The world-renowned Beijing Winter Olympic Games officially kicked off, and the Guangdong Academy of Painting launched the collective creation of "Ice and Snow Spirit - Guangdong Painting Academy Welcomes the '2022 Beijing Winter Olympics'" 4 Winter Olympics-themed Chinese paintings, and the fifth day of the Chinese New Year also debuted in the south + client for the first time. Guangdong painters jointly cheered for the Olympic athletes with their unique Lingnan charm.
Creation scene
The event was jointly planned and created by Lin Lan, president of Guangdong Academy of Painting, Zheng Apan, vice president of Guangdong Academy of Painting, Huang Guowu, deputy director of the creative studio of Guangdong Academy of Painting, and zhou Zhengliang, Chen Gong, Chen Ji, Du Ning, Guan Jian and other in-service painters of Guangdong Academy of Painting. Among them, the landscape painting "Ice and Snow Spirit and Leap" was created by Zheng Apan, and the character painting "Red - Ice Hockey", "Yellow - Speed Skating", "Blue - Ski Jumping" was created by Huang Guowu.
The Winter Olympics are a major event for sports athletes. To paint a landscape painting for the Winter Olympic Games can be described as a breakthrough move by the Guangdong Academy of Painting. "Although it is the first time that the Guangdong Academy of Painting has participated in the creation of such subjects, we want to paint a deep impression left by ice and snow from the perspective of southerners." Zheng Apan said.
As one of the three major competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Yanqing Competition Area is located in the Yanshan Mountains, with high mountains and dense forests and deep valleys. The National Alpine Ski Center and the National Bobsleigh Center are located on the mountain and the landscape is magnificent. "Snow Flying Swallow" and "Snow Dragon" make people think of the artistic conception, and also let the painting academy team wipe out the "spark" of the encounter between the Winter Olympic culture and the landscape culture.
"Ice and Snow Spirit and Leap", 185× 145cm, collectively created by Guangdong Academy of Painting
Alpine skiing is known as the "crown jewel of the Winter Olympics". In "Ice spirit and leap", the snow-covered track is white, and an alpine skier swoops down to enjoy himself, and the trees on both sides of the track are still lush. The painters presented the momentum and dynamics of ice and snow sports through the melodic changes of snow marks and snow tracks.
Zheng Apan introduced that in order to complete this creation, the team conducted in-depth discussions on the creativity, and consulted a lot of materials related to the Winter Olympics, and learned that many environmental protection concepts were adopted at the beginning of the construction of the venue. "To achieve this is not only a manifestation of strong national strength, but also the transmission of the concept of environmental protection." He said: "Just like the ingenious ignition ceremony of the opening ceremony, we also hope to convey the Chinese spirit of the 'Green Winter Olympics' in which man and nature live in harmony with nature in the form of landscape paintings." ”
"Huang - Speed Skating", 145×365cm, collective creation of Guangdong Academy of Painting
Over the years, Huang Guowu is known for his "experimental ink painting". He insisted on using light ink to create a "faint" aesthetic image. Huang Guowu's main character group paintings use red, yellow and blue primary colors as the theme, depicting the cool and heroic posture of ice hockey, speed skating and ski jumping on the three ice and snow athletes.
The work was only one month from the planning of the topic to the completion of the manuscript. How to express the style of Olympic athletes in the way of ink Chinese painting is also a new test for the team. Huang Guowu believes that light ink is more suitable for expressing a clean and clean ice and snow spirit. In order to further show the charm of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the painters applied pastel colors to each work, which is similar to the "ice ribbon" on the head of the "ice pier".
"Blue - Ski Jumping", 145×365cm, collective creation of Guangdong Academy of Painting
The athletes of the two works "Yellow - Speed Skating" and "Blue - Ski Jumping" raised a cloud of ink-stained smoke behind them, and the speed and passion of ice and snow sports jumped on the paper. In the body of the ice hockey goalkeeper, the protagonist of "Red - Ice Hockey", it is full of colorful color points, which not only render the excitement and intensity of the game, but also show the masculine beauty and fighting spirit of the athletes full of strength.
"Red - Ice Hockey", 145×365cm, collective creation of Guangdong Academy of Painting
What is the "ice spirit" of the Winter Olympics? The painters of the academy also have their own unique understanding. "The poet said: The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. I think that in the current situation where the global COVID-19 epidemic is still severe, we still have the cultural self-confidence to run the Winter Olympics well. This kind of willpower to forge ahead is exactly the 'ice and snow spirit' that the Winter Olympics will pass on to everyone. Zheng Apan concluded.
According to the organizers, next, the four works will be displayed and publicly displayed in the exhibition hall of Guangdong Academy of Painting for a long time.
[Reporter] Yang Yi
【Intern】Hu Senming
【Photo】Courtesy of the organizer
【Author】 Yang Yi
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client