An Ism of Zhang Fang-cun’s BZ Art——A criticism to face subverters and pioneers

An Ism of Zhang Fang-cun’s BZ Art

A criticism to face subverters and pioneers

Written by Deng Ping-xiang (famous art critic)

No sooner had Duchamp’s "Spring" be published than the magic box of modern art was opened to cause an unstoppable situation. Basic upon the art essence, "Spring" and various modern-art forms emerged thereafter have never departed from two or three dimensions. Although the art-product image and form had been completely broken, as well as the boundary of art and non-art (utilizing the non-creative "Finished Product" to serve as an object of art), artists were no more than a conceptional creator to appropriate objects and change their functions. Do not think little of the revolutionary and subversive significance in respect of "Appropriation" and "Conceptional Creation" because the western art has completely departed from the traditional morphology and walked toward the rebellious road. Various neo-art artists are scrambling for mastering its technologies, such as the installation art, earth art, sound-and-light art, and image; they are just like floodwater or savage beast to be instinct with the artistic domain.

In the process of variation, artistic theory and criticism also raises a hubbub to seek or fabricate some theories to support the modern neo-art and approve its legitimacy. The morphology of contemporary art form is finally able to stand firm to win the mechanism and market, not but that the argument has not been completely finalized or wining an authorized and official conclusion like classic art.

Since the emergence of "Spring", it has not only caused the birth of various modern art, but also promoted a logic and creed for the mass — modern art is an art form with infinite possibilities.

Zhang Fang-cun who had ever majored in classic oil painting at Central Academy of Fine Arts shall be starting his exploration on new art together with the "Apocalypse".

He is very fond of sciences, such as chemistry, neo physics, relativity, and quantum mechanics; through plentiful readings and data channels, Zhang finally decides his direction and breach.

His inspiration is coming from two Russian scientists respectively as Belousov and Zhabotinsky who mutually found the BZ Reaction in 1959 and named it after their initials — "B" and "Z". What the BZ art pursues is the object origin and spirit, i.e. endow the smallest particle with intelligent energy to produce the Apocalypse movement. The trajectory produced by the said movement forms an attraction tableau to depict the phenomenon upon the Big Bang. Therefore the creator of BZ Art is enlightened (a kind of revelation or deity decree), and the door of BZ invention is opened.

Scientist’s discovery and interpretation onto the unknown world, to date, has become omnipotent and ubiquitous. Nevertheless, European scientists are still not satisfied; they propose a new issue — epistemology which is beyond the science. Last century, they proposed the ultimate theory like "God and new physics", which is the issues of physics and theology, or scientist and God.

Religion, i.e. the relation between God and Art, is always a difficult theory. Einstein said, "When people are unsatisfied with realistic world, we are entering the domain of science and art"; he put science and art at the identical level of spiritual consciousness, which means, both are identical in terms of human existence and experience. Can we made an assumption —art and science are interlinked with the transcendent divinity, and Mr. Zhang use BZ Art to obtain a certain code provided by God?

 Full of wonderful and esthetic works of Zhang’s BZ Art always remind me of the relation between God and scientist (who tries to crack down God’s secret to create the world). It also think about: Zhang’s motivity to create BZ Art shall be very close to the idea I have now. He is different from me in thinking; he already start the art adventure and obtain the great achievement, of which we can witness the most powerful demonstration from Zhang’s creative works that have won lots of praise and reputation for him in recent years. I further believe that this is the god’s hand to bestow the reciprocation upon him.

Of course, BZ Art’s particularity and magical power consists in the integration of manpower and material resource. Zhang’s contribution is that he has found the cipher to set forth with an solution. He is a scientific finder and an art creator; the former wisely figures out the relation between artistic creation and he, and the latter grasps the material characteristics in terms of selection, configuration, and combination process (time), and finds the "Formula" for each piece of work.

The difficult thing when Zhang transacts his BZ Art is, the said "Formula" is random, occasional, and differential. A good work needs artist to intervene, control, and modify the tempo; the question is…how to enforce and realize the intention and get the formative tableau consistent with the esthetic rules and experience. There is only one conclusion that Zhang’s artistic talent has recognized the fine-art modeling base, spiritual layout, and cultural conservation, therefore, we convince Zhang’s BZ Art works inclusive of his artistic quality and temperament.

Furthermore, we can assume that Zhang’s BZ Art is opening a new realm for the modern art to unite in science.

Deng Ping-Xiang

2017.9.28

Deng Ping-xiang: The famous art critic, curator, member of Chinese Artists Association, director of Chinese Oil-painting Association, honorary vice chairman of Hunan Artists Association, visiting professor of Tienjin Fine-art Academy, and the First Class Artist; used to study oil painting at Central Fine-art Academy, member of editorial board to compile the "Collection of Chinese painting research in the 20th century"; he is proficient in oil painting and fine-art theory; his oil painting "Vintage bridge in Sucou" being selected and displayed at "The 6th National Fine-art Exhibition" as the excellent works: "Sinking boat" is collected by Chinese Fine-art Museum; "Spring moon shines on small bridge" is selected to join the Chinese Oil-painting Exhibition; he also publishes more than 10 articles inclusive of the "Ponder on 8 subjects" and "An ism of Chen Dan-chin"