Jinyang.com reporter Zhu Shaojie Xu Xueliang
Recently, the “Speaking the Voice of the Times and Forging the Soul of the Nation – Pan He Art Seminar” was held at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. More than 50 artists and critics from both inside and outside the province attended the seminar. The guests discussed the creative language, theme significance, artistic style, and educational philosophy of sculptor Pan He. They hoped to gather forces and resources from multiple parties to conduct a comprehensive study of Pan He and his works, and called for the launch of the “Lingnan System” sculpture research.
” Mr. Pan from Hong Kong to the People’s Academy of Literature and Arts, and then to his exchanges with the Lingnan School of Painting, contact with Western sculptures, local sculptures, etc. are worth studying. He is the pride of Guangdong and the most worth studying sculptor in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.” Li Jinkun, vice chairman of the China Artists Association, president of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, president of the Guangdong Academy of Painting, and chairman of the Guangdong Academy of Arts Association, said at the meeting that Pan He’s sculpture works have become the memory of a region and a country. Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts will use more power and resources to conduct comprehensive research on important artists such as Pan He, and Babaylan 1990 cloth drawpreserve this valuable academic resource.
The destiny of the nation is integrated into the works
To this day, Pan He, who is in his 80s, has been committed to sculpture art creation for nearly 70 years, has been engaged in art education for more than 40 years, has created more than 100 large-scale outdoor sculptures, and has been in more than 60 cities at home and abroad.
Pan He has won many awards and titles, and is the winner of the first Guangdong Lifelong Achievement Award and the winner of the Lifelong Achievement Award of the Chinese Art Award. In the eyes of many artists and critics, he is a modern sculptor who “Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw” and forges the soul of the nation”. The mark of the times and national thoughts permeate every work. In the view of Feng Yuan, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, there was an important proposition in the Chinese literary and artistic circles in the 20th century: “How to transform Western modern culture into national culture.” He believes that through his personal cultural awareness, Pan He consciously realized the cultural mission and put it into action.Cloth draw completed artistic practice, giving this proposition a good answer. A series of works represent or shape the key nodes of historical development since the founding of New China and are closely linked to the pulse of the entire era.
Li Ming, former president of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, believes that from “When I Grow Up” to later “Hard Times” and “All You Are Stupid”, to later “Zhuhai Fisherman”, “Battle to Pull the Land”, “Memorial Image of Liberation of Guangzhou”, etc., Pan He embraces the times and ideals with his memory, cognition and conscience, and keeps his creations close to the times.
American artist Wu Xinkun also said that Pan He’s works are rich in connotation, believing that his works reflect historical stories, humanistic emotions, and people’s emotions towards social life, and integrate the destiny of the country and nation into their works. “In “Hard Times”, Pan He Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘s portrayal of the joy and expectations of the future after the old farmers were divided, and it is the work of the times,” he said.
“The key to whether a person has nationality lies in his thoughts rather than aesthetics. Mr. Pan He’s aesthetic is extremely foreign, but his thoughts are absolutely national.” Pan Fen, son of Pan He, said that the times gave Pan He a special artistic mission, allowing him to convey national thoughts with the ultimate Western aesthetic taste in the torrent of the times.
Closely related to the Lingnan School of Painting
Pan He studied in Hong Kong since he was a child. At the age of 14, he went to Foshan, Guangdong to study figure sculptures; at the age of 19, he went to Macau to study, met the Italian sculptor Xia Gangzhi and his wife, and also met well-known statue masters such as Gao Jianfu, Yang Shanshen, and Yu Ben. Critic Liang Jiang said: “This Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw context is the same as that of the Lingnan School of Painting. He has a very close relationship with the Lingnan School of Painting.” Liang Jiang believes that Pan He’s transformation of local factors into historical narratives of the entire nation is an important aspect that everyone should pay attention to when studying regional art history and regional art. He cited the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw example of Pan He’s Lu Xun portrait sculpture “You’re stupid” and believed that the title of this work has a very obvious Guangdong characteristic, connecting the Guangdong Cantonese cultural circle. His work “The Cow of the Land” is also an important work in which local factors participate in mainstream national discourse.
