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Do you know "Big Yellow Duck"? Do you know its author, Florentine Hoffman? This Dutch art genius is known for his artistic projects that create huge shapes in public spaces, and his representative works such as "Big Yellow Duck" and "Fat Monkey" have become popular all over the world. Today, the top artist's new work, "Pillow Man", has come to us, quietly "lying" on the large lawn of Wanghu Park in Hangzhou Bay, waiting to share the afternoon sun with you.
Florentein Hoffman," The Pillow Man.
In the past few days, many residents of Hangzhou Bay New Area have found that there are many public art works in sports parks, Kwun Tong Lake Park, Wanghu Park and other places. Among them, the "Pillow Man" "Big White" of Qianwan Binhai New City is very popular in the circle of friends, it looks up at the sky lazily, so comfortable that people who pass by want to learn its appearance and lie flat for a while. "The theme of the work is to take a break and realize your dreams and grow with the city." The project leader of "Dream Without Boundaries - The Third International Public Art Invitation Exhibition in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area" said.
It is understood that this is the ongoing project of "Dream Without Boundaries - The Third International Public Art Invitation Exhibition of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area". In the form of the international construction of a prosperous town of public art, the invitation exhibition invites 18 artists with significant influence and academic status in Chinese and international contemporary art to participate in the creation and display of public art in the new district, and 18 large works have been landed in the new district from 2020 to 2021.
The sports park is the most frequented leisure park for residents of the new district, and dozens of public art works and sculptures have been permanently displayed for the public to enjoy and taste. These works are very different in style and beautiful in form, and many people are more and more accustomed to imagining the authors' creative ideas when viewing the works, imagining how they shape the infinite space of the spirit in a limited space.
Bao Ke Feng mi "The Garden of the Mother Tree Falling from the Sky".
Japanese artist Bao Ke Fengmi's "The Garden of the Mother Tree Falling from the Sky" shows the poetic romance with stairs and trees, and at sunset, through climbing stairs to usher in a magnificent landscape overlooking the lake; Guan Huaibin's "Tilting Garden" comes from the inspiration of Chinese garden space to create aesthetics, borrowing the relationship between things and things, exploring the topic of space and time intersection and extension; "Haiyue Theater" next to the Shuangchuang Building was recently completed, and artist Wang Xin presented the poetic and painting situation of "the bright moon and the tide on the sea" in the way of contemporary Chinese gardens, with black tiles, concrete, and stone lamps , pine trees and other elements, to create a theater of the sea and the moon, to create a step by step scene. It is understood that the venue can also undertake open-air small performances or reading sharing meetings in the later stage.
Wang Xin's "Haiyue Theater".
The organizers of the invitation exhibition said that public art has played an increasingly important role in the improvement of urban quality, and with the in-depth development of urban cultural construction, the construction of contemporary public art has entered the new thinking of diversification and diversity, and gradually shifted from grand narrative works to urban life. "When public artworks land and urban construction are strongly combined, it not only makes the city more fashionable, but also allows citizens to obtain more sense of gain and happiness." The relevant person in charge of the organizer said.
Editor: Zhang Jingjing