At the scene of "Portrait of olympic champions", the artist and the three Olympic champions took a group photo in front of the portrait Shi Chunyang
Beijing, December 29 (China News Network) -- The National Art Museum of China held a unique "Portrait of olympic champions" activity in the public education space on the 29th. Wang Liping, the women's 20 km race walk champion at the 27th Sydney Olympic Games, Gao Leng, the badminton mixed doubles champion of the 27th Sydney Olympic Games and the 28th Athens Olympic Games, and Zhang Xiangxiang, the men's 62 kg champion of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, were invited to interact with the artists at the scene.
"Portrait of olympic champions" borrows a paintbrush to show the Olympic spirit with Chinese style for the people, depicts the image of Chinese champions, and enhances the cultural self-confidence of art and sports. Wu Weishan, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, director of the National Art Museum of China, and vice chairman of the China Artists Association, wrote the word "Fu" for the Olympic athletes, wishing the Olympic champions great achievements and blessing the Olympic athletes participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The painter can still paint a portrait of Olympic champion Zhang Xiangxiang shi Chunyang
Wu Weishan introduced that the National Art Museum of China has a collection of 130,000 fine art works, many of which are sports themes, such as the Chinese painting "Before the Decisive Battle", which expresses the spirit of the women's volleyball team, and the sculpture work "Towards the World", which shows Chinese athletes standing on the world-class competitive stage, etc., which will be presented in the "Winter Olympics And Beauty in Pursuit of Dreams - Exhibition of Sports-themed Fine Art Works collected by the National Art Museum of China", and at the same time actively organize outstanding artists across the country to create fine art works on the Olympic theme and show the sportsmanship of humanistic Datong. Not only that, the National Art Museum of China will also systematically promote the combination and creation of contemporary art and sports through exhibition, publication, dissemination, aesthetic education and other means. This is not only an opportunity to promote the Olympic spirit, but also an opportunity for the multi-civilizational world to better understand Chinese art and the Chinese spirit. Wu Weishan said: "We must integrate the creation of beauty with the Olympic spirit and create new cultural wealth for world civilization." ”
Painter Li Yang portrait of Olympic champion Wang Liping Shi Chunyang
The National Art Museum of China invited artists Li Yang, Shang Ke and Huang Huasan to paint portraits of Wang Liping, the women's 20 km race walk champion at the 27th Sydney Olympic Games, Gao Leng, the badminton mixed doubles champion at the 27th Sydney Olympic Games and the 28th Athens Olympic Games, and Zhang Xiangxiang, the men's weightlifting champion at the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. Artists wield their brushes freely, just like the athletes' posture on the field, showing the Olympic spirit, art and sports collide here to create a new spark.
Painter Huang Huasan took a group photo after taking a portrait of Olympic champion Gao Leng
Students from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Jinfan Calligraphy and Painting Institute of Beijing Shijia Primary School observed the scene. The works created by the artists in this event will also be exhibited in the "Welcoming the Winter Olympics, Beauty in Pursuing Dreams - Exhibition of Sports-themed Fine Art Works collected by the National Art Museum of China". (End)