2015年CRI 艺术家李玉双：绘画是光编码

 

Reporter: 80 years old Li Yvshuang titled his ongoing¹ exhibition in the Today Art Museum "From and For Nature——A Discovery of Encoding of Light".

The mentioning of encoding sounds largely based on science and technology, which is the approach employed by this scientist-turned artist to interpret his vision on art.

Li Yvshuang recalls how he embarked² on painting on the basis of a law of reflection.

"Since 1970, I have been devoted³ to experimenting. I painted like Monet, with a more impressionistic approach. As I studied carefully the science and theory on light reflection, I used my paintings to gradually adjust the theory and meanwhile develop my artwork step by step according to the modified theories."

Li Yvshuang graduated from the Beijing Machinery⁴ Manufacturing School in 1956. He continued to study in a shipbuilding college in Shanghai. Later he worked as a teacher of engineering in a machinery manufacturing school in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

Born in the family of a master of landscape paintings in China, it is naturally expected that Li Yvshuang would have a career in art. Then with a strong educational background in engineering and natural science, Li utilizes⁵ scientific methods as a faithful description of nature in his unique artwork.

With a concise⁶ understanding that vision begins when light rays are reflected off an object, the artist takes pleasure in explaining the foundation which he based his paintings on to the interested viewers.

"The eyes' vision is actually the reflection of light from the object outside, which is then sensed by the brain. I found later an image is shaped following the process of two-dimensions encoding and decoding⁷. Concerning whether I should paint the optical image in human eyes or paint the visible outline of an object, I decided⁸ then to base my paintings on the images shaped in the eyes."

Since Li Yvshuang's solo exhibition opened on June 28th, it has been attracting a big crowd of visitors to the museum.

The exhibition comprises over 40 pieces of oil paintings, watercolors, "mixed-media" artworks and several hundreds of sketches⁹. Besides these works, a project that shows the digital artwork jointly¹⁰ made by Li Yvshuang and contemporary digital artists will also be on display to show the amazing light-encoded world.

Yi Ying is a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He quoted Fei Dawei, a Paris-based art critic and curator to comment on the artist and his artwork.

"For decades, he has been working independently. He's invented a peculiar¹¹ and even contradictory¹² painting approach. He combines rational scientific research and emotional artistic¹³ expression. His understanding of the nature has expelled fallacy of the era from his paintings."

A Discovery of Encoding of Light is composed of three sections: "What is the encoding of light?", "An observation of encoding of light" and also "Method of encoding".

All his artworks included in these three sections will take visitors through Li's path of artistic pursuit to learn about the interplay of artistic exploration and the scientific research which drove the progression of his art in an unprecedented¹⁴ direction.

The artist hopes, on the other hand, his paintings would give viewers with an in-depth apprehension¹⁵ about the charm of light.

"My paintings are basically of scenes from everyday life. Ordinary people don't have to specially¹⁶ develop a feel about them. I think my works are light encoded paintings. Paintings are a sort of visual expression. The code of lights in the nature is vibrant¹⁷, rich and colorful. Meanwhile its beauty is the most widespread and has no limits."

The entire third floor of the museum has been devoted to Li's work. Gao Peng is curator of the Today Art Museum.

"People can know more about Li Yvshuang through this exhibition. He is a scientist, and he has his own peculiar way of observing the world and then using paintings as an expression of those peculiar sceneries in his eyes."

The first major solo exhibition dedicated¹⁸ to Mr. Li Yvshuang's sixty years of art pursuit will be available in the Today Art Museum until July 12th.

For Studio Plus, I'm Xu Fei.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 embarked   

乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。
• She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins. 她开始讲本市的起源。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

5 utilizes   

v.利用，使用( utilize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• One highly successful approach utilizes a triplet aspheric lens array. 一种很成功的方法是利用一个三合非球面透镜阵列。 来自辞典例句
• The first utilizes a blend of finely ground ceramic powders. 第一种用的是一种磨细的陶瓷粉末混合物。 来自辞典例句

6 concise   

adj.简洁的，简明的

参考例句：

• The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
• I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。

7 decoding   

n.译码，解码v.译（码），解（码）( decode的现在分词 )；分析及译解电子信号

参考例句：

• We cannot add any other memory to this system without further decoding. 如果不增加译码，就不能使系统的存贮容量有任何扩展。 来自辞典例句
• Examples using the 8250 will be presented in hardware section to clarify full-decoding schemes. 在硬件一节中有应用说明全译码方案8250的例子。 来自辞典例句

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

9 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

11 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

12 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

13 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

14 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

15 apprehension   

n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑

参考例句：

• There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
• She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。

16 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

17 vibrant   

adj.震颤的，响亮的，充满活力的，精力充沛的，(色彩)鲜明的

参考例句：

• He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
• She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。

18 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。