Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 194 How Did This Painting Come In (8000 words!)

The selection of the Art Creation Award is actually similar to the selection of the previous Tokyo Youth Painting Award.

But the scale is much larger than the Tokyo Youth Painting Award.

The selection process consists of primary selection, screening, review, and final selection.

The number of awards has been increased to five, including one gold award, 60 yen plus award certificates from the five major art academies, two silver awards, 40 yen plus award certificates, four bronze awards, and 30 yen plus awards Certificate.In addition to the gold, silver and bronze rewards, there are also hard work rewards and commendation rewards.

The selection criteria for the Effort Award is based on the workload of the work, while the Appreciation Award is an award that encourages creators to make persistent efforts and supports them spiritually and materially.

Both of these things only have bonuses, no award certificates.

In addition to the establishment of awards, there are also various categories.

For example, the oil painting category that Higashino Division belongs to.There are also photography in the category of visual communication design, and the category of sculpture is full of strange things anyway.

Among them, oil painting is considered popular—because many art students only know oil painting, and they don't know anything about sculpture and photography.

Because of this, the oil painting category of this year's Art Creation Awards will inevitably set off a bloodbath. It is considered the hardest hit area. I don't know how many people will be killed or injured to win the only gold award.

Higashino didn't think too much about it.

He just answered the phone amidst the noisy voices of the little girls, and then walked to the relatively quiet balcony: "Is it Mr. Yamauchi? What can I do for you?"

"Yeah." There was silence on the first floor of Yamauchi for a while, and then replied: "I went to get the thermos just now, sorry, Higashino-san."

He took a sip of water, and then said: "Let's talk about the business first, and it will be the final selection time for the Art Creation Award in three days, Mr. Higashino."

It really is a matter of the Art Creation Awards.

This was not what Higashino had expected.

"But the key point is not the selection time of the Art Creation Awards, but the specific selection committee members." Yamauchi Yirou continued with a smile and said, "I have to say, Mr. Higashino, your luck is really good. The judging committee and awarding committee of the Art Creation Awards are mainly served by Ms. Mano Noriko, the current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.”

"Oh?" Higashinoji also showed a surprised expression.

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, as the saying goes, is the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. This is the Minister of State of Japan. He is in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. He is mainly responsible for matters related to education and art in the country. Regarding education, we have to wait for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to pass a specific plan.

His official position is roughly equal to the chief executive of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Culture, the Bureau of Religious Affairs, and the General Administration of Sports in the Celestial Dynasty.

Moreover, Japan also has an award called the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, which is mainly given to those who have made great achievements in the art category.

This is a very big man, no wonder the first floor of Yamauchi said that Higashinoji was lucky.

If you can get a little appreciation from the other party, even if you let her know your name, it can be regarded as a great success.

But if you think about it carefully, Higashino feels that it is not surprising that Mano Noriko appeared as a selection committee member and awarding committee member.

After all, the five major art academies in Tokyo can represent the most powerful art institutions in Japan. As the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Science, Mano Noriko is of course obliged to participate in such a grand event.

Not to mention that the Japanese cabinet has recently re-appointed the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Of course, Mano Noriko has to find an opportunity to show her face in front of the public.

Higashinoji thanked Yamauchi Yirou while thinking about it.

After all, the other party really spent a lot of effort for himself to participate in this art creation award.

Presumably from the perspective of the first floor of Yamauchi, Higashinoji should have entered Musashimi University steadily, and his current behavior is also cultivating talents for Musashimi University.

As for Kuromiya Meisha next to Higashinoji?She didn't participate in this grand prize competition at all, and put all her energy into this comic.

Since she worked so hard, she must be able to achieve corresponding results.

"Tomorrow's selection results should come out. Do you want me to inform you, Higashino? Or do you want to wait for the competition committee to notify you?"

On the first floor of Yamauchi, he asked Higashino Tsukasa a thoughtful question before hanging up the phone.

