著名當代畫家及陶瓷藝術家 劉勇

慧眼識寶 與時俱進
──著名當代畫家及陶瓷藝術家 劉勇（一澄）

劉勇是內地近年飆紅的精英中青年畫家及陶瓷藝術家，二零二一年七月獲頒《德藝雙馨──人民藝術家》榮譽稱號，也是為數不多的能在文人畫、陶瓷藝術，以至土陶雕塑等創作中均能發揮出色的多面手。
劉勇孩提時代已開始臨畫，八十年代考入南京藝術學院，師從新文人畫大師王孟奇教授。
劉勇擅畫人物，畫中人以古喻今，文圖相濟、造形樸實、笨拙中顯情趣，呈現了漫畫般趣緻可愛的效果，無論是品茶論道、對月撫琴、牧牛讀書盡顯尋常百姓的人生百態，畫中情景常苦中作樂，幽默中見哲理，默默地傳遞着愉悅與和諧的正能量。
劉勇的佛道人物畫作也相當出色，無論是大慈大悲的觀世音菩薩、與世無爭的彌勒佛、追求和諧的淨土僧眾、捉鬼驅妖的鍾馗──在劉勇的筆下都成了凡人──微笑中的觀音暗顯婀娜身材、笑口常開的彌勒佛使人觀之開懷、少了幾分煞氣的鍾馗憨態可鞠，萌味十足，寄託了人們致福還祥的美好願望……。
劉勇還是近年少數能在畫作及陶瓷藝術中均表現突出的藝術家，不單擅繪青花瓷和紫陶，也涉獵紫砂、土陶，作品題材廣泛，有壺、杯、盤、瓶、花器等，在內地能將陶瓷做到如此精美的藝術家不多，他還相當有規模地營運陶藝館。
劉勇利用不同陶瓷的天然顏色作畫紙，用新文人畫的筆觸，把傳統陶瓷帶入了全新的人文高度：青花瓷寫意潑墨，看那黝黑的紫陶竟大膽用上紅、黃鮮色及繪上漸變光線的荷花荷葉、棕陶配上僧眾的袈裟紅竟是如此的匹配，可謂精工細作，集書畫、金石、鐫刻、鑲嵌等藝術於一身，既實用也同為觀賞妙品。劉勇說：「純手工拉坯製作，尺寸不是絕對統一，每個都是唯一，這就是手工陶藝的特點。」
特別喜歡劉勇為四川榮縣土陶白泥創作的作品。榮縣有酒罈之都美譽，製陶歷史可追溯至秦漢時代逾一千八百年以前。當地所產泥料可塑性強、收縮率低、耐酸鹼、不滲漏、不含對人體有害元素，既適用於生產優質的擠壓建築陶瓷，也可用於儲存食品。劉勇慧眼識寶來到榮縣發展，在土陶白泥陳設器上繪上新文人畫，把這種原被稱做「會呼吸」的粗陶提昇成精美的藝術品。
劉勇還與時俱進，從 2D 的畫作進軍 3D 的土陶雕塑，土陶人物動態神情、承接了他多年深厚的造型功底，不浮巧，有拙氣， 更容易引起觀賞者的共鳴。
劉勇的作品恬淡、清淨、空靈，雅致。他認為，藝術的本意就是善，俗世紛紜，浮華過眼，只有懷抱清澄無瑕的審美態度，才能體悟真實的生命意義，讓精神走向更廣闊的自由。

撰寫：吳玉蘭 Kimmy Ng
香港瑰寶藝博 Gubleart@yahoo.com
電話：(852)9125 7562

人民藝術家 劉勇 字一澄
一九六二年十一月出生
一九八七年畢業於南京藝術學院中國畫專業
師承著名畫家新文人畫代表性人物王孟奇教授
二零一三年進入中國國家畫院高研班研修
二零零九年中國文聯《文藝報》推薦的中國畫壇百傑藝術家
中央國家機關美術家協會會員
中國美術家協會會員
《當代美術精品報》主編
美國威廉派特森大學（William Paterson University）
美術學院客座教授
美國威廉派特森大學《中國藝術中心》榮譽主席
中國國家畫院王孟奇工作室畫家
北京水墨空間美術館館長
雲南當代陶瓷藝術十大名家
雲南省民族博物館陶瓷藝術研究專家
東風韻文化藝術小鎮進駐藝術家
中國西部陶都‧榮縣土陶創意園首席藝術家
二零二一年七月獲頒德藝雙馨《人民藝術家》榮譽稱號

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Discerning treasure keeps pace with the times
——Liu Yong (Yi Cheng), a famous contemporary painter and ceramic artist

