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A：你身边的朋友们都叫你“本爷”，我也用这称呼跟你聊聊OK吗？

本：当然OK啦，这个称呼已叫了十几年了，听上去还很亲切。

A：疫情期间，好像整个世界快要崩塌似的。但你却闭门造车，分别创作了《瓶.静》、《CHINA故事》系列作品。

本：的确，疫情期间，每个人都处于非正常的心态。不给社会添乱，我只好闭门安身立命。艺术家的工作室是个梦工场，可以用另一种眼睛去看世界，借以另一种方式去冶愈心灵的痛伤，更可以进入自我世界里寻找自己的伊甸园，享受着自嗨的精神快乐。

A：本爷，那时段你为什么会想到以中国古代“四大美人”作主题去创作？

本：过剩的讯息，会堵塞你的脑管，无法独立思考，影响你的正常生活。一场灾难，世界的传媒几乎都是负能量的，添黑一片。那么，我只能尽量将自己的思想、情绪调至到光明的，美好的频道上，让心灵获得抚慰与安祥。

迷茫间，跃式思维忽然涌现；“希腊神话中有美惠“三女神”，中国古代也有“四美人”的故事，这么美好的题材完全就可以搞创作？为什么不？”

A：本爷，你这批系列作品命题《CHINA故事》，在表现形式上，有着唐宋绘画及“中国色谱”的文脉，又有西方现代艺术的特质。你觉得能达到你预想的风格吗？

本：

    坦白说，要完成这批作品达到我预想的定位，还需很长的时间，仿似一个工程项目。我预设的艺术形式与风格是多元的:油画、素描、版画、水墨、雕塑、摄影。各有特质性的发挥与表现。

    我是个问题男人，只能在“自我教育”中一步步走过来，我经常给自己反复提出问题，挑战难题，去思考，去思辨，当自己获得判断力，获悉了道向，那才是一件无比欢乐的事儿！

    那么，我下一个作品系列是否会重复自己的风格呢？那可不好说了，“骑驴看戏，走着噍”吧？

A：本爷，我所知欧洲的艺术作品都是以模特原貌的基础上进行创作，那么，你的“四大美人”作品是否按照欧洲艺术教科的方法式去进行创作完成？

本：

    因为当时条件所限，我没有采用欧式模特写生的方法去创作，采取一种“忆写”、“默写”、“空有成竹”那种自信的创作方法去创作。

    无古不成今，莫名的穿越，中国古人的作画方式启发了我:“不似之似，天趣自然”中国绘画的意象、兴象的审美观念激发了我的想象，浮想联翩，借古开今。

    每当我工作时，我就会听毛主席的话:“古为今用，洋为中用”

A：你画了好几个系列《心荷系列》《鱼意系列》《都市文身》《远古精神》每个系列的风格上都稍有改变，都偏向于一种朦胧，虚焦的形式。是否一个艺术家必须形成自己的“艺术风格”才会有成功的机会？

    聪明、自信的艺术家都是坚持不懈地把持自己的一种风格，论持久战，占领高地，立旗杆！

本：

    思想家斯宾塞.约翰逊说：“唯一不变的是变化本身”人生的过程，历经时间与外因的关联所产生了身心的影响，自然就产生变化，心灵所需会产生改变，迵得天意。我既贪玩，又作弄自己，否定之否定才是最后的肯定！

年青时画画记住一句坐右铭，“不重复别人，不重复自己”，其实最难做到的是“不重复自已”，很多从艺者，一生都寻找不到自己，若有了自我当然要坚守一世！

    人生最难改变的是“自我习惯”，包括行为、思维、杂陋、优点、缺点。当然，“习惯成自然”，又何必改变！

    艺术风格，都是在前人的启发后，发展，改进，改变，而形成。所谓的艺术原创，也许只有在远古的岩洞上才能看到！

A：势不可挡的“当代艺术”以资本的权力，己充斥着世界艺术的风向，占据了艺术市场的份额。狭义上讲，对你的艺术及艺术市场有影响或帮助吗？

本：

    过去时，是优秀艺术家引领市场，现在进行时，是资本引领市场。

    欧洲艺术，批判性、革命性、颠覆性。

    中国艺术，传承、宏扬、发展。

    杜尚的精神理念，他打开了艺术的神秘魔盒。因他而起出现了“当代艺术”代表了一个时代的进程。在西方艺术史上，每一个时代都很自然地出现一些形而上的“派别”体系。对艺术家而言，“没有最好的，只有最合适的”

无论是一个国家或者是成功的个体，必须有独立自主的品牌，才是硬道理！

    于我而言，我不想戴着别人的面具去名利场上打滾。

    我行我素，笑骂由人！

A：本爷，你为什么偏爱于朦胧虚化的视角形式作为你的艺术风格？

本：

    老.子讲“虚极静笃”

    可谓若活得通透，“心可感悟，目无需看穿”依我之见，一个从艺人的观看方式无需“真相大白”，留有余地才能充填自己的梦想，假如把世界的一切都看清看透了，那么，就意味着要去另一个世界才能满足你所需的真相了。

    也许，这流行曲会是慰贴人心菲的一剂良药—“留一半清醒，留一半醉”

                                       2024/广州

A: Your friends around you all call you "Ben Ye", can I also use this title to chat with you?

