“Cultural Memory” in Gulistan’s Artistic Creation
Shang Jie
Professor, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Gulistan’s series “Essence of Memory”, “Memory of the portrait”, “Tales of time” series is not a simple “memory” as people call it. It is a “cultural memory”. It is Gulistan’s unique personal life experience, personal cultural temperament, The breath and her unique blood source give her a complex of “cultural memory”.
Memory of the portrait － Whisper
Gulistan’s works always reveal “poetic”and “musical”, expressing her subconscious diversity. This diversity is not displayed at the same time. This diversity appears in sequence in the flow of consciousness, just like The soul dances with the music melody, you only need to enter the breath of her picture to recite it.
Intuition and duration cannot be analyzed and cannot be simply explained and defined. Bergson calls intuition, resonance, a kind of simultaneous implication or induction, that is, I and other things introduce… into… and then resonate.In this information age accompanied by the Internet, Gulistan uses “Essence of Memory” to awaken human beings’ nostalgia for the spiritual homeland, as a reminder of life and intuition.
Tales of time II
The energy of philosophical spirit is not to explain the world. Similarly, the mission of an artist is not to shout or explain, but to help you return to the spiritual life of mankind, find the meaning of life and spiritual life, and find the so-called “spirit” mentioned by Bogson It means spiritual life”, spiritual life is internal and continuous… Looking at Gulistan’s paintings, you will be taken into your own melody by the breath of her work (not simply intoxication, but the continuation of thinking and soul). This kind of spiritual and spiritual extension depends on the cultural capital of the audience’s soul. The moment and eternity are continuous… The process of extension is the most precious gift that Gulistan’s creation brings us.Traditional philosophy has always believed that time is like a river that never returns. It is one-dimensional, but here in Bergson, time can be superimposed and thick, because it is not one-dimensional, but multi-dimensional. Just like the impressionist and surrealist paintings show…
Bergson question: How do we distinguish between true continuous continuity and parallelism in spatialized time? “Think intuitively, just think in continuation”It is not necessary to explain “thought” with the concept of rationality, but the intuition state is the state of mind, and it is still in a state of mental continuity of “looking for lost time”. The word “memory” can make our thoughts more active than “feeling”, closer to duration…
Memory of the portrait － Roaming in the East
Let us follow Gulistan’s “Essence of Memory”, “Memory of the portrait”, and “Tales of time” into a continuous state, collecting the peace of mind in her creation, and we are in a noisy world Found quiet.