The mirage in the human world is very beautiful, so beautiful that it is fascinating, even the emperors of the world have explored it countless times. Unfortunately, in the past five thousand years, I have not seen anyone, even if only once, really touch and grasp it. Until one time, I deeply understood Van Gogh's works, and suddenly, I was attracted by a group of unique works by Shen Yun on Tmall auction: Master Zhu Bingren's Van Gogh works "Tribute to Sunflowers", "Burning Sunflowers" and "Melted Van Gogh" presented by Master Zhu Bingren with "Molten Copper Art". At that time, the last two paintings of this group of works were sold for up to 1.58 million yuan.
The Van Gogh paintings born under the "art of molten copper" exude beautiful gestures that make me stunned. I think this is like a realm that can only be encountered in a mirage! However, they are not mirages, they are arts and crafts masterpieces that can be viewed from a distance and can be approached, even if they are absolutely beautiful in the world.
"Burning Sunflower"
Why? The works under the "molten copper art" are made of copper after melting without being constrained by the mold, flowing freely in a free state, supplemented by ingenious and ingenious careful design and carving, and then solidified again, and its expression of the connotation of the work is naturally with rough and unrestrained freedom, its own natural creation state, and the charm that cannot be copied, which is the realm that any piece of traditional craftsmanship can never reach!
Therefore, the work born under the "molten copper art" of Master Zhu Bingren, in the eyes of many people, it uses the technique of mirage, but it is definitely not a mirage!
Zhu Bingren is a master of Chinese arts and crafts, a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of copper carving skills, the fourth generation of copper art in Zhufu, and the owner of the famous Jiangnan Copper House in Hangzhou. It is no exaggeration to say that more than 80% of China's copper buildings are built by Zhu Bingren, such as:
Take the Lingyin Copper Hall recorded by the highest copper hall in Guinness, the Changzhou Tianning Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in China, the magnificent Leifeng Pagoda, the famous Emei Golden Dome at home and abroad, as well as the top ten copper buildings in China, the world's first engraved copper mural purple gold engraved bronze sculpture "Xuanzang Qiufa Map", China's first single-hole arched practical copper bridge Yongjin Copper Bridge and so on.
These are all representative works of Zhu Bingren in the field of copper architecture in China. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the father of Chinese copper architecture, and it is more appropriate.
Zhu Bingren is melting copper
As the saying goes, the skills are endless, in the development of bronze sculpture art, Zhu Bingren is such a skilled, famous, but not at all nostalgic, put the self aside, do not forget to continue to climb the practitioner! Because the bronze carving technique is China's intangible cultural heritage, Zhu Bingren is well aware of the great responsibility and significance of being an inheritor. The creation of Zhu Bingren's "molten copper art" art also illustrates this point.
In 2006, changzhou's Tianning Pagoda, which is 153.9 meters tall and is known as the tallest pagoda in the world, was accidentally caught in an unexpected fire when it was completed. In this fire, this stupa covered in copper ornaments, after this nirvana baptism, the first eaves were all melted... During the restoration, Zhu Bingren keenly captured the magical cultural "treasure": the crystalline molten copper crystals hidden in the slag of the fire. This crystal, which was then called a rare bronze stupa by the monks as a rare treasure, "Relic".
Changzhou Tianning Pagoda
Inspired by Zhu Bingren, he skillfully applied this copper crystal to the art of copper casting, creating the "art of molten copper", thus forming a new genre called "melting realism"!
In 2007, Zhu Bingren gave birth to his first "molten copper art" work "Que Li", which was collected in the National Museum. It is of landmark significance for the development of copper murals in China.
"Que Li"
Due to the unique charm of the "molten copper art" works that cannot be copied, since "Que Li", this technique has officially entered the world art hall. Since then, a piece of exquisite craftsmanship, aesthetically beautiful, but unique "molten copper art" works have come into being in the hands of Master Zhu Bingren, and magnificent rare flowers have opened up one by one around the world:
In 2012, the large-scale molten copper mural "Han Xi" was collected by the Chinese Cultural Center in Bangkok; in 2013, the "Invasion" and "Qin Figurines" series, as well as more than 80 pieces of pot carvings, ink paintings, calligraphy and copper seals, were collected by the Keti Art Museum in Taipei; in 2015, the large-scale molten copper mural "Spring and Qingyan" was collected by the China Culture and Arts Center in Singapore; in 2019, "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", "Guiju Mountain Fowl Map", "Five Bulls" and "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" were collected and displayed in Building 1 of the World Trade Center in the United States. In 2020, at the "Belt and Road" Art Shanghai International Expo, the grain-themed "Dao Ke Dao, Very Rice" "Molten Copper Art" work shocked the audience, and it is difficult for people to imagine how Master Zhu Bingren made such a lifelike and grandiose work with such hard copper.
"Rice, Very Rice"
In 2021, at the Boao Forum for Asia's Boao 20 Years 20 Chinese Cultural Figures Exhibition, four pieces of molten copper art were invited to participate in the exhibition, of which two huge molten copper murals "Ten Thousand Springs Return to the Sea" and "Fragrance from Afar" are even more beautiful and are displayed in the permanent collection at the Boao Forum for Asia venue.
"Ten Thousand Springs Return to the Sea" and "Fragrance from Afar"
In addition, in the auction market, Zhu Bingren's "molten copper art" works have also become the new favorite of the times for bronze carving skills, in addition to the above-mentioned Van Gogh works that were auctioned, in 2014, "Weisi" was sold for 420,000 Hong Kong dollars for Hong Kong Christie's; "Linglu" was auctioned by Sotheby's Hong Kong for 600,000 Hong Kong dollars...
There are also "Dalí in My Imagination", "Ben is born of the same root", "Totem (stele)", "Blue and White", "Landscape Copper Seal", "Dancing Man", "People's Chair", "Song Painting Labyrinth", "Jingqi Like a Mountain Like a Cloud" and other "molten copper art" masterpieces, constantly stunning the eyes of the world.
"The Flag Is Like a Mountain like a Cloud"
As the saying goes, bronze for five thousand years has cast a splendid Chinese cultural civilization, but now, molten copper has stood at the new peak of the times to beckon us, telling the rise of bronze sculpture art in the era of new civilization in the east of the world. @ Zhu Bingren (headline) @ Zhu Bingren Master (Baijia Number)
Counting now, from the 2006 when Master Zhu Bingren founded the "molten copper art", today, it is the fifteenth anniversary of the molten copper, recently, the new peak of molten copper Zhu Bingren, Zhu Junmin molten copper art exhibition in Hangzhou Jiangnan Copper House is about to open stunningly, love culture, love art, love copper sculpture, more love "molten copper art" of everyone, such a great opportunity how to miss, if there is a fate, we must not see or disperse!
Father and son co-create skills: Zhu Bingren and Zhu Junmin
I think that once, we could not capture the mystery of the mirage, then, today, to capture the shock brought about by the Chinese "molten copper art" works under Teacher Zhu Bingren, it is definitely a beautiful thing in life!
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