People and things in this world have chance and inevitability.
For example, a ripe apple accidentally hit Newton's head, and After thinking and deducing, Newton discovered the inevitable law between heaven and earth, that is, the law of gravitation.
Similarly, in 2006, a fire broke out in Changzhou's Tianning Pagoda, and the high temperature made the molten copper water flow to the ground, which was a disaster in the eyes of ordinary people, but for zhu Bingren, a master of arts and crafts, when he saw the crystalline molten copper crystals hidden in the slag of the fire, the dazzling beauty, let him capture a trace of the soul of a new form of craftsmanship, he applied this accidental copper crystal to artistic creation, and created a new craft category, "copper melting art." ”
Zhu Bingren at work
2006 also became the toughest year of copper melting art.
Zhu Bingren is the fourth generation of "Zhufu Copper Art" and the only inheritor of the "Bronze Carving Technique" of the national intangible cultural heritage, which can be said to be the source of family learning, and it is precisely because of this artistic background that he has refined his outstanding artistic eye, which has made the development of copper molten copper art a miracle in the history of copper in the world.
Every night when he dreamed back, the amazing beauty of the molten copper flowing out made Zhu Bingren immersed in the creation of the art of molten copper and could not extricate himself.
In the past 15 years, Zhu Bingren has created many copper molten artworks that "blend abstract forms and capture concrete ideas", which have been collected by museums and cultural institutions at home and abroad such as the National Museum of China, the Palace Museum, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Chinese Cultural Center in Singapore, and the Chinese Cultural Center in Bangkok.
Try a few for friends to appreciate.
"Que Li" collection of the National Museum of China
The so-called "Que Li", that is, the meaning of que standing in the world, que standing in history, this mural is concise and bright, traditional and fashionable, opposite and unified, it can be said that it is a mixture of bronze sculpture, Chinese painting, calligraphy and oil painting a variety of techniques.
On the copper fir wood substrate that has been oxidized, polished and protruded, the mysterious depth of black bronze is presented, and the spirit-like artistic relief shape produced by the natural flow and hanging in the copper melting process shines with a rich and peaceful brilliance.
In terms of performance, the large-scale freehand branches and leaves of lotus lotus lotus and the extremely realistic lotus garden carvings cast by the lost wax are ingeniously composed of a tall and unique work of art, with amazing visual impact, both In the West and the ancient and modern, abstraction and figuration are so perfectly integrated, which is amazing.
The work is now in the National Museum of China.
Rice can be very rice very rice
Lao Tzu said: "The Tao is the Tao, the Extraordinary Tao."
That is to say, the Tao cannot be Tao, and if the Tao can be Tao, then it is not The Tao.
Zhu Bingren took the "Tao Te Ching" as the source of inspiration and planted a piece of cultural copper rice with a golden artistic conception under the title of "Rice Can Be Dao, Very Rice", which is really a far-reaching artistic conception.
Some commentators have explained that another kind of broken sentence is "rice can, Daofei, Changdao". That means that rice is too important, leaving rice, what truth is wrong, this is common sense, common sense, remember the rice.
This is also from another side, verifying the artistic vitality of this work, there are infinite possibilities.
Then we look at Zhu Bingren's huge bronze mural for the Boao Forum for Asia.
The front of the mural is named "Wanquan Returns to the Sea", echoing the wanquan river where the Boao Forum for Asia site is located.
"Ten Thousand Springs Return to the Sea" is collected at the Boao Forum for Asia
Taking the meaning of the sea, trickling, and finally returning to the sea, combined with the whole spirit of the 20th anniversary of the Boao Forum for Asia, it is very cleverly combined.
The work is on display in the lobby of the Boao Forum for Asia.
Boao Forum for Asia lobby
In December 2009, the French Dalí Foundation will open the first Spanish Surreal master Salvador Dalí Works Memorial Museum in Hangzhou, China.
Zhu Bingren's more than 100 pieces of molten copper and Dali had an East-West dialogue across time and space, and Master Zhu specially created a molten copper portrait of "My Imaginary Dali".
I imagined Dalí
This work shows the absurd and weird, which is Dalí's creative style, in the ethereal art, Dalí's subconscious is galloping, using molten copper art to create Dalí surrealism, showing the excellence of Chinese art.
At that time, ju Yong, the head of the exhibitors of the Dalí Memorial Hall, was very shocked when he saw this work, and even said that there had never been such a work in the world, and praised: "I saw the spirit of Dalí in it." ”
This exchange of Eastern and Western cultures has always existed in Zhu Bingren's copper melting art creation, he is the influence of the world's copper melting art, he uses this moldless controllable, irreproducible art to express his views on the world, pouring out his ideas.
The art of molten copper is becoming more and more mature in the hands of Zhu Bingren, and more and more people know that the second peak of China's bronze culture seems to have arrived.
It has been 15 years since the founding of Copper Melting Art in 2006, and Zhu Bingren has created a large number of copper melting works.
Dissolved Van Gogh
Dancing people
In order to carry forward the copper culture, Zhu Bingren took out decades of savings to buy copper in order to raise funds, and also took his and his children's real estate to the bank as collateral, and established the "Bronze Sculpture Art Museum" in Hangzhou.
The museum has a grand scale, an area of nearly 3,000 square meters, a total of 125 tons of raw material copper, known as the "Jiangnan Copper House", attracting millions of tourists to stop and watch every year, and gradually becoming one of the tourist attractions in Hangzhou.
Zhu Bingren said:
"Every important piece of copper, I see it as a work handed over to the times, A cultural wealth left to history. ”
Zhu Bingren at work
Zhu Bingren found his artistic ideal in abstract fusion, and the deconstruction of form can make "meaning" melt into the pursuit of form. This kind of dissolution and melting also makes the traditional arts and crafts move to a more fresh semantic realm, which is the sublimation from "metaphysical" to "metaphysical", the transformation of material and spiritual, and the far-reaching significance of molten copper art, which will last forever. @Zhu Bingren