Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Good artwork?
Yesterday, Hong asked what is good art? I paused for a moment, thinking hard and yet I couldn't come up with a generic good answer.
Perhaps it is easier to answer what is good art for myself! Personally I believe a good piece of artwork should be loyal to an artist emotion at the point of creation. If someone is happy, the work should look joyful then. That's why I create my works according to my mood. How would I paint a work that I have no idea what it is about? Rich bright colours ran through my canvas as when I felt like it, ink splashed over the clean white papers as when I wanted to add favours to them. The enjoyment over the creation of genuine art pieces is good, the expression of true feeling is good. That's why I follow the teaching of Jingling school of scholars whom advocated the giving free rein to one's own spiritual and emotional impulses in creation.