In January 2022, the "Ruiwu Collection: Wang Dapeng Sculpture Exhibition" was opened at the 798 International Art Exchange Center in Beijing. Ruiwu, symbolizing auspicious things, since ancient times, people in the process of communication, often with each other to give auspicious things to express the good wishes in their hearts, which is also the reason for the exhibition to "Ruiwu Collection" as the theme. This exhibition systematically presents the important sculptures of artist Wang Dapeng in the past six years.
Group photo of guests at the opening scene of the exhibition
At the opening ceremony, Du Haijiang, secretary of the party committee and vice president of the Palace Museum, Wang Shaojun, former deputy secretary of the party committee and professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Wang Chunqing, secretary of the party group and director of the Beijing 798 Art District Management Committee, Zhang Wei, director and professor of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Qin Pu, vice president of the China Cultural Industry Promotion Association and professor of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Wang Chunchen, deputy director and professor of the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, delivered speeches successively.
The exhibition site
Wang Dapeng is good at shaping the image of spirit beasts, mainly including deer, dragons, horses, tigers and other common creative themes in ancient Chinese traditional arts. During his eight-year career in the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Wang Dapeng received a systematic education of the academic school, which enabled him to lay a solid foundation for the realistic figuration of sculpture. In the process of study and creation in the academy, he has traveled all over the country, deeply inspecting temples, Taoist temples and museums in various places, immersing himself in the study of ancient Chinese statue art, and drawing essence from the high-quality shapes created by these predecessors, and carrying out contemporary creation and transformation.
At the academic salon of "Art Dialogue Space Forum No. 3: Art Makes Life Better", sculptor Wang Dapeng shared the theme of "East and West, Ancient and Modern: My Creative Ideas and Thoughts". The guests exchanged and shared topics such as "Art and Life" and "Sculpture Creation and Collection".
Showroom scene
Wang Shaojun, former deputy secretary of the party committee and professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, said that Wang Dapeng has a high level of understanding and is very skilled in the language of sculpture and the mastery of sculpture techniques. He has conducted in-depth research on traditional Chinese plastic arts, and each work has a clear provenance and historical origin. "Ruiwu", in the aesthetics of Chinese, in the culture of blessing, there is a specific cultural orientation and value pursuit, and all things are expected to be smooth and auspicious, especially the plastic arts have beautiful forms. Wang Dapeng's works take traditional Chinese culture as the core, perfectly integrate the oriental concept of shape and aesthetics, and his works have a strong visual impact and artistic appeal.
Professor Zhang Wei, director of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, commented that Wang Dapeng has solid basic skills, and in recent years, his creations have fully turned to traditional Chinese themes, and his works not only conform to traditional aesthetics, but also conform to the aesthetics of contemporary people. He made a successful transformation, and I believe that in the next creation, he has a great potential to make a broader theme and a deeper traditional Chinese modeling language.
It is on the run until 27 January 2022.