Xinmin Evening News (Correspondent Bai Chen, Reporter Tu Yu) This afternoon, the launching ceremony of the series of activities of "Red in Art -- Art Creation Project on Major Historical Themes" was held in the Chuxin Lecture Hall of a major memorial hall of the CPC. A major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China hopes to excavate works of art that "have bones, bones, morality, and temperature" through this activity, and through these excellent works, tell Chinese stories with affection and strength, and make greater contributions to the prosperity and development of literary and artistic undertakings in the new era and to enriching the people's spiritual world.
Pictured: The scene of the launching ceremony. Courtesy of a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China (the same below)
Xue Feng, secretary of the party committee and director of a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China, introduced that the people's demand for the appreciation of red art works has been continuously improved, and new requirements have also been put forward for museums and memorials to collect classics, tell the story of party history, and explain the spirit of the times. Based on this, a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China launched the "Red in Art - Art Creation Project of Major Historical Themes", in accordance with the requirements of the creation of major historical themes, selected historical events with grand themes and far-reaching intentions, and collected outstanding theme art works for the whole society.
Pictured: Zhang Zuying spoke via video
Shanghai as the birthplace of the party and the origin of the original heart, the red gene has long been integrated into the blood of the city, Shanghai's famous art creators showed a strong enthusiasm for this event, have said that they will use their emotions to devote themselves to creation, with their own works to continue the red blood, inherit the red gene, show shanghai red culture. Mr. Zeng Chenggang, representative of Shanghai artists, vice chairman of the China Artists Association and president of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, reviewed the development process of Chinese art in the century-old history of "synchronizing with the times and empathizing with the people". It expounded the unique views of Shanghai artists on red art culture and the interpretation function of excellent works on the great founding spirit of the party, and called on the majority of artists to invest full creative enthusiasm in the creation of this major historical theme, and use excellent works to cast the soul for the times, establish a legend for the times, and build a monument for the times.
Pictured: The artist has a discussion with a large staff member
Since the release of the information, the creative project has also received positive responses and strong support from artists across the country. They deliberately talked about the special significance of this event through video. Zhang Zuying, vice president and secretary general of the Oil Painting Institute of the National Academy of Painting of China, said that the holding of this creative activity at a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China can not only deepen the spiritual memory of the public for the city of Shanghai, but also produce a number of valuable cultural accumulation. At the same time, he proposed that the creation of major historical themes is a systematic project, which requires multi-faceted cooperation and cooperation to ensure the quality of creation. In the process of creation, artists should combine their own style, carry out deep excavation, and exert their creative spirit. More importantly, for major historical themes, artists must have a fair understanding of history and independent judgment, and have historical responsibility