Gu Ailing's sentence wants to study art history, but is worried that it is not easy to find a job, so that art has become the focus of people's hot discussion.
In fact, this Winter Olympics is full of many artistic elements, but also people talk about it, such as the stage design of the opening ceremony, the design of the torch platform, the design of the emblem of the Winter Olympic Games, the design of the torch, the design of the medal design, the design of the award dress, etc., of course, the mascot ice pier, which is now a "pier" is difficult to find.
In addition to these popular artistic elements, art is also reflected in all aspects of the Winter Olympic Games, such as the winter Olympic venues and competition areas are also distributed in many public art works, do you know where these works are? They are also very much worthy of attention.
Seven public works of art: a long-lasting Olympic imprint on Beijing, the "City of the Two Olympics"
In the green space on the southeast side of the Shougang Park - No. 3 blast furnace, there is a new human being with a blue glowing all over his body, he seems to have come to another parallel universe, and the steam furnace under his feet is a teleportation machine, crossing time and space to let him "cross" to the field of the Winter Olympics.
Title: "NO.3 Snowboarder from Another Parallel Universe"
Author:Xiao Peng (China)
In October 2020, Xiao Peng, an artist far away in Shenzhen, saw the announcement of the global collection of public art works for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and he identified the location of Shougang Park at a glance. In Xiao Peng's eyes, Shougang Park is "cool", so he adopted the character shape of the two-dimensional steampunk to create a movie version of the texture.
The work uses the principle of oil vapor, and the steam furnace emits a rising white mist every two or three minutes, and even if the temperature drops sharply, it will not freeze. Xiao Peng, who designed large-scale outdoor public art works for the first time, integrated a sense of truth into his works, presenting a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.
In the northwest corner of the National Speed Skating Hall, many metal-shaped snowflakes are dancing in the wind, very romantic and poetic, this is the public art work "Snow Dance 2022" created by artist Jing Yumin, with the shape of "flying snowflakes", which is different from the genre expression of traditional sculpture, combined with the image modeling of "snowflakes" with aerodynamics, running gracefully in a quiet environmental space, presenting a beautiful lyrical visual feeling.
Name of work: "Yukimai 2022"
Author:Jing Yumin (China)
"Snow Dance 2022" is inspired by Jing Yumin's interesting childhood memories of the wind measuring instrument, and this time he combines the principle of the wind measuring instrument with the aesthetic form. In the creation, if you want to achieve the movement of "snowflakes", you must strictly measure, design and repeatedly correct with the help of wind principles and mechanical kinetic energy, and the process can be said to be a physical experiment.
In Jing Yumin's view, the Winter Olympics are not only fierce competitions, but also romantic international sports and cultural events. He said: "In winter, athletes from various countries and regions dance together in the name of ice and snow, so it will be very romantic to think, and it is also in line with the poetic feelings of Chinese." ”
Located at the entrance of Beijing's Winter (Disabled) Olympic Village - Sunken Square, this work is created by artist Deng Le, which is also a dynamic sculpture, Deng Le said in an interview with the media that in order to create this work, he made a meticulous investigation of the spatial environment of the Flag Raising Square in the Winter Olympic Village. "The feeling that this work gives to the audience is mainly based on the picture produced by its rotation and refraction, so the requirements for the environment are particularly high." For example, in which direction the sun rises, how much angle it shines on the sculpture, and where the flagpole is located, all need to be taken into account. ”
Title: "All the Way to the Landscape and the Rhythm of Life"
Author:Deng Le (China)
He set the bending angle of each mirror to 25 degrees, so that the flag reflected on the mirror surface can produce a rising visual effect as the device rotates. The sculpture contains more than a dozen mirror installations over 5 meters high, which form an arrayed layout in a staggered manner, slowly rotating at a speed of one turn per minute. In order to achieve the best visual effect, Deng Le used computer software to simulate. "This is a work that blends, resonates and resonates with the environment, which expresses the love of sports in all countries and regions in the world, and also conveys the immortality of the Olympic spirit."
In the main entrance square of Yanqing Racing District, there is an 8-meter-high "auspicious tree" that stands out, with a red canopy and streamlined trunk, which looks like a fluttering Chinese ruyi knot from a distance.
This is "Zhang Lantern Colorful" by artist Tu Lala, the first half of the work is artistic curling, and the lower part is composed of two skis. In an interview with the media, Tu Lala said that he initially envisioned a Chinese knot shape, and later learned that Yanqing is rich in oil pine, so he combined local characteristics and adjusted the upper part to a canopy composed of multiple spheres. "Each sphere represents the athletes of a different country, and it is like all of humanity is closely linked together."
Title: "Zhang Lantern Colorful"
Author:Tu Lala (China)
He also treated the skis into a streamlined shape, one that echoed the main line of the "Snow Dragon" at the national bobsleigh center next to it, and the other was more agile and ethereal.
Tu Lala said that from the conception to the completion of the creation, it took 2 weeks. The most intense phase was "not closing my eyes for more than 30 consecutive hours." ”
In the Tongzhou District Urban Green Heart Forest Park, the work "Boat" created by artists Zhang Mian and Zhi Min is presented, which lasted more than a year and was installed by thousands of ceramic monomer particles, each of which was hand-fired at a high temperature of 1350 degrees Celsius.
The ceramic monomer particles of "Boat" use the color system of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games, with the gradient of blue such as the main color of Tianji Blue and the intercolor ice blue, interspersed and arranged as the color of different particles, with a total of 19 colors.
