The Olympic Games are not only a sporting event, but also a symbol of peace, friendship and progress. In the past 20 years, Chinese sculptor Huang Jian has created more than 40 sculptures for the 6 Olympic Games, contributing to the inheritance of the Olympic spirit. He was also called the Olympic Artistic Ambassador with the Olympic dream of peace by IOC President Bach and was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award for Inheriting the Olympic Spirit.
In front of the Gate of the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee in Beijing's Shougang Park, stands a sculpture called "The Covenant of the Winter Olympics", which uses figure skating as the theme of a Chinese teenager and an ancient Greek girl to meet in Beijing during time and space.
Olympic Art Ambassador Sculpture Artist Huang Jian: The two of them danced harmoniously on the ice and snow and flew together to a better future, which embodies the concept of the Winter Olympics, the idea of "pure ice and snow, passionate dating".
Including the Covenant of the Winter Olympics, Huang Jian created a total of 28 works for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, including the colorful golden music dynamic sculpture "Song of the Winter Olympics", "Dream of the Winter Olympics" and "Dance of the Winter Olympics" that combine science and technology and art, as well as "The Covenant of Ten Thousand Years", "Centennial Ice Frolic", "Ode to Olympic Health", which embody the long and brilliant sports civilization, as well as "Olympic Dream" and "China Red", which show the hard work of Chinese Olympic athletes. They are placed in Shougang Park, Yanqing, Winter Olympic Village and other places, becoming a highlight of this Winter Olympic Games.
Olympic Art Ambassador Sculpture Artist Huang Jian: The work behind us is called "Together to the Future", which is also the theme of our Winter Olympics.
Huang Jian also created a number of national ceremonial works for the Winter Olympic Games, among which "Winter Olympic Flame" and "Concentric Dreams" were presented to Greek President Sacraoplu and International Olympic Committee President Bach.
Olympic Art Ambassador Sculpture Artist Huang Jian: The Olympic goddess holds the Olympic flame, like a light that leads people out of the dark tunnel of the new crown epidemic, then she must be very high, to see a light, to see a warmth, to see a peace and friendship.
In July 2001, Beijing successfully bid for the Olympic Games, and from that moment on, Huang Jian came up with the Olympic dream of using sculpture art to carry forward the Olympic spirit, tell the Chinese story well, enhance friendship between all countries, and promote world peace. From her first work for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, "Ming Emperor Noble Concubine Polo Diagram", to the "China-UK Polo Friendly Match" at the London Olympic Games in 2012, the "China-Pakistan Football Friendly Match" at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the "Olympic Goddess" at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, and the "China-Japan Judo Friendship Competition" at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the works of Huang Jian of each Olympic Games will not be absent.
Olympic Art Ambassador Sculpture Artist Huang Jian: As an artist, I feel that in a grand event like the Olympic Games, we raise the sacred flame at this time, and our every move is to let the world pay attention. At this time, it makes sense for us to convey our idea of peace through a work.
In recognition of Huang Jian's contribution to the dissemination of Olympic culture. The International Olympic Committee awarded her the title of the world's first Olympic artistic ambassador, and Bach praised huang Jian's creation of the Olympic goddess.
Olympic art ambassador sculpture artist Huang Jian: The Olympic goddess is a great symbol of the Olympic spirit and world peace, and I hope that the Olympic goddess will fly from the modern Olympic capital of Lausanne to the host city of each Olympic Games, scatter the flower of Olympic peace to the world, and let the voice of Olympic peace spread to the heavens.
Bach hopes that under the guidance of the Olympic goddess, sports and art will unite to realize the Olympic dream of peace.
Olympic Art Ambassador Sculpture Artist Huang Jian: United as One. Because this is also the core value of the Olympic Games, that is, it arises because of peace, it rises because of peace, it develops because of peace, and it unites everyone because of peace, that is a charm of peace, and this charm is also eternal.
Source: CCTV