He was worried that Dong Yesi was too nervous, so he was still thinking about whether to inform Dong Yesi in advance.

After all, the oil painting category can be regarded as the hardest-hit area. Japanese youths who contributed to the oil painting category accounted for more than 40.00% of the total number of people in the entire art creation award. Roughly calculated, there were about five or six thousand contestants. The competition pressure in this number is simply overwhelming. Not too big.

"Teacher Yamauchi, please inform me in advance." Higashino replied with a smile.

His demeanor seemed unhurried, obviously nothing to worry about.

If you can get it, you can do it. If you don't get it, you will work harder next time. How can there be so many detours?Can you get a gold reward for being compassionate and hiding?

This is obviously unlikely.

Higashinoji discussed with the first floor of Yamauchi for a while, and then hung up the phone.

Thinking of the first floor in Yamauchi, Higashino couldn't stop nodding.

Indeed, this Art Creation Award is really good.

In any case, with the passing of the days, the final selection day of the Art Creation Awards has finally arrived.

As the selection held by the five major art academies in Japan, the judges are of course mainly selected from the professors and tutors of various disciplines in the five major art academies.

In addition, of course, some well-known professional painters and professional sculptors will be invited to serve as judges, but the proportion of them is very small. It can be regarded as letting them make up the head, showing that "the art creation awards held by our five major art academies" It is fair and open', which is used to block the mouths of the media.

There are more than ten judges in total.

Among the oil painting professors of the five major art academies, the first floor of Yamauchi is not the highest, at most he is at the upper level, so among the ten or so people, he can only be regarded as a judge with a relatively right to speak , but far from reaching the level of a veto.

Compared with the Tokyo Youth Painting Award that Higashino participated in, the level of the Art Creation Award is undoubtedly much higher.

You must know that Yamauchi Yirou had a veto in the Tokyo Youth Painting Award at that time, but it is completely useless here, at most it is a suggestion.

The person who really can affect the overall situation is probably Mano Noriko, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

As long as she speaks, basically everyone else will agree.

First, the primary selection is put into the warehouse, and more than 4000 oil paintings are cut from the [-] to [-] works in the warehouse—two-thirds of the people are directly cut off.

This elimination force is too great.

The remaining more than 2000 works will enter the next screening process.

The so-called screening is to cut down another 2000 works from the more than [-] works, and leave [-] works to enter the review process-this cut is another three-quarters, and countless people have lost their lives.As tragic as a world war.

Of course, there will be professors from other colleges helping to screen, or the dozen or so people in the review team want to see five or six thousand works in three days, which is simply a joke.

The remaining [-] works that have entered the re-examination process can be officially evaluated by the review team.

In the end, 450 pieces were cut down from the [-] pieces, and [-] pieces of oil paintings were obtained to participate in the final selection. One cut was another [-] out of [-] people, which can be said to be extremely bloody.

However, after such strict screening and reduction, these fifty oil paintings are only qualified for the final selection.

In the end, there are only a dozen or so who can get the award.

But in fact, this is the case with the regular awards. The Tokyo Youth Awards are at most a competition held in Tokyo for Tokyo students. Of course, it is different from the Art Creation Awards.

At this time, more than a dozen judges were sitting at the long table. Most of the judges were male, and there were fewer female judges. At this time, their expressions were more or less serious.

But in fact, since most of the judges present are famous art professors, mentors and famous active painters in Japan, the psychological pressure of simply selecting these works is not great.

but

They couldn't help but look at the woman who sat in the first place.

It was a middle-aged woman with short hair. She looked to be in her 40s, and her face was a bit ordinary, giving people a plain and gentle feeling.

But it was such an ordinary middle-aged woman who made everyone present dare not ignore her.

After all, she is Mano Noriko, the Minister of Culture, Sports, Science and Technology who has the most say in the field.

"Everyone can choose as much as they want, and don't care about me." Mano Noriko obviously felt the eyes of everyone looking over, so she nodded and said with a smile.