Name of work: "Boat"
Author:Zhang Mian,Zhi Min (China)
In an interview with the media, Xi Min said: "Ceramics are traditional Chinese crafts, and for thousands of years we have wanted to create such works of art for the Winter Olympics: it has both an international language and a deep Chinese cultural heritage. ”
The new ET is placed in the south square of Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park, created by Italian artist Ricardo Cordero, which perfectly blends the tradition of minimalist sculpture with figurative symbols, and the artistic language is highly refined, in stark contrast to the surrounding area.
Name of work: "New ET"
Author: Ricardo Cordero (Italy)
There is also a work inside the National Speed Skating Hall, "Red Toughness" by artist Ren Zhe, in which the eastern samurai of the main body of the work is red and looks ahead. It embodies the courage to constantly break through and challenge oneself, and the ribbon that stretches behind him symbolizes the burning enthusiasm and the inheritance of the Olympic enterprising spirit.
The audience can divide the structure of the work of "Red Tenacity" into two parts: the first part is the samurai standing in front, called "Backbone". The dragon hid and traveled the world; the dragon leapt forward and overridden for nine days. The samurai stood tall, his head slightly bowed in a posture ready to attack, and behind him was carrying a heavy dragon shadow, fearless of the country and the mountains, still facing difficulties; between movement and still, he slowly recounted a past of bearing humiliation and burdens, and a spiritual awakening: Hai Na Bai Chuan, when the mind of the country, is a brother in all parts of the world; self-improvement, as the backbone of the country, is the heart of the heavens and the earth.
Title: "Red Toughness"
Author:Ren Zhe (China)
The second part is the "ribbon" behind the samurai. The samurai's all-over red color symbolizes the fiery enthusiasm, while the "ribbon" embodies the enterprising spirit of the Olympic Games, which has been passed down to this day. The inner tenacity and the sweat behind it are melted into the "ice ribbon", which is both soft and resolute, and shows the wisdom of the Chinese nation and the beauty of winter sports speed and passion to the world through visual language.
The artist expects the audience to feel the beauty of the speed and passion of winter sports at the same time, and always have a heart as enthusiastic and tenacious as "red toughness".
Let art leave the most vivid image memory for history
Wu Hongliang, president of the Beijing Academy of Painting, a member of the Public Art Committee and director of the Planning Committee of the Winter Olympics, said in an interview with Art Watch that he had participated in the collection of public art works for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, when he was still a younger generation in the team.
At that time, 100 sculptures were selected from around the world and placed in important places such as the Olympic Central Area and Chaoyang Park. There are many excellent works that can convey the Olympic spirit to the public, express the concept of Beijing's "Humanistic Olympic Games", and also reflect the concern and support of artists around the world for the Beijing Olympic Games. For example, public art projects are a very large and comprehensive project from program collection and academic discussion to work creation, processing and placement. Making sculpture is like building a house, and it involves a lot of specific work such as laying foundations.
Wu Hongliang said: The basic feature of public art is "made for this place", and the works of art related to the Winter Olympics that we look forward to can not only fully display the vision and Olympic spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but also express the relationship between people and space, architecture and the environment. At the same time, the Winter Olympics itself is a global platform. In the public art collection activities, we also want to build a platform to stimulate the creative enthusiasm of global artists, so that artists have the opportunity to fully display their talents, so that art can leave the most vivid image memory for history. At the same time, it is also intended to form a new thinking field and further promote and innovate Chinese public art.
Therefore, when collecting works, the relationship between works and specific locations is strengthened, highlighting locality, and paying attention to the connection between the theme, style, image, scale and human and historical context of the works. For example, the work "Ark" uses ceramic individual components to form the structure of a leaf ark, symbolizing the cohesion of individuals into a larger community. Ceramics were originally mostly arranged indoors, and there are few large porcelain sculptures placed in outdoor public spaces. Its pre-selection point was originally located in the central green space of beijing's winter (disabled) Olympic Village Square area, but later chose the waterfront environment of the urban green heart forest park to adapt to the form and imagery of the work. At the same time, the work itself has also been adjusted accordingly, and its overall shape tends to be more flat and more consistent with the water surface.
In addition, such as "No.3 Snowboarder from another Parallel Universe" in the southeast green space of the No. 3 blast furnace in Shougang Park, created by Xiao Peng, a young artist in Guangzhou, a snowboarder with a two-dimensional image falls from the sky, behind which is a long-dormant steel giant, and the steam furnace under its feet is like a time portal, highlighting history and connecting the future. Ren Zhe's "Red Toughness" creates the image of a samurai with an ice blade, and the samurai has always been the focus of his creation. The samurai in this work is covered with "ice ribbons" made of optical fibers, and the whole work presents a light, blazing red color, which is very technological.
In Wu Hongliang's view, public art is a public resource, it is also a way of emotional communication, will subtly integrate aesthetic consciousness into life, in fact, the promotion of sports awareness is the same reason. It is very likely that a sculpture depicting skiing will influence and inspire a child who loves skiing in the future. This is an important aspect of a city that brings a sense of interest, and can also be regarded as the goal of the overall spiritual appeal of the city.
More importantly, the public art of the Winter Olympics is intended to reach a wider community, not only here, to communicate with Chinese, but also to reach out to the world. In this, we do not have to deliberately create the appearance of Chinese and deliberately use Chinese symbols. Because you are Chinese, with the genes of Chinese, or in this part of China, at a special point in time, you have done these things, and you have done well enough, that is, you are spreading the image of the country.