China News Service, Beijing, September 26 (Reporter Gao Kai) From Laozi, Confucius to Li Bai, Du Fu, from Su Shi, Wang Yangming to Qi Baishi, Nie Er, more than 70 sculptures of Chinese historical and cultural celebrities are displayed in the East Exhibition Hall of the National Grand Theater And all the public spaces present a long and rich Chinese context in silence.
Wu Weishan's Work: The Unity of Nature and Man——Photo courtesy of Laozi Grand Theater
On the 26th, "The Beauty of Chinese Context Freehand Brushwork-Wu Weishan Chinese Historical and Cultural Celebrity Sculpture Exhibition" hosted by the National Centre for the Performing Arts officially opened. The exhibition featured famous sculptors, curator of the National Art Museum of China, and vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. Wu Weishan has created more than 70 sculptures of Chinese historical and cultural celebrities over 30 years.
These sculptures show the deep inner spirit and cultural heritage of Chinese culture by shaping the imagery of historical figures.
Wu Weishan integrates sculpture art with traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting aesthetics, and uses Chinese aesthetics to express Chinese spirit.
In the sculptor’s pursuit of "avant-garde" and "avant-garde", he returned to traditional Chinese culture and spoke to the world culture, trying to explore the deep cultural connotation through freehand sculpture, through Laozi, Confucius, Li Bai, Du Fu, Qi Baishi The statues of figures such as, Nie Er, etc. show the long-standing Chinese context to the audience to enhance the audience’s understanding and recognition of the excellent Chinese traditional culture.
Wu Weishan's work: A toast to invite the bright moon-Photo courtesy of the poet Li Bai Grand Theater
The magnificent and tranquil Lao Tzu he has portrayed, the hollow body is a metaphor for "empty cherishment", and the inner wall is engraved with "Tao Te Jing", which is called full of economy, allowing people to appreciate the essence of Chinese traditional culture and art.
The Li Bai robe he fashioned with flying sleeves and arbitrarily showed the poet's romantic feelings to the fullest.
The Lei Feng he portrayed with a smile on his face and a strutting head, became a sculpture familiar to primary school students and a model for promoting Lei Feng's spirit because he was selected as a primary school Chinese textbook published by the People's Education Press.
The Yang Zhenning he has portrayed is full of rational brilliance, and his high forehead is full of knowledgeable eyes, portraying a scientist's persistent spirit to explore the truth.
In addition, Wu Weishan is committed to promoting the integration and mutual learning of Chinese and foreign cultures through sculpture art, and actively promoting Chinese culture to the world stage.
Among the sculptures exhibited in this exhibition, several works deliberately selected two Chinese and foreign artists from different periods, such as "On a Boat-The Encounter of Leonardo and Qi Baishi", where the two ends of the wooden boat are far apart Da Vinci and Qi Baishi looking forward; the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko and the Tang poet Du Fu in "The Gate of the Soul-Dialogue between Taras Shevchenko and Du Fu", through sculpture art Show the collision and blending of different cultures.
When the audience approaches these sculptures, they can not only experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture, but also appreciate the cultural connotations of Chinese and foreign cultures through Wu Weishan's sculpture aesthetics.
Wu Weishan's work: Photo courtesy of Nie Er Grand Theater
As a national performing arts center, the National Grand Theater not only focuses on the field of performing arts, but also insists on organizing high-quality art exhibitions that are planned, organized, and diversified.
Regarding this exhibition, Zhu Jing, the vice president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, said, “Mr. Wu Weishan’s "Chinese Historical and Cultural Celebrity Sculpture Series" demonstrates his pioneering and innovative creation themes and the language of the sculpture, as well as the promotion of Chinese and foreign cultures through sculpture art. The exploration and practice of blending and mutual learning between civilizations. The style of "freehand sculpture" he created vividly expresses the personality characteristics, personality strength, cultural background and spirit of the times of the molded person, and shows the world a long Chinese context. It also passed the beliefs and cultural values of the Chinese people to the people of all countries."
It is reported that this exhibition will last until November 8.
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