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Vulgarseries“Sothe un-wanting soulseeswhat's hidden,andthe ever-wanting soulseesonly what it wants.”―Lao TzuAllthe arts, including movies and television, have great power to raise the mindand heart to contemplation of the human condition. The Seven Deadly Sins havebeen represented thousands of times throughout Western art history, but todaywe live in a very different society that encourages lusting after celebrity andmoney. Philosophers since Aristotle have discussed this question. The term“moral virtues” refers to the character traits that are helpful or evennecessary for a well-lived life; moral vices are those character traits thatare obstacles to living well. Looking analytically, the ethos of the worldseems to be now "make money and become rich," "materialcivilization," "profit and efficiency;" and "material stimulation."Unhappypeople are more likely to chase money and fame; chasing money and fame reducesa sense of well being because more satisfying experiences are ignored, andextrinsic goals and poor sense of well being are symptoms of something elseamiss. The news media uses lust, money, sex to tap into people’s desire forsurvival. They sell people the idea if they have all the money and sex appeartheir future will be secure.Themeaning of the “Vulgar” series is to remind people of values like the Truth,the Good, and the pursuit of Beauty. Dong Dafeng reveals, through this powerfulseries, his critical concepts towards a society driven by power, money, andcarnal pleasures; his series bring to attention the fact that these“vulgarities” represent a real disaster for any nation. His abstract satire ismeant to awaken people to embrace the true values again, to warn everyone andfuture generations that love, respect, fairness, honesty will slowly disappearin a world guided by money, power, and manipulation.DongDafeng’s abstract ink compositions are powerful both for their dynamicbrush-strokes and for the symbols used by the artist: the Chinese character人becomes the icon for the concept of “prisoner”, people are the prisoners ofmoney and power nowadays; another symbol that for a foreigner looks like an Acircled by dots derives from the character 权(Quán) meaning right, often interpreted in modern China as “power and personalinterest”; and it is well known, obviously, the symbol of money for theofficial currency of the Qing dynasty, China's longest and last dynastic rule,now used as lucky charms. The round shape signified heaven and the squareopening symbolized earth. The artist emphasizes these symbols in each and everypainting by placing them very carefully in the overall compositions in order toacquire full visibility and hence transmit the message. Those graphisms becomeironical illustrations of “flowers”, “earrings”, or body parts (“heads”,“eyes”, “mouths”) showing the artist’s strong desire to emphasize that areeverywhere, that this “infection” is spread and we really have to stop it.Letus take a moment to admire Dong Dafeng’s works, think about their powerfulmessage, and collect them!

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常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。——老子（注: 高雅无俗的灵魂看到深渊高妙隐藏的东西，欲求不足的人只看到他所要的东西。）所有的艺术，包括电影和电视，都有极大的力量来唤醒人们心灵对人类状况的思考。在整个西方艺术史上，《七宗罪》被描绘了成千上万次，但今天我们生活在一个非常不同的社会，这个社会鼓励追名逐利的欲望。自亚里斯多德以来，哲学家们都讨论过这个问题。“道德美德”是指对良好生活有益甚至是必要的性格特征；道德缺陷是那些阻碍我们生活得更好的性格特征。分析来看，当今世界的风气似乎就是“赚钱致富”、“物质文明”、“利润与效率”和“物质刺激”。不幸福的人更有可能去追求金钱和名誉；追逐金钱和名誉却又降低了幸福感，因为更多令人有满足感的经历被忽略了，而这追求外在的目标和缺乏幸福感就是其他方面缺失的症状。新闻媒体利用欲望、金钱、性来挖掘人们的生存欲望。他们向人们兜售这样一种观念：如果他们有钱有性，未来就会有保障。“恶俗”系列的意义在于让人们想起诸如真实、善良、追求美的价值观。通过这个强有力的系列，董达峰揭示了对一个由权力、金钱和肉欲驱动的社会的批判观念；他的系列让人们深刻注意到，这些“恶俗之处”对任何一个国家来说都是一场真正的灾难。他的抽象讽刺意在唤醒人们再次拥抱真正的价值观，警告所有人和子孙后代，在一个由金钱、权力操纵和引导的世界里，爱、尊重、公平、诚实将会慢慢消失。董达峰的抽象水墨作品不论是他充满动感的笔法还是艺术家所表现的符号都是充满力量的。汉字＂人＂变成了＂囚＂中之人。讽喻人们变成了金钱和权力的囚徒。另一个象征性作品，一个外国人看起来像一个由点、圈构成的作品，与汉字＂权＂谐音（意指权力），通常理解为现代中国的“权力和私利”。众所周知，作为中国最长也是最后的王朝统治——清朝的官方货币，铜钱形态的符号现在被当作幸运符。圆的形状代表天，方的开口代表地。艺术家在每一幅画中强调这些符号，非常小心地将它们放在整体构图中，以便获得充分的可视性，从而传递信息。这些文字成为“花”、“耳环”或身体部位(“头”、“眼睛”、“嘴”)的讽刺插图，显示了艺术家强烈地渴望强调它们无处不在的意图。这些＂侵染＂传播着，我们真的必须阻止它。让我们花点时间来欣赏董达峰的作品，思考它们所传达的强大信息，并加以收藏!

                                  作者: 戴安娜·罗曼

                                  中文翻译: 白 蓉

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