前不久,我在洛杉矶一家中国书店——一家兼设画廊的书店,看到一个中国大陆画家的画展,展出的作品是中国传统山水画。画家从真山真水取材,而且是中国大西北的磅礴山水。因此,他的画上满是长川大河,又笔势纵横,水墨淋漓,颇有几分气势。画展的主持者因此在印发的目录中说:该画家用笔若龙蛇狂舞,金戈对阵;用墨若海涛澎湃,怒云翻滚。作品既气势磅礴,又寂静深邃,有极强的感染力。因此该画家的“艺术水平之高是空前绝后的”。在我看来,这位画家的作品走的是传统的路子,无论从笔法从观念来说,并不见什么新意。这倒没有关系,在当今这个多样化的世界里,原是应该有人创新,有人坚守传统,才显得各造其极。而他的主持者在介绍的文字里有些夸大不实, Not long ago, I was in Los Angeles, a Chinese bookstore - a gallery and bookstore, to see a Chinese artist exhibition, the exhibition is a traditional Chinese landscape painting. Painters draw from the real mountains really water, but also the magnificent landscape of Northwest China. Therefore, his painting is full of Changchuan River, but also gesture vertical and horizontal, ink dripping, quite a bit of momentum. Therefore, the organizer of the exhibition said in the printed catalog: “The painter used the pen and dragon snake dance, Jin Ge to fight against; Works both magnificent, but also deep silence, a strong appeal. Therefore, the artist’s ”high artistic level is unprecedented ". In my opinion, this painter’s work takes the traditional way, and from the point of view of concept, nothing new is seen. It does not matter. In today’s diverse world, some people should have been innovative and some should stick to their traditions before they make their own merits. His host some of the text in the introduction of exaggeration,