苏笑柏的名字,在人们记忆中已淡忘,但一提起22年前第六届美展上的一幅油画《大娘家》,却又清晰地跳入脑海,这幅画的魅力是永在的。我曾在《画刊》的前身《江苏画刊》1985年6期上发表了题为《柳暗花明处——评苏笑柏的油画》一文,人们对他那时期的作品有了较全面的了解。此后他从金银手饰工厂调进湖北美术院成为专职画家,接着又 The name of Su Xiaobo has been forgotten in people’s memories. However, the charm of this painting is forever ascribed to the painting “Grandma’s House” at the sixth art exhibition 22 years ago. I have published a paper titled “Willow, Flowers, and Paintings by Su Xiaobo” in the 1985 issue of Jiangsu Pictorial, the predecessor of the Pictorial. People have a more complete understanding of his works of that period. Since then, he transferred from the jewelry factory in Hubei to Hubei Academy of Fine Arts to become a full-time painter, and then again