Liu Yong is an elite young painter and ceramic artist who has soared in recent years in the Mainland, and was awarded the honorary title of "Virtue and Art both excellent (Shuangxin) - People's Artist" in July 2021, and is one of the few generalists who can play an outstanding role in literati painting, ceramic art, and clay sculpture.
Liu Yong began to paint as a child, and was admitted to the Nanjing Academy of Arts in the 1980s, where he studied under Professor Wang Mengqi, a master of new literati painting.
Liu Yong is good at painting characters, painting people with ancient metaphors to the present, text and pictures are harmonious, the shape is simple, clumsy and interesting, presenting a comic-like funny and cute effect, whether it is tea tasting, watching the moon with play the zither, reading on cattle ranching shows the life of ordinary people, the scene in the painting is often bitter and happy, humorous to see philosophy, silently conveying the positive energy of pleasure and harmony.
Liu Yong's Buddhist character paintings are also quite outstanding, whether it is the Guanyin Bodhisattva of great compassion and great compassion, the Maitreya Buddha who has no quarrel with the world, the Pure Land monks who pursue harmony, and zhong Kui who hunts ghosts and exorcise demons - all of them have become mortals under Liu Yong's pen - Guanyin in a smile shows the graceful figure, the Maitreya Buddha who smiles often makes people look at it, and zhong Kui, who is less angry, can bow, full of cuteness, and pins people's good wishes for blessing and good fortune...
Liu Yong is also one of the few artists who can stand out in paintings and ceramic art in recent years, not only good at painting blue and white porcelain and purple pottery, but also dabbling in purple sand and clay pottery, with a wide range of works, including pots, cups, plates, vases, flowerware, etc. There are not many artists who can make ceramics so exquisite in the mainland, and he also operates a pottery museum on a fairly large scale.
Liu Yong uses the natural colors of different ceramics to make painting paper, using the brushstrokes of the new literati to bring traditional ceramics into a new humanistic height: blue and white porcelain freehand splash ink, see the dark purple pottery boldly use red, yellow bright color and painted with gradient light lotus, lotus leaves, brown pottery with monks' cassock red is such a match, can be described as a fine work, set calligraphy and painting, gold stone, engraving, inlay and other arts in one, both practical and also for ornamental wonders. Liu Yong said: "Pure hand-pulled blank production, the size is not absolutely uniform, each is unique, this is the characteristics of handmade pottery."
I especially like Liu Yong's works created for the clay pottery white clay in Rong County, Sichuan. Rong County is known as the capital of wine jar, and the history of pottery production can be traced back to more than 1,800 years ago in the Qin and Han dynasties. The local mud material has strong plasticity, low shrinkage, acid and alkali resistance, no leakage, and does not contain harmful elements to the human body, which is suitable for the production of high-quality extruded architectural ceramics and can also be used for storing food. Liu Yong came to Rong County to develop with his discerning eyes, and painted new literati paintings on Koalinite, elevating this kind of rough pottery, which was originally called "breathing", into a beautiful work of art.
Liu Yong also keeps pace with the times, from 2D paintings to 3D clay sculptures, clay figure dynamic looks, inheriting his many years of profound modeling skills, not flashy, clumsy, more likely to resonate with the viewer.
Liu Yong's works are idyllic, pure, ethereal and elegant. He believes that the original meaning of art is goodness, the world is diverse, flashy, and only by embracing a clear and flawless aesthetic attitude can we realize the true meaning of life and let the spirit go to a broader freedom.

Written by: Kimmy Ng
Guble Artmunication Workshop
Gubleart@yahoo.com
Tel: (852) 9125 7562

People's Artist - Liu Yong (Yi cheng)
Born in November 1962
He graduated from Nanjing Academy of the Arts in 1987, majoring in Chinese painting
He inherited the famous painter Professor Wang Mengqi, a representative figure of the new literati painting
In 2013, he entered the advanced study class of the China National Academy of Painting
In 2009, Wenyi Bao of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles recommended the top 100 artists in the Chinese painting circles
He is a member of the Artists Association of China’s central state organs
He is a member of the China Artists Association
Editor-in-chief of The Fine Contemporary Art Newspaper
Visiting Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, William Paterson University
Honorary Chairman of the China Art Center at William Paterson University
Painter of Wang Mengqi's studio at the China National Academy of Painting
Director of Beijing Ink Space Art Museum
Yunnan top ten masters of contemporary ceramic art
Expert in ceramic art research at Yunnan Provincial Museum of Nationalities
Dongfeng Yun Culture and Art Town stationed artists
Chief Artist of Rong County Clay Pottery Creative Park, The Ceramic capital of Western China
In July 2021, he was awarded the honorary title of "People's Artist" of Virtue and Art both excellent (Shuangxin)