The zhejiang region is the largest province in the country, with the canoe islands located south of the yangtze and east of hangzhou bay, consisting of 1390 large small islands, representing about one fifth of our total island. The city of atoyama, which lies above the canonian islands, is the first of its kind in an archipelagic form, known as the “tuan island city” “east sea fish shack” “china fish town”, with its rich marine resources and marine cultural base. Today's canoes draw momentum from the sea, tap their potential from it and persevere on the path of sustainable development of the ocean economy, with modern ports with container throughput ahead of the world, and beautiful villages with green trees and small bridges。
During this period, the series was found walking into the canoes, listening to the stories of the canoes and the sea, and feeling the new changes that the canoes brought about by new development ideas。
A simple touch, a colorful color, an unbridled shape that paints unique images of fishers. At the islands gallery, we saw the work of the representatives of the fishermen's paintings。
As can be seen from the careful examination of these paintings, the fishermen of the canoe are extremely decorative, not as skilled as the works of the college, but rather as an expression of life. The image is based on the production and labour of fishers, with no insight into the rules, and is based on graphics, multi-point observations and the pursuit of full, coordinated, variable and harmonious results. This original ecological folk art reflects the artistic expression of ordinary fishers in the face of a dream, an ancient, mysterious and unique sea world. For example, in haute, fish, humans, sails, waves are one and one。
It was described that, more than 30 years ago, after the first exhibition of paintings by fishermen, it was found that the paintings were a good vehicle to reflect marine culture and record sea island winds. The life experience of fishermen fighting in the midst of windstorms has created a strange, abstract and mysterious style of work, and the subjective feelings of fishermen have been manifested through exaggerating, random and colourful appearances, thus creating the whole-of-the-art charisma that characterizes the drawings of fishermen in canoes, unique in modern folk art in china。
Over the years, a group of creators, based on the holistic nature of the artistry style of the fishermen, have emphasized geographical characteristics, sought diversity, created a large number of new paintings by fishermen and expanded their visibility both at home and abroad. The production of fishermen's paintings has become a means of increasing revenue for many villagers, with an increasing number of artistic exchanges directed at fishermen's paintings and more professional artists involved in their production。
The director of the islands gallery, zhang kojoon, is an indigenous painter, who is the president of the association of fishermen's painting industries in the city of atoyama. He believes that the most lovely place for fishermen to paint is precisely the feeling and boldness of unsculpableness, which, if too much emphasis was placed on technical and professional ideas, would greatly limit the imagination of the creators and render them indifferent. Thus, in training fishermen in the arts, he will try to reduce the impact of his skills on “natural senses”。
At present, fishermen's paintings are not just on paper, but can be transformed into murals, paints, paintings, and distinctive elements in monuments such as fashion, postcards, wallets, craft trays, and so forth. Charms are effectively extended in neighbouring products and are popular with tourists。
The fisherman paints, which can be said to be the paint of the ocean, the strong sea breath, and the hymn of good living。