Ben: Of course it's okay. This title has been used for over a decade and sounds very friendly.

A: During the epidemic, it seems like the whole world is about to collapse. But you have been working behind closed doors, creating the "Bottle. Quiet" and "CHINA Story" series of works respectively.

Ben: Indeed, during the pandemic, everyone was in an abnormal state of mind. I had to settle down behind closed doors to avoid causing chaos in society. The artist's studio is a dream workshop, where one can see the world with another eye and heal the pain of the soul in another way. One can also enter their own world to find their own Eden and enjoy the spiritual happiness of self-improvement.

A: My lord, why did you think of creating with the theme of the "Four Great Beauties" of ancient China at that time?

Ben: Excess information can clog your brain, prevent independent thinking, and affect your normal life. A disaster, almost all media in the world are negative, adding insult to injury. So, I can only try my best to channel my thoughts and emotions to a bright and beautiful channel, so that my soul can receive comfort and peace.

In confusion, leapfrog thinking suddenly emerged; In Greek mythology, there are the "three goddesses" of beauty and beauty, and in ancient China, there were also stories of the "four beauties". Such a beautiful theme can be created completely? Why not? "

A: My lord, your series of works titled "CHINA Stories" have a cultural heritage of Tang and Song painting and "Chinese chromatography" in terms of expression, as well as characteristics of Western modern art. Do you think it can achieve the style you expected?

Ben：To be honest, it will take a long time to complete this batch of works and achieve my expected positioning, similar to an engineering project. The art forms and styles I preset are diverse: oil painting, sketching, printmaking, ink painting, sculpture, photography. The expression and expression of each individual's unique characteristics.

I am a problematic man and can only step by step through self-education. I often ask myself repeated questions, challenge myself, think and reason. When I gain judgment and learn about the Tao, that is an incredibly joyful thing!

So, will my next work series repeat my own style? That's hard to say, "Riding a donkey to watch a play and walking around", right?

A: My lord, as far as I know, European art works are all created based on the original appearance of models. So, have your "Four Beauties" works been created according to the methods of European art education?

Ben: Due to the limitations of the conditions at that time, I did not use the method of European model sketching to create. Instead, I adopted a confident creative method of "recalling writing", "silent writing", and "empty bamboo".

Through the inexplicable passage of time, the painting style of ancient Chinese people has inspired me: "Unlike others, the natural charm of heaven". The aesthetic concept of imagery and imagery in Chinese painting has inspired my imagination, allowing me to imagine and explore the present through the ages.

Whenever I work, I listen to Chairman Mao's words: "Use the past for the present, and use the foreign for China."

A: You have drawn several series, including "Heart Lotus Series", "Fish Meaning Series", "Urban Tattoo", and "Ancient Spirit". Each series has a slight change in style, leaning towards a hazy and blurred form. Is it necessary for an artist to form their own "artistic style" in order to have a chance of success?

Smart and confident artists persistently hold onto their own style, discussing enduring battles, occupying high ground, and setting up flagpoles!

Ben：The philosopher Spencer Johnson once said, "The only thing that remains unchanged is change itself." The process of life, through the connection between time and external factors, produces the influence of body and mind, and naturally undergoes changes. The needs of the soul will change, in accordance with the will of heaven. I am both playful and playful, the negation of negation is the final affirmation!

When drawing in youth, remember the motto "don't repeat others, don't repeat yourself". In fact, the most difficult thing to achieve is "don't repeat yourself". Many artists cannot find themselves in their lifetime, and if they have themselves, they must persevere for a lifetime!

The most difficult thing to change in life is "self habits", including behavior, thinking, impurities, strengths, and weaknesses. Of course, "habit becomes nature", why change it!

Art style is formed through the inspiration, development, improvement, and change of predecessors. The so-called artistic originality may only be seen in ancient caves!

A: The unstoppable "contemporary art", with the power of capital, has filled the direction of world art and occupied a share of the art market. Narrowly speaking, does it have an impact or help on your art and the art market?

Ben：In the past, excellent artists led the market, while in the present continuous tense, capital led the market.

European art is critical, revolutionary, and subversive.

Chinese art, inheritance, promotion, and development.

Duchamp's spiritual philosophy opened the mysterious box of art. The emergence of "contemporary art" due to him represents the progress of an era. In the history of Western art, it is natural for every era to have some metaphysical "factional" systems. For artists, "there is no best, only the most suitable."

Whether it is a country or a successful individual, it is necessary to have an independent and independent brand, which is the hard truth!

For me, I don't want to wear someone else's mask and roll around in the fame and fortune market.

I will do my own thing, I will laugh and scold others!

A: Master, why do you prefer a hazy and blurred perspective as your artistic style?

Ben: Laozi talks about "emptiness and tranquility"

It can be said that if you live a transparent life, "your heart can understand, but your eyes don't need to see through." In my opinion, an artist's way of viewing does not require a "true truth", leaving room to fill their dreams. If you see everything in the world clearly, then it means going to another world to satisfy the truth you need.

Perhaps this popular song would be a soothing remedy - "stay half awake, stay half drunk."

                                     2024/Guangzhou