Art and science of oscillation - Zhang Fangcun unique·BZ Art

Oscillation of art and science

       - Zhang Fangcun unique·BZ Art

Text / Fang Zhenning (internationally renowned authority art critic)

BZ Art advent

The term "abstract art" is the vocabulary of modern art in the 20th century appears，But as a way of thinking，"Abstract" thinking already in the early development of human society，Especially those ancient civilizations，If there is no abstract thinking ability，Civilization does not progress to this day。Abstract high-end form of human thinking，It is the figurative things refined after，Be conveyed symbolic，Displayed as text and visual arts in terms of，and so，"Abstract art" originated in the 20th century became an independent category of art，It is the inevitable result of the development of human civilization。

In addition to Chinese hieroglyphs，There are a lot of abstract expressionism in the ancient art，In addition to the artificial drawing pattern，But also to create a new aesthetic standard through accidental discovery。E.g，Let the glaze color temperature by natural，And a method of making ice cracks，Is the art and science of oscillations resulting out of the masterpieces of art。Why refer in particular to the case of ancient Chinese art and science of art? Because the topic of this article is about the art and science of oscillation，This is a brief summary of the comb art and science of historical relations and choroid，In order to explain the relationship between the statement and the historical context of。

BZ art artist Zhang Fangcun is the new topic of Chinese contemporary art circles appear，Therefore BZ Art triggered a series of discussion and concern。About "BZ Art" So we have to do something this simple "literacy"，First "BZ" What is?

The phenomenon of self-organization

"BZ" is chemistry "Belousov- Zhabotinskii reaction "is abbreviated。We need the time to play back a half-century before 1958，Former Soviet chemist Belousov(Be-lousov,B.P.1893～1970) First discovered "chemical oscillations" in a single experiment，His form is displayed as "self-organizing phenomenon"，But did not acknowledge the scientific community，after that，Biologists Zhabao Ting Siji (A. M. Zhabotinskii) once again confirmed this phenomenon，Ie, molecules that participate in the reaction，After receiving the macro as if some kind of unified command organize themselves，Acting on a space and time。The so-called "self-organizing phenomenon" refers to an ordered macroscopic phenomena in nature spontaneously formed。In the nature of this phenomenon abound，Scientists believe that，This phenomenon penetrated into every corner of the universe and every moment。

Is called "BZ reaction" and "self-organizing phenomenon" is a theory in the scientific world，It is the science of chemical processes of evolution，Since the fifties has been widely used in chemical sciences，BZ reaction unexpected phenomenon display。Suppose we have two chemical solutions，One is the "amber"，One is the "blue"。Because of the confusion after mixing motion of molecules，We can imagine that at a given moment there are more "Amber" is located in a region of the container，after a while，There will be more "blue" gathered。such，We observed that the solution presented as "black or gray."，There may be occasional and irregular flash "amber" or "blue"。but，But in fact, it's not，it's here，The system starts completely colorless，Then it suddenly changed to amber color，Then change to colorless(Quite short)，And quickly changed to blue，Color of the solution will oscillate between blue and amber，And all these changes are to take place at regular intervals，Automatically maintains a constant cycle change。They are automatically generated very beautiful、Periodically changing pattern，Like a pendulum of time for regular oscillation，These seem to "organization" of the phenomenon is entirely generated by the internal reasons，And not a foreign designer or operator。This phenomenon is called "chemical oscillations" or "chemical clock" in the experiment。

The phenomenon of self-organization

This finding raises the classical thermodynamic theory questioned。1969year，Until the founder of modern dynamics，Belgium famous scientist Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine • ((Ilya Prigogine)) Put forward the theory of dissipative structures，The reason it was a clear understanding of the oscillating reaction，This theory is the study of the mechanisms and laws of transformation from chaos to order，This book has explained, "From chaos to order" The basic idea in。Since then,，Oscillating won the attention，Its research has been developing rapidly。However, to the seventies，Chemists and chemical phenomena in succession proved chaotic oscillations exist，And gradually formed a chemical chaos theory、It can be said，Chemical oscillation is turned on chaos theory of a key chemical。Nearly 20 years，Chemical reaction of self-organization，It has become a very fashionable subject。

However, the phenomenon of self-organization paradigm is just a small example of what we，Self-organization and the law is the law of entropy increase law of one of two equally important，A dead about the universe，A student about the universe。And this phenomenon of self-organization law inspired by the artist's understanding of painting methodology and development of new areas of，BZ Art Zhang Fangcun principle of this comes from。

