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16-01-2015, 12:00 PM
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Sichuan artist sparks controversy after painting daughter in the nude
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Li Zhuangping (http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=9UYizZZLerwTtyuW_05TUtquyS2o9xHTwwgc3Fr0w UU6BhK2LGHrJjYt9GrkRVLSjN515oP8wcrB8GSp9oG98q), a renowned Sichuan-born painter in his 60s, sparked controversy after his oil painting collection "Oriental Goddess Mountain Spirit Series", in which his daughter modeled nude for, was made public.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-1.jpg
Yuan Zushe, an expert cited in a China Youth (http://picture.youth.cn/xwjx/201501/t20150115_6408881.htm) report, argues that from an ethical point of view, Li's choice to use his daughter as a nude model is wrong as 'it could have a negative impact on society's sexual morality'.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-2.jpg
On the contrary, Lin Mu, an art critic and professor at Sichuan University, spoke highly of the nonconformist painter's artistic choices. "In artistic circles, some artists ask their wives to model for them. But asking one’s daughter to model for work is [less common]. That he challenged ethics and morality is very respectable," Lin said.
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"I've never looked at the matter from an ethical point of view," Li said in an interview while defending his artistic choice. "After I got approval from my wife and daughter, we began working together."
"When we were working on the painting, neither of us felt a bit of awkward. Actually, it was no different than when I gave her a bath in her childhood."
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-7.jpg
Li Qin, the daughter in her 20s and the subject of the series, said that she would only be willing to pose in the nude for her father's paintings. "I'm also a painter. Being a model for my father is a sacred thing," she added.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-8.jpg
Not only does Li's wife see the whole thing as a non-troversy, she said that she's actually envious of her daughter for being able to take part in something that so beautifully captures her youth, an opportunity she never had when she was young.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-9.jpg
While many web users were creeped out at the idea of a young woman stripping naked and posing in front of her father, others criticized Li, saying that he'd stirred up controversy this way to draw attention to his work. Apparently it worked.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-6.jpg
"No matter what other people think about us, we are very magnanimous," Li told reporters.
By Lucy Liu
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?198132-GPGT-Sichuan-artist-paints-his-chiobu-daughter-in-the-nude&goto=newpost).
Sichuan artist sparks controversy after painting daughter in the nude
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude.jpg
Li Zhuangping (http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=9UYizZZLerwTtyuW_05TUtquyS2o9xHTwwgc3Fr0w UU6BhK2LGHrJjYt9GrkRVLSjN515oP8wcrB8GSp9oG98q), a renowned Sichuan-born painter in his 60s, sparked controversy after his oil painting collection "Oriental Goddess Mountain Spirit Series", in which his daughter modeled nude for, was made public.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-1.jpg
Yuan Zushe, an expert cited in a China Youth (http://picture.youth.cn/xwjx/201501/t20150115_6408881.htm) report, argues that from an ethical point of view, Li's choice to use his daughter as a nude model is wrong as 'it could have a negative impact on society's sexual morality'.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-2.jpg
On the contrary, Lin Mu, an art critic and professor at Sichuan University, spoke highly of the nonconformist painter's artistic choices. "In artistic circles, some artists ask their wives to model for them. But asking one’s daughter to model for work is [less common]. That he challenged ethics and morality is very respectable," Lin said.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-3.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-5.jpg
"I've never looked at the matter from an ethical point of view," Li said in an interview while defending his artistic choice. "After I got approval from my wife and daughter, we began working together."
"When we were working on the painting, neither of us felt a bit of awkward. Actually, it was no different than when I gave her a bath in her childhood."
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-7.jpg
Li Qin, the daughter in her 20s and the subject of the series, said that she would only be willing to pose in the nude for her father's paintings. "I'm also a painter. Being a model for my father is a sacred thing," she added.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-8.jpg
Not only does Li's wife see the whole thing as a non-troversy, she said that she's actually envious of her daughter for being able to take part in something that so beautifully captures her youth, an opportunity she never had when she was young.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-9.jpg
While many web users were creeped out at the idea of a young woman stripping naked and posing in front of her father, others criticized Li, saying that he'd stirred up controversy this way to draw attention to his work. Apparently it worked.
http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_shanghaiist/paintingnude-6.jpg
"No matter what other people think about us, we are very magnanimous," Li told reporters.
By Lucy Liu
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?198132-GPGT-Sichuan-artist-paints-his-chiobu-daughter-in-the-nude&goto=newpost).