Text / Chu Zhonghai
Reading
Jian Bo’s landscape, feeling it very "meaning" to withstand repeated
taste, rather than painting some nowadays by odd funny painting, Jian Bo’s paintings
have a refreshing and long meaning quality, shining light of oriental
philosophy wisdom.
Pan Jianbo | Clear Lijiang River bank
| 68x136cm | freehand
landscape | 2015
Reading
Chuang-tzu at night, "the Untrammeled Traveler" is my favorite. The
old man said, "The water is not thick, and the strength of carrying boat
is weak. The wind is not strong, and the strength of carrying wind is weak”, thousands
of years has been alerted the people of insight. "Profound accumulation",
is a necessary process of a painter's artistic achievements made, and this process
is also a painter to "paint", made "ten thousand methods"
as "a stroke", made "all things and I are one", is the
process of "starting from skills to the way", is "an
immortal" process of a "cocoon
into a butterfly".
Pan Jianbo | Saint Lotus mountain | 46x68cm | freehand
landscape | 2014
Jian
Bo's painting is in the "painting" as "change."". His
painting creation, the “change” of "brush and ink", the change of "artistic
conception", the change of "schema", have reached a very high
level.
Pan Jianbo | Beautiful enough to feast
the eyes | 68x136cm | freehand
landscape | 2013
First
of all, he is well-grounded, is deep ancient, he
has ancient method and tradition. His painting, learned from the contemporary
masters, far from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are rules and low first.
Second, he was able to learn from the ancients rather than the ancients. For
the heritage of tradition, Jianbo is well versed in "alike in spirit". Mr. Huang Binhong has been affectionately said,
"the oriental culture, long history and reform, repeated advance and
retreat, the immortal spirit in universe", is to affirm a prominent place in painting creation, "peel skin keep liquid" to righteousness
is that a word of "change". The Jianbo’s painting of his forte, is
very magical Kung Fu of “change”.
Pan Jianbo | Temple of Fragrant Hills | 68x68cm | freehand
landscape | 2013
In
his works, both Song Dynasty paintings of exquisite painting texture and low; and
Yuan Dynasty paintings of attainments, the pursuit of literati painting charm,
exquisite brush and ink; both implication of Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming painting
style of Ming Dynasty, also has the mellow and elegant of Qing Dynasty "Four
Kings"; then he take these into the heart, and then through "the
soul of brewing", “change” it for "personal law",
make the ancients were used by me, so as to form a the one and only
"I": brush and ink contain the profound heritage, each line of each
operation has its own law, but Jian Bo has done it, "I use the ink but not
ink uses me”, as the coach in general a handy. Third, his painting creation are
very focused on Chinese freehand brushwork, not like the painters pay attention
to the shape, as the pursuit of "engraved portrait", like
"creation service", and no matter in mind, although people in all
things and from the heart of all things go. Jianbo pays attention to do an accessible
painter, advocate the interest and charm, paint with the heart.
Pan Jianbo | Singing spring in Xishan | 68x136cm | freehand
landscape | 2013
Taoist
priest Dachi said, "but the meaning of painting"; Ni Yu is elegant and
noble in his whole life, is "leisurely stokes, talk about the leisureliness in his mind"; Dong Qichang has put forward at the end of the Ming Dynasty,
"The universe is in my consciousness,
so all things from me", "heart is the master of all
things" as the origin of his
painting philosophy, set up subject painter's consciousness, with all one’s
heart to command everything, everything will lead by heart, and to integrate
and cast - "reproduce", the "object" of nature become the
"subject" of nature, nature is the secret in my heart, all from
"me". The paintings of Jian Bo, has won the "samadhi", his landscape image of the mountain and the water,
every tree and bush, which constructed, are filled with the essence of China
Culture -- Confucianism thought, is showing that his understanding and
expression for nature secret, so his paintings, brush and ink, the artistic
conception, the schema is extremely personalized,
filled with unspeakable charm.