She is a simple politician. She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo, so she doesn't know much about art. At most, she came into contact with education and art after entering the Ministry of Education.

But how can it be as good as these well-known art professors and painters here?

So she is also very straightforward, just come here to watch the fun, and prepare to go on stage to present an award at that time.

As for the results of the Art Creation Awards?

To be honest, she didn't care.

She took the initiative to join the lineup of judges, just to pave the way for her next political career.

Seeing Mano Noriko's statement, the professors including the first floor of Yamauchi breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to discuss the selected works.

The scale of this Art Creation Award is very large, and the quality of the works is also uneven due to the complexity and diversity of the participants - there are many young people who have never studied art at all, and the young people who draw ghostly characters are also out of "What if I win?" 'The mentality is submitted.

Anyway, it's worth a try.

For this reason, about half of the works in this exhibition room are the works of students from the five major art academies in Tokyo.

After all, how could there be so many gifted students?

College students who have received formal and systematic art education in the top five art academies in Tokyo naturally have a natural advantage in facing wild roads all over the country.

Of course, this is not to say that there are no works submitted from other regions to enter the final selection process. It just means that the number is relatively small, which is about the same as the number of students from the five major art academies in Tokyo.

The deformed economy in the Tokyo circle of Japan can also be seen.

"This "Mountain Climbing and Meteor" is not bad. It has a good idea. The person with the climbing equipment on his back keeps his head down and climbs up, just to pursue the most beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain. But when he is walking with his head down, there is no sound above his head. A beautiful scene like a shooting star is in line with the theme of expressing regret for beautiful things this time."

A professor from the Department of Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts said in a low voice, "I think the Silver Award should be fine."

"The conception is indeed okay, but the color and composition still lack some meaning."

"If you say that, it is true that if you count the color and composition, this painting should be ranked first for the Bronze Award."

"Professor Tian Ze, please take a look at this piece of "Jiashiyuan" here. The composition and use of color are very good, and the brush strokes are also good, a bit like impression painting. The tears of regret shed in the Koshien arena, the sunset like fire shrouded in waves"

"The color and application are indeed in place, but in terms of conception, it is a bit clichéd. Many students have used the theme of Jiashien, right? There is nothing new in this."

"Well, that's right. It seems that I have to put it in the back."

They discussed in low voices, various opinions were put forward, and various opinions were brushed down.

This is the disadvantage brought about by the common theme of painting.

The contestants all chose the same theme, which resulted in many oil paintings with poor themes.

The Silver and Bronze Awards are fine, but the Gold Award must be for a work that takes into account the theme of the Grand Award and at the same time does not lag behind in painting skills.

But good works are not so easy to find

These scholars, active painters, and professors chose for a long time, and then heard a voice: "Everyone, why not take a look at this "Summer Is Over"."

This was the voice from the first floor of Yamauchi.

The screening was very intensive this time. Originally, the first floor of Yamauchi was worried that Higashino Tsukasa would not be able to enter the final selection, so he searched anxiously for a while, but unexpectedly, it was on the wall behind him, which was considered dark under the standard lights.

But now that I found it.Without hesitation, he simply sold Higashinoji's oil paintings to the judges present.

"Summer is over?"

Everyone raised their heads and couldn't help frowning when they heard the title.

The title sounds like one of those pointless nature paintings, which are generally the least artistically worthwhile.

Because it has no human elements in it.

What research value is there in simply painting flowers and plants, painting some natural creatures dying and plants withering?It's a scene I've been used to seeing for a long time.

This Art Creation Award originally competed on ideas and themes, and the techniques had to be put aside for a while. As a result, a landscape painting was taken directly on the first floor of Yamauchi?

How did this painting enter the final selection process?

With this in mind, most of the judges walked towards the first floor of Yamauchi.

They wanted to see how the "Summer Is Over" entered the final selection process.

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