Shu Yong, director of the China Artists Association, vice chairman of the China Social Art Association, and guangzhou contemporary artist, began the creation of the theme of "A Daily Painting Series "Together to the Future" on the day of the opening of the Winter Olympics.
Shu Yong said in an interview with reporters: "Together to the Future" series of works is the most time-consuming, very characteristic and very challenging series of works created in the two years since the creation of "Daily One Painting", "Each work must be painted for more than ten hours, or even twenty hours of continuous creation," Shu Yong said, "Created in the context of the Beijing Winter Olympics." Together to the future' series, with a realistic approach to depict China's most representative buildings (landscape), let the ice pier and snow melt around, take everyone to understand China, I am creating, the heart is always surging with pride, there is a strong sense of cultural pride, this is our deep cultural heritage, highlighting China's cultural self-confidence, full of strong Chinese flavor of the Winter Olympics, for the world under the epidemic injected a strong confidence and strength, for the world to bring the beauty of sports, the beauty of life, the cohesion of the world's strength, together to the future! ”
Shu Yong's Daily Painting Series "Together to the Future"
It is reported that since January 26, 2020, Shu Yong launched the theme art action of "One Painting of the Day to Pay Tribute to the Heroes of the 'War Epidemic'", and 754 works have been created so far. The first work in the "Together to the Future" series, the picture shows ice peaks towering, the Olympic mascot ice pier and snow melting above. Shu Yong excitedly said in the circle of friends, "Cheer for the Olympic athletes, cheer for you and me, cheer for China, bravely move forward, we will go to the future together!" On this day, Shu Yong's anti-epidemic theme "Red Art Calendar" turned a new page.
In the work of the 743rd day of the first day of the first day of the new month (the sixth day of the first lunar month), Shu Yong depicted the scene in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in which 56 ethnic groups jointly passed the five-star red flag, and once again recorded this moment that made Chinese tears in a unique way of art.
The Lantern Festival in the Year of the Tiger is the eleventh day of the Winter Olympics and the 752nd day of the "Daily Painting Tribute to the Heroes of the War", And Shu Yong spent nearly 20 hours creating works of ice piers and snow melting on the unicorns in the ice and snow. As one of the representatives of traditional Chinese culture, the "Divine Beast Qilin" symbolizes people's pursuit of light and happiness, and Shu Yong, who pays attention to the wonderful competitions of Olympic athletes every day, hopes to express his feelings with a paintbrush.
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. Shu Yong agrees with this very much, especially when he sees the fireworks blooming in the air with brilliant Olympic rings, he is instantly proud and immediately has the impulse to create, which is the beginning of the creation of the "Together to the Future" series.
Shu Yong believes that 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 tell the story of the Chinese Winter Olympics through his own brush and the help of the cute ice pier and the snow.
Artist Profile:
Shu Yong, Director of the China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of the China Social Art Association, Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Art Biennale in Florence, Italy (2009), Creative Artist of the Totem Art "Silk Road Golden Bridge" (2013) of the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum.
Shu Yong's "Silk Road Golden Bridge" (2013), "China Power" (2010 creation), "Building Dreams" (2010 creation), "Daily Painting" (starting in 2020) and a series of other works have challenged the limits of artistic creation in space and time, and have received great social repercussions.
Shu Yong
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City reporter Li Qiaorong
Image source: Interviewee
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng editor Liu Liqin