今天,被我们称之为“传统”的,一般都是年代较为久远的艺术家的艺术旨趣、经验及其作品。那些公认的艺术大师,离开我们也有几十年的时间了。这些似乎告诉我们,一个画家很难在他置身的时代得到很高的评价。现在的一些画家,言传统必尊古,你学明清,我学宋元,他摹汉唐,直至史前,似乎取法对象越古老,其学术层次和艺术价值就越高。若你的作品像当代某位名家,便被认为没有自己的风格,这是一件不光彩的事。起码也要学任伯年、吴昌硕、黄宾虹、齐白石等被大家认可的大师,否则,就会被人瞧不起。这反映出一些画家盲目的“厚古薄今”思想。 Today, what we call “tradition” is generally the artistic interest, experience, and work of older artists. Those recognized masters of art, leave us for decades. These seem to tell us that it is very hard for an artist to get a high opinion of his time. Some artists nowadays say that tradition should be respect for ancient times. When you studied the Ming and Qing Dynasties, I learned Song and Yuan Dynasties. When I studied Han and Tang dynasties, it seemed that the more ancient the object of law, the higher the academic level and artistic value. If your work is like a famous contemporary artist, you are considered as having no own style. This is a shameful thing. At least we must learn to be appointed master of the year, Wuchang Shuo, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi and others are recognized, otherwise, will be despised. This reflects the blind “thin and ancient” thoughts of some artists.