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The 36-year-old calligrapher became the president of the Guangxi Calligraphy Association. How good is his calligraphy?

2024-07-28

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In the election of the Guangxi Calligraphy Society, 36-year-old Yang Keyun was elected as the new president of the calligraphy research association. Looking across the country, he is the only one who can serve as the chairman of a provincial calligraphy association before the age of 40.



Previously, Wang Dan, 47, became the chairman of the Liaoning Calligraphers Association; Song Yan became the president of the Ningxia Calligraphers Association at the age of 45. It can be predicted that the young Yang Keyun will be a remarkable calligrapher in the near future.

Yang Keyun is a calligrapher who stood out from the National Art Exhibition. He has won the Lanting Award for Chinese Calligraphy. He also created the "myth" of "three seal scripts in one" in the 12th "National Exhibition". Such achievements are enough to prove Yang Keyun's talent.



Yang Keyun is best at the "Two Wangs style". He has many calligraphy styles, but each style has one thing in common, that is, the pursuit of elegance and bookishness. Although Yang Keyun has works by famous artists such as Mi Fu, his painting style is always the Two Wangs style.

Yang Keyun's calligraphy never follows the usual path. No matter which school he follows, he can always draw in his own style, which can even be used as a teaching material. To achieve this, the creator's skills are extremely high, at least he must have a very deep foundation in copying.



At the 7th Lanting Award for Chinese Calligraphy, Mr. Yang Keyun wrote the inscription: "Two Wangs' Dharma Lineage, Song Xianling", which is a good way to learn. Quiet and elegant, with profound martial arts. A sword is swung out, and the brilliance is radiant. Zhilan, Yushu, you have grown up. "

In today's literary world, "Two Wangs" is a very obvious theme. At the awarding ceremony, Mr. Yang Keyun's calligraphy was called "the lineage of the Two Wangs, the soul of the Song Dynasty", and this praise is applicable to many calligraphers. However, when we look at Yang Keyun's award-winning works, there seems to be a sentence that can accurately summarize Yang Keyun's calligraphy.



Yang Keyun's "Lanting Award for Chinese Calligraphy" is a small regular script with elegant handwriting and natural structure. Although there are only a few words, it makes people enjoy reading it.

It is easy for calligraphy of many characters to be repetitive and similar, but Yang Keyun's regular script always gives people a sense of surprise. Such "little fun" can well avoid the problem of "similarity" and make people enjoy reading it.



Yang Keyun's cursive script is often composed of many characters, densely packed and flowing, showing his control over calligraphy and overall layout. His calligraphy style is free and lively, full of youthful vitality.

However, looking at Yang Keyun's paintings again, there is a feeling of familiarity and familiarity. Why? Many people think so, so at calligraphy exhibitions across the country, it seems that everyone is using more words and higher difficulty to create.



In other words, Yang Keyun's calligraphy is the most popular type of font nowadays, which can be described as "exhibition style". "Exhibition style" is not a bad thing, but a very high level of calligraphy. However, if everyone does this, they will be drowned in the crowd.

Calligraphy requires individuality. Just like when we are learning calligraphy, everyone can use the same model, but the ultimate goal is not to imitate the ancients, but to master our own writing rules in copying the model, so as to form our own personality and style.



Yang Keyun's works can be exhibited and win awards, but they will never be outstanding. This is a safe way to ensure the success rate of exhibitions and the chance of winning awards. This idea may be feasible in the short term, but it will not work in his lifetime.

In addition, Yang Keyun had to remind him that being the chairman of a provincial calligraphy association at a young age is of course a good thing, but practicing calligraphy and practicing calligraphy are two different concepts. Yang Keyun must also be mentally prepared for new challenges.