas and expressions of the works.
. He acted as if he would not stop until he said that Fang Yi’s works were worthless.
The first two media outlets to bear the brunt were Shicheng's "Avant-garde Art" and Lingang's "Art Times", which quoted articles by these internationally 'famous' artists and critics in an attempt to prove the quality of Fang Yi's works, and the
Lawrence Gallery's insidious hype ploy.
As for how the art media in Shicheng would join the Black Fang faction, which firmly supports the Square faction, just because Fang Yi is from Shicheng and from this province, these media cannot be black, and they immediately wrote their own comment articles like a flower.
Jin, full of praise. At first glance, Fang Yi is now a mainstay in the world of painting, and the number one artist in the world. No other living European and American artist can match him. Such reports are a bit exaggerated!
This time, Mingzhu's art media came to Fang Yi's side and praised Fang Yi. At the same time, they gave Fang Yi a high evaluation. The hat of the number one Chinese oil painter was placed on Fang Yi's forehead.
At this time, the domestic art media began to report tit-for-tat on Fang Yi's linearism. You published an article and I refuted another. You and I were very happy. For a time, the price of Fang Yi's works, including linearism
have begun to spread more widely in the country
Later, many collectors even knew the names of Keshma and Rude, and began to call the five masters of linearism, or more informally, the Five Tigers of Linearism. If Fang Yi heard this, he would have thought
He is a lawless person who uses a big knife to chop people.
Affected by the media, teachers and students in major art schools have also been divided into two groups. Some students think linearism is irrelevant, while others think linearism is good. The debates in the same school are fierce.
!The performance is that in their respective forums, everyone is enthusiastically commenting on Fang Yi’s works. What’s funny is that most of these people are looking at Fang Yi’s early works, which are the ones that are now donated to Shiyi.
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