The new crown pneumonia epidemic in early 2020 is still profoundly affecting every country in the world, facing unprecedented challenges, the people of all countries are in the same boat to fight the epidemic, while feeling singing and weeping for the spirit of saving lives, but also making people more deeply aware that human beings in the world are now a community of common destiny. In February 2022, coinciding with the Chinese New Year, the Olympic flame was once again transmitted from Athens to Beijing, and the Beijing Winter Olympics lit up the light of life, which symbolized peace, fraternity and light. When the spirit of the Winter Olympics and the spirit of fighting the epidemic are intertwined, it not only allows mankind to once again understand the connotation of the supremacy of life, but also increases the courage to fight, the strength of unity and the hope for the future. The Beijing Winter Olympics was held in a special historical period when the global epidemic and the century-old changes were superimposed, and the normal exchanges and exchanges of human society encountered great difficulties, and the condensed Olympic spirit was highly consistent with the anti-epidemic spirit, presenting a new grand scene of civilizational dialogue in which human civilizations exchanged and learned from each other, and composing a beautiful new chapter in the community of human destiny.
One of the paintings in the "Together to the Future" series
Shu Yong, a director of the China Artists Association, who launched the "Daily Paintings, Tribute to the Heroes of the War Epidemic" theme art action on January 26, 2020, released his latest creation of the Daily Painting series "Together to the Future" on the day of the opening of the Winter Olympics. In Shu Yong's pen, he combined the anti-epidemic spirit with the image of the ice pier and snow rongrong and the five rings representing the Olympic spirit with the most representative buildings and landscapes in traditional Chinese culture, and with the help of the Olympic mascot that soared, galloped and crossed freely in different snowy landscapes, the romantic surrealist painting style created showed the world the determination and confidence of human beings to face difficulties and overcome challenges, and conveyed the optimistic and enterprising spiritual outlook and open-mindedness that the world needs at present. As well as advocating and carrying forward human civilization. At the same time, the image of modern civilization in the paintings reflects the traditional Chinese culture, and the artistic and image expression of the harmonious grand view of cultural integration and intercommunication focuses on the spirit of anti-epidemic and the Olympic spirit, expressing the praise of the supremacy of human life, fate and common destiny, and the praise of the spirit of perseverance. It shows that although mankind has experienced the dark period of the new crown epidemic, as long as the people of all countries in the world are in the same boat and watch over each other, they will surely move towards a bright and beautiful future.
Shu Yong said that a pandemic of the century has made the people of the world truly understand the significance of working together towards the future and a community of destiny. Peter Thomson, President of the Seventy-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly, once pointed out that building a community with a shared future for mankind is the only future for mankind on this planet. Under the critical situation that the global epidemic has not yet been completely controlled, the Beijing Winter Olympics opened on time without fail, showing the beauty of nature, humanity and sports in a simple and wonderful way, radiating the powerful power of human beings to defeat the epidemic, and once again highlighting the value and significance of life itself. Especially when he saw the fireworks blooming in the air to bloom the brilliant Olympic rings, all the haze in his heart for several days was swept away, and he was instantly proud, and he immediately had the impulse to create, so he opened the creation of the "Together to the Future" series.
Whether it is the wonderful opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, the thick and cute mascot, or the wonderful play of the Olympic athletes, they have received wide attention. Shu Yong firmly believes that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics can become a landmark event for mankind to get rid of and surpass the epidemic. The ice and snow sports competition of the Winter Olympics has never been just a form of sports, but also a culture, a dialogue across regions, races and languages, and a spirit of adventure and exploration for human beings to explore bravely. Shu Yong hopes to record the Winter Olympics, a milestone event that makes Chinese culture go to the world, through his own brush, so that the ice pier and snow can melt and take you to read China! Tell the story of the Chinese Winter Olympics with the help of cute ice piers and snow melting.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Shu Yong has been creating a Chinese painting for the medical staff fighting in the frontline every day, paying tribute to the heroes with the daily one-painting action, and has created nearly 760 paintings so far, becoming an "art calendar" that truly records the history of the anti-epidemic struggle in China and the world.
In these paintings, Shu Yong takes the spirit of fighting the epidemic as the core content, and uses the form of Chinese paintings to display the anti-epidemic Chinese picture scrolls that can be sung and wept, and in this long scroll, with the passage of time, the beautiful and boundless scenery of mountains and rivers, the image of the heroic and invincible people, the Chinese culture that symbolizes beautiful symbols, the historical events representing the landmarks of the time, and the humanities and scenes from an international perspective, collect a series of familiar buildings, images and patterns into a series of works with great imagination and representativeness.
Time has a scale, but it cannot be measured. Examined in the long river of history, Shu Yong's persistence and persistence in "One Painting a Day" not only has the spiritual power of moving mountains and dripping stones in the current disaster that has swept the world, but also has a unique symbolic significance in the history of the entire world's anti-epidemic and the history of art development. These paintings, which were born in the disaster of the new crown epidemic, will not only provide a powerful value guide for winning the victory in the fight against the epidemic, but also become creative works in the development of Chinese painting, guiding people to continuously climb the spiritual and aesthetic heights.
At present, the fight against the epidemic is still not over, and Shu Yong's "daily painting" is still continuing. This protracted "unknown" and "tug-of-war" is a great test of the artist's mind, mood and mental strength. Shu Yong uses the compassion of the artist to express a great national spirit in an artistic way, and strives to let the panicked people in the disaster see tomorrow and hope. In this process, Shu Yong also found a mission as a literary and art worker. Shu Yong said: "As a literary and art worker, I am ready to meet the arduous creation. I also look forward to more people joining in my creation, working together to wait for the clouds to disperse and the spring to blossom! This "art calendar" that tells the story of China's fight against the epidemic will surely be able to paint and be new and enter a broader and more magnificent new world!
Source: Guangming Network