十年前我在《走进草原———苏新平版画研究》一文中 ,将苏新平称为“朴素的歌手” ,那是因为他以一系列蒙古民族的精神肖像揭示了一个宁静深沉的思想境界 ,以对蒙古民族生活状态的提炼与抽象 ,触及到当代人的生命状态。在那个时期的作品中 ,寂静室内期盼亲人归来的少妇、空旷 Ten years ago, in my article “A Study on the Prairie --- Su Xinping Printmaking”, I called Su Xinping a “simple singer” because he revealed a serene and profound thought with a series of spiritual portraits of the Mongolian nation Realm, in order to refine and abstract the living conditions of Mongolia’s ethnic life, touch the life status of contemporary people. In the works of that period, the young women who were expecting their loved ones to return in the still room were empty