Song Yang, who loves to play, saved 10 sacks of comics and sketches after graduating from elementary school; Wang Shuo said that the things he painted "all gave me the urge to make movies"; comics, oil paintings, movies, designs, and music are easy to play, and are praised internationally as the first cross-border artist in China to tour 16 countries with animation images...
Song Yang loves to play, this is something that everyone who knows about him knows. However, there are only a handful of people who can make a name for themselves while playing along the way.
Song Yang, who has just finished the hosting of the "Asian Youth Artist Nomination Exhibition", looked particularly excited without seeing any fatigue on his face. "We all have a naughty heart, which is not a secret. The key is whether you are willing to try and explore, and whether you have the courage to cut off the so-called 'backway'. This is not a problem that can be solved simply by playing mentality."
This naughty heart is indeed fully reflected by Song Yang, especially throughout his artistic creation. According to the critics, this is a "hardly defined artist". Oil painting, comics, design, writing, video, music... not only involves all fields, but also has ease of operation. "Painting, writing, music... these are all part of my life, so I can publish comics, make oil paintings, record records, write words... Just like eating and drinking water, this is the life I want, free, casual, simple and natural like a child."
Since his youth, Song Yang has shown extraordinary artistic talent. He has started to form comic clubs in Xinjiang to create comic covers in local areas of Xinjiang. During college, he published many popular comic works, which have been translated into English, French, Italian and other texts and published in Europe. "When I was in school, I loved reading comics and liked to copy them. At that time, many girls asked me to draw, which was very satisfying that simple vanity. After graduating from elementary school, I saved up 10 sacks of comics and sketches... Later, when I was in college in Tianjin, I collaborated with Tsui Hark, Haiyan , and Wang Shuo for many comics. These people were particularly appreciated since I was a child. At that time, I was a very young child. I didn't know so many things, so I felt that it would be very open to create with them. I was so sad, but I didn't expect to win almost all the best comic stories in China back then. Looking back now, it's really like a dream experience. If you want to say that the most satisfactory work in this, it should be "Animal Fierce" co-starred with Wang Shuo."
On the bookshelf of Song Yang's family, those comic works are placed in the most conspicuous position. In addition to bookshelf, other places are filled with his paintings, and there are many eye-catching graffiti on the walls, including animals, flowers, men and women.
In this private space, you can see many images of girls with short hair, big eyes and cunning smiles. Some of them exist in the picture frame, while others jump out and turn into statues. "This little girl is called badgirl. She is my most proud creation, and it is also a work that gives me international recognition and wealth. I have taken 'she' to many places in the world, and tried to express 'she' with different materials and art forms, from a decoration in the house to a solo exhibition of 'badgirl Plastic Ice Cream' held in Hong Kong. Some people may think that doing this is too much of a joke, but in my opinion, 'she' is a microcosm of today's young Chinese people, representing you and me, every life as young as us."
tw. Because of her youth, Song Yang is more willing to try various forms of artistic creation, even if this "fierce change" will give people an unreliable feeling. "It should not be like what an art creator should do, right? According to the traditional view, an art creator should study in one field, not try everything, obviously I am not like this. I just love to play and don't want to limit myself to one point, like to change, and also like to learn from changes.For example, in Copenhagen, I worked with 12 graffiti art masters from all over the world. I first went to the suburbs to brush a 10-meter-long parking lot wall, and then started painting super large paintings. It was in this process that I learned to use rollers and brushes for the first time! "
"unreliable" Song Yang is more and more interested in cross-border play, and he also gives people the feeling of "becoming more and more" - participating in Mercedes-Benz, Swarovski, NIKE, HUGO BOSS, Tiger Creation and design activities of many international brands such as Beer and Yuxi, and cooperated with singer Wu Kequn and to complete the graffiti creation held by a clothing brand in its non-experimental exploration space. With the artistic image of "badgirl", the top ten titles of the 6th China International Animation Festival's newcomer list... Regarding these "cross-border" moves, the International Animation Festival's evaluation of Song Yang is as follows: China's first cross-border artist to tour 16 countries with animation images. He broke the boundaries between art and the public and the elite in China, making cross-border so wonderful.
"I don't think this is amazing, I just take every step according to my own ideas. Just like before, I liked Mebius and Freud, and later I was Nara Michito and Andy Warho , and now I prefer some scientists, such as Hawking . My home is also arranged completely according to personal preferences. For example, I like the four colors of red, blue, black and white, so I use these colors to decorate my home. I want to integrate the colors and aesthetics I like in my private space, and the same is true for my life. I can drink coffee and listen to music while creating, do whatever I like, and try different things with a playful mentality. "
"Asia is a latitude, youth is a future, as for innovation, it should be the most basic attitude of every art worker. Only in this way can you see the future and a better future. "
Regarding the original intention of holding the "Asian Youth Artist Nomination Exhibition", Song Yang said concisely, that is, he hopes to use his own energy and the platform of "Song Yang Art" to provide a better display stage for more young artists in China and the world today, so that more people can have the opportunity to contact and understand contemporary art, and do something within their ability for the development of contemporary art in China. "When creating, you can play with more mentality, and it will be different to do art exhibitions. This is a very serious thing and must be serious. ”
