因为担任《艺术中国》杂志主编和做收藏的缘故,经常有朋友问我:“你最看好的湖南艺术家是谁?”每次我都会毫不犹豫地说:“李莹波!”李莹波何许人也?最早知道李莹波,大约在六年前,有朋友说湖南出了个最年轻的西泠印社社员,才二十六岁。这西泠印社是中国艺坛的百年老店,其人数迄今只有六百多人(在世的四百多人),虽然远不及中国书法家协会会员,但正如此,反倒彰显了它的含金量。 Because of being the chief editor and collector of Art China, I often have friends ask me: “Who is your favorite Hunan artist?” Every time I would say without hesitation: “Li Yingbo!” Li Yingbo Who else? The earliest known Li Yingbo, about six years ago, a friend said that Hunan out of a youngest Xiling Seal membership, only twenty-six years old. The Xiling Seal Society is a hundred-year-old Chinese art altar. The number of its members is only 600 or so (more than 400 are alive now). Although far less than the members of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, .