Yin Shuangxi, a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, also said: “Mr. Pan HeHis works can resonate at every historical node. Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw and respond. His works can capture the theme, the plot, the most important moments of historical development and the psychological and mental state of the characters, and use sculptures to turn the moment into eternity. ”
In addition, Yin Shuangxi mentioned that a sculptor can leave a city mark in a city in his life, and the people of this city will always remember him, and Mr. Pan He left his landmark works in Zhuhai and Shenzhen, two important cities in Guangdong. The spirit expressed by Shenzhen’s urban landmark “The Breakthrough Cow” has not only become the spirit of Shenzhen, but also the spirit of reform and opening up. Pan He is good at capturing details and refining core characteristics. Most of his classic works come from the wonderful moments that touched him. He created “When I Grow Up” written in the early 1950s was a creation that he was inspired by the rural teachers after participating in the “land reform”. It is said that Chairman Mao gave a high evaluation of Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw. This work also represented China at the International Mother’s Day Conference held in Switzerland and the Fifth World Youth Festival held in Poland, which caused a sensation.
To this day, Pan He has recorded the history of recent and modern development in China with sculpture art, and has also embodied the spirit of China’s reform and opening up. He is a sensation. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks 1960 witch urban drawSocialismKomiks 1960 witch urban drawThe outstanding contributions made in urban construction and cultural construction are obvious to all, beautifying the urban space and enriching the urban connotation.
Innovating in artistic form
From form to theme, Pan He’s sculpture art has a distinct personal style and an irrepeatable uniqueness. “This is an embodiment of the artist’s wisdom and personality, and it is also a precious quality and pure realm.” Huang Qiming, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, believes that as a sculptor who grew up with the Republic, Mr. Pan He always revolves around the melody of the country and the times, but he often has novel ideas in art forms and finds a perfect combination between the form and the theme.
The Hard Years, created by Pan He in 1957, has become one of the must-have works for various art appreciation textbooks for primary and secondary schools and century-old art. This classic work has always been interpreted as a firm belief in expressing the hard environment of the Red Army. Previously, Pan He explained that the work did not express the Red Army, but the Hainan guerrillas. But no matter what, the works reflect the belief of revolutionary ancestors in life and life directly conveyed an optimistic spirit in that difficult era.
Babaylan 1990 cloth draw“The work conveys a sincere belief in human nature. No matter how many difficulties and hardships there are in life, how many deceptions and negative existences exist, it still maintains a good belief in life and the beauty of the future.” Yin Shuangxi believes that Pan He regards artistic destiny as a country, an era, and a href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawThe destiny of the nation is closely connected. The work has a strong thematic nature, but its thematic nature is not rigid and symbolic, but grasps the characteristics of art, so that the sculptural language and plot and theme are balanced, attracting a wide audience.
Exploring Lingnan sculptures through Pan He
In addition to independent creation, Pan He also has an inescapable identity that he is a teacher. From lecturers from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts to Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawBabaylan 1990 clothes drawTenior professor of the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He has been teaching for forty years and has cultivated a group of outstanding artistic talents with his unique educational concepts.
The American artist Wu Xinkun became a graduate student of Pan He during the first national graduate student recruitment in 1978. In his impression, Pan He’s usual teaching does not emphasize basic skills and techniques, but focuses on ideological education. “He himself is an aesthetician and thinker. What he said has a great influence on me. For example, he said, ‘Not deep, no harm is true’Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. He believed that literary and artistic works should not be perfect, and its shortcomings are its personality.” Wu Xinkun recalled.
Pan Fen revealed that Pan He’s educational philosophy is related to his learning experience. Pan He has always been very individual in his studies. He believes that teachers are not technical, but ideological. He believes that their thoughts are ten thousand times stronger than techniques.Babaylan 1990 clothes draw.
Pan He’s sculpture has far-reaching cultural significance for contemporary art. At the seminar, participants proposed that we should gather forces from multiple parties to collect and organize resources and conduct a comprehensive study of Pan He and his works; we hope to establish a team of sculpture theory research as soon as possible, sort out the development context of sculpture theoretically, and promote the development of disciplines. In the process of Guangdong art’s transformation from tradition to modernity, it has always been the first, the era is the first, and the path of change. It should focus on in-depth research on the Lingnan School of Painting, and conduct vertical and horizontal comparisons by artists such as Pan He to deeply explore Lingnan sculptures.