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We look at the experience of Zhang Fangcun，You will find that until the mid-1990s，He has been engaged in figurative painting，So what made him change his style of painting? In fact, this is the beginning of a epiphany，Discussion on the relationship between art and science，Let him know，Science to mathematics as the language，And the feeling is the language of art。Feeling is the result of the human spirit and consciousness。Mathematics is the language of science to result，It can be interpreted beyond human vision and imagination within the scope of the world，And predict the future。Zhang Fangcun think："If there is no mechanical abstract description provided，Then physics will never go beyond the simple math。"He then carried her past negative artistic。He said："If you do not feel abstract description provided，Art will never go beyond simple tracing。"(Zhang Fangcun" reflections on art, "2006)

Let's just look at the history of art since the nineteenth century, you will find，Modern Paintings，If there is no scientific revelation，May never tune in soy sauce yard crawl。Scientific discovery is light，Let impressionist open up horizons，And the true light into the painting。

Art of the claimed invention

• was Marcel Duchamp (Marcel Duchamp，1887-1968) first teacher of mysticism Czech avant-garde painter 弗朗蒂塞克 • Kupka (Frantisek Kupka 1871-1957), 1895Year went to settle in Paris，His interest in medieval mysticism and the origin of the universe，And indulging in Newton's theory of science，Created a direct depicting Newtonian theory and logic works。Kupka said："As the reality itself is an abstract work of art，The components themselves of the invented composition。Its meaning comes from the prototype morphology (morphological archetypes) in combination with suitable building in the form of its inherent function (architectonic conditions) a。"Kupka's abstract works of art were evaluated as a manifestation of the strange life。Examples cited here is to show Kupka，Art is to show "another reality"，Great art is the connotation of the people as a part of the universe is always in the pursuit of unlimited，With that spirit of creation science，It is the basic attitude of the artist，BZ Art Zhang Fangcun is the marriage of art history of art and science continue，Also said Kupka，Art Positive required by the components of the invented compositions。

On the surface，Zhang Fangcun BZ Art seems similar to American abstract painter Jackson Pollock •(Jackson Pollock,l912–1956)style of，But in essence it is different。Pollock contribution to the history of painting is to liberate painting of gravity。He is the first time the pen drawing of freedom to paint without touching the canvas。And Zhang Fangcun concern that the BZ reaction between the material elements of the，That is "self-organizing phenomenon" among the core elements of his paintings。This is somewhat like digital architectural design "self-generation design."，I.e., the minimum and manual control materials，To achieve the results of the automatic design。Use oil pigments mixed palette to paint a painting traditional knowledge，Even impressionist method using stippling，Also first color matching，The BZ Art is to let different pigments，Free flow on the canvas，penetration，encounter，Let them in the oscillation "self-organization"，This result would be chaotic oscillations visual results，And this result is that we can not control and predict BZ Art。

That is the life of self-organization

We can put the process of "self-organization" is understood as "life" of。After the artificial tissue is a process of experience，He will become our memories，We strengthen certain parts，And it is recorded as a logic，This self-made system approach，Serve allows us to inertia in the concept of，Not easy to accept those "self-generated drawing."，That is, it would be "self-organizing phenomenon" to be inconsistent，Even in the Belousov–Before Zhabao Tingsi Ji's "BZ reaction" recognized，Scientists are on the "phenomenon of self-organization," scoffed。In fact, both traditional and color palette，Or BZ Art，They are from a different perspective，The use of pigment chemistry to achieve the purpose of performance and aesthetic judgment，BZ difference between traditional painting and art is，The former can be directly controlled stop where，While the latter is subjected to a pigment limited，Continue to observe the natural reaction of process，And it is always the result of more than chaos and beauty than we thought，Because of this self-organization phenomenon is part of the natural movement of the universe，Humanity is the discovery and use it only。

Since the phenomenon of self-organization is part of the natural movement of the universe，The creation of art is not beyond painting，The artist might be involved in an eternal universe in motion otherwise go，This is what we expect near-future。

Zhang Fangcun BZ Art，Chinese painting is rare in the art world exists in the current，He likened the practice of art and science of oscillation，I thought it was very appropriate。

BZ creation of art is revolutionary milestone in the history of world art，It changed the course of art history，From ancient times to subvert the history of art and various art schools，Beyond Picasso、Contribution Pollock and other artists of the past, the world of art history art history。

After Fang Zhenning in New Town

2008.8.14

Art critic Fang Zhenning internationally renowned authority，Independent curator，artist

Since 1988 abstract creation、Minimalism and conceptual art works，So far 2000 has been engaged in artistic creation and criticism in Tokyo，Now lives in Beijing。1996Years has been millions of words written art criticism，At present modern art、Based planning and architectural review。It is one of China's most senior contemporary modern art critic. Blog writer，Its sharp writing and insight has won a wide readership。