Yang Peijiang in creation
Yang Peijiang, born in Shantou Guangdong in 1963, graduated from Guangzhou Acmdemy of Fine Arts. At present he is associate professor and master’s tutor of college of Arts and design, Shantou University, a member of Chinese Artists association. Sincerity is the word that people always hang on their lips, sometimes because they are too often mentioned and ignore the value. But Yang Peijiang's sincerity, in the process of getting along with him, always reveals. He keeps it a simple low-key, at a friend's party is often the role of self mockery. But once you ask him questions about art or life, he will get into a serious state of mind to think about solutions. He has an artist's innocence and simple, but also will not hide the anxiety in the creation, not rigidly adhere to the identity of the deliberate profoundly.
Yang Peijiang | Water ski | rice paper, color ink | 69x70cm | 2011
One, hometown, where is to find a sense of belonging.
A British writer Maugham once said, the place where were you born is not necessarily home, the real home is the place where you can find a sense of belonging.
At this point, Hui Village has a different meaning for Yang Peijiang. What exactly is Hui village? Why is he so fascinated? Hui village is a village in Raoping county Shantou city, at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, belong to no man’s land. It is also the achievement of its beautiful, pristine ecology, in fact, for the benefit of Yang Peijiang's psychological significance of the village is much larger than its geographical location. He and the village soon for nearly thirty years, can be said here almost witnessed the whole course of his art.
Around 1985, then enrolled in the Guangzhou Academy of fine arts, Yang Peijiang listened to the students talk about the village, they were there to graduation creation, returned school they described to him about interesting and scenery, peaceful and calm environment, honest people, mountain vegetation, fence haystack, dusk and sunset...... All this makes people yearning. Most of the time, Yang Peijiang kept in a village called Jinbeitang, only five or six families in the village, the entrance of the village is only a narrow path. Full of vitality and take with a deep recluse.
Yang Peijiang | Hui village | rice paper, color ink | 201x313cm | 2013
In his works, it seems that there is a fateful connection with rural life. Every time go to the countryside to collect material, he will be their own reduction into the local people, naturally into the daily life, abandoned the identity of the artist in the city. Only the full acceptance of all, will find the flash of spiritual touch, the understanding of the unique beauty of the mountain countryside in details. He is not on the sidelines, is a witness. For the rural theme and adhere to local feelings, Yang Peijiang said, "I am glad to have such a young life, and so close to nature, through intimate contact with these villages and the simple villagers, I received a lot of inspiration. The purification of the mind at the same time, will become less preoccupied, more peaceful and contented mind". This stick is natural, because he has a sense of belonging to all of these things.
Yang Peijiang | Castrate pig | rice paper, color ink | 70x70cm | 2013
Two, in the periphery, let a person more calm.
Shantou, as far away from the art center of the "edge", may make a lot of people not willing who are engaging in art. But this distance is manufactured, in addition to fame and fortune, there is a calm observer. The "periphery" is a quiet and undisturbed environment, the atmosphere so that people have the opportunity to focus more on their own thoughts; it is because the mainstream is not involved in the whirlpool, can be more individual care, keep a warm heart.
Yang Peijiang
The Hui village in Yang Peijiang's painting is not the copy of real life, but the village in his mind. After the artistic processing, is exaggerated, absurd, even with a smile.
Whether there are round and full lines, or the tension of color and rhythm, imaginative narrative arrangements, with a pure emotion. These bold strokes, is itself a radiation power of life, expressed strong love. In the painting process, pay attention to improvisation to deal with sudden emotion, let the work with a fresh and even lucky. In the form of creation, Yang Peijiang did not rigidly adhere to a certain style and painting media. But a wide range of various media materials, from watercolor, ink painting to oil painting, and even synthetic materials. This seemingly restless, is actually the inner spirit and the ability of self review challenges. Maybe he is not willing to make a resident warden, looking for more possibility of their own. This kind of the new attempt of material, the subject matter, the method of drawing, the collision caused by various media collocation, has given his work a steady flow of vitality, also greatly increased the readability of the work.
Yang Peijiang | in the field | rice paper, color ink | 178.5x97cm | 2014
Yang Peijiang said that he has not come to the village sketching for many years, and now the village is not Hui village in that moment". He was familiar with the Jinbeitang, the villagers have moved to live next to the road, when the village is no longer exists. But those fresh, living scenes and people, always in his works, like a flash of memory.