有形无墨铸乾坤——纸雕艺术家屈凌君

AN ART WITHOUT INK

他曾在画的王国苦苦追求,也曾在纸的世界潜心探索与创新,以至荣获国际发明家协会颁发的金奖。屈凌君,这位被新闻界誉为“纸船王”的人,没有一般西北汉子剽悍的体魄,但他白皙的脸盘上,透过两只镜片,那睿智的双目会告诉你,他具有文人共有的气度特征。与他交谈,除了滔滔地不绝倾吐对艺术的痴迷,便是对工厂和各界朋友多年来支持他走向成功的感喟。今年48岁的屈凌君,和同龄人一样有过美好的憧憬,随着“文革”开始而走向农村。

Qu Lingjun, now 48, is the member of the Chinese Artists Association and the vice chairman of the Baoji Artists Association, Shaanxi Province. His works were displayed at the 6th and 7th China Art Exposition and even in Hong Kong and London. His paper carving works Dragon Boat and Palace in the Moon won gold medal prize issued by the International Inventors Association at the 8th Scientific Invention Expo. in US. He is known as King of Paper Boat in the press world. Unexpectedly, he is self-taught, never studied in any college of fine arts. He absorbs Chinese traditional paper cutting skills and combines them with western conventional paper carving techniques to create Chinese Dragon Boat, a large splendid art gem that is carved with exquisite workmanship, also an embodiment of his painstaking efforts and ingenious composition.