EVENT | BEN LIU x GIADA - Live Painting Portrait Event - 人文艺术肖像画沙龙 - 厦门站

[ 中文在下方 ] I was honored to be invited to draw live portraits for GIADA's VIC event. The first stop was the Mixc in XiaMen, China. In the process of painting on site, I was able to communicate with many independent women who are in different fields, some of them are engaged in the financial industry, food industry, legal industry, and there are also full-time wives and mothers ( yup, Who says it's not a "career"? 😎 )

 

I've benefited a lot from our inspirational coversations with the GIADA ladies. Because it is an art salon, we naturally talked about whether AI will replace art, human emotions, confusion, family parent-child relationship, art education and the realization of personal ideals, women's role in the family, etc.

"When Ben paints you, you feel like he knows you better than you do." 

Former L'Oréal Canada product manager's comments on the portraits I drew.

 

Communicating with the painted object is a very important part of my sketching and creation. This is different from simply sketching from photos, a lively model can convey more vitality, energy, and character. Only by absorbing all these vivid personal information, or the so-called big data, can my brushes better present the uniqueness of each individual. This may also be why clients feel very vivid when they see their own portraits and others' portraits - not just the "shape" of the external body, but more importantly, the pursuit of "spiritual similarity".

Thanks again to MOSA, HengZi, and Staffs of GIADA!

Photography: A Bin

Venue: MIXC Xiamen, China

 

 

 

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有幸受邀为GIADA的VIC活动现场绘制肖像画。第一站是在厦门的万象城。在现场绘画的过程中，能够与许多奋斗在不同领域的独立女性交流，受益良多。她们有的从事于金融行业，食品行业，法律行业，也有全职太太和母亲（谁说这不算个 "事业" 呢 ？😎 ）

因为是艺术沙龙，我们自然聊到了 AI 是否会代替艺术的话题，聊到了人类的情感，困惑，家庭的亲子关系，艺术教育和个人理想的的实现，女性在家庭中的角色担当等等。

“当Ben画你的时候，你会觉得他比你更了解你自己。” 

前加拿大欧莱雅产品经理对我绘制的肖像画的评价。

与被绘画的对象交流，对于我的写生和创作是非常重要的一个环节。这跟单纯地照着相片写生不同，一个鲜活的模特可以传递更多的生命力，能量，性格。只有汲取了所有这些生动的个人独有的信息，或者所谓的大数据，我的画笔才能更好地呈现每一位个体的独特性。这也可能是为什么客户们看到自己的和她人的画像都会觉得非常传神——不只是外在性体的“形似”，更重要的追求是“神似”。

再次感谢 MOSA， 恒子，和 GIADA 的小伙伴们！
摄影：阿斌
地点：MIXC 厦门万象城

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