▲ "Olympic Flame" sculpture
A leaping flame rises high in the hands of the goddess of victory and peace, full of endless power. Recently, the "Olympics in art" broadcast by CCTV Olympic Channel introduced the "Olympic Flame", a sculpture that connects the friendship of all countries in the world, to the national audience.
What shanxi people are proud of is that the Olympic flame originated from distant Greece, and the production of the "Olympic Flame" sculpture came from Yuncheng, Shanxi.
On October 18, 2021, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the birthplace of the WorldWide Olympic Games, the ancient Olympia site in Greece, was successfully held at the Tinder Collection Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The world's first "Olympic art ambassador" by the International Olympic Committee, Chinese artist Huang Jian, whose new work "Olympic Flame" sculpture series as a national gift, was presented by Yu Zaiqing, vice president of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, to Greek President Katrina Sacraloplu, IOC President Thomas Bach, Greek Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos and Mayor Olympia, scattering the flower of Olympic peace to the world.
The Olympic games arise because of peace, rise because of peace, and develop because of peace. At the welcome dinner, the guests were deeply attracted by the profound and beautiful artwork in front of them, and took a group photo to commemorate the occasion, and the praise and applause lasted for a long time. IOC President Bach praised: The Olympic Flame is a great symbol of light, unity, friendship, peace and justice, and will become a beacon of hope for human unity in fighting the epidemic.
"On October 10 last year, we received the task of making the sculpture of the Olympic Flame; on the 13th, the production was completed; on the 14th, the work was successfully delivered to Beijing." The staff of Shanxi Yuda Bronze Culture and Art Co., Ltd. recalled.
According to the company's chairman Wei Enke, "This national gift adopts the current international leading investment model art bronze casting technology in the production process, uses the international advanced thermal coloring technology to color the surface of the bronze artwork, local gold paste and three-dimensional three-dimensional computer engraving process, and finally makes the design ingenuity of this sculpture work perfectly presented." ”
Not only did this national ceremony "Olympic Flame" was produced, but on November 28 last year, the bronze ceremonial vessel "The Dignity of the Winter Olympics" produced by Shanxi Yuda Bronze Culture and Art Co., Ltd. was collected in the Beijing Olympic Museum, and received visitors from all over the world with the supreme gift to pay tribute to the Olympic spirit.
"Among the official licensed goods of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the five Winter Olympic-themed sculptures created by sculptor Zhang Hua: "Flying", "The Heart is Flying", "Soaring", "Soaring", and "Bullet Without False Hair", are also the works of our Yuda." Weenko proudly said that from snowboarding that shows the aerial jumping posture, to sporty freestyle skiing, to smooth and graceful figure skating, and the representative snow sports project "biathlon", the five bronze sculptures use the lost wax casting method to condense the wonderful moments of ice and snow sports.
Source: Shanxi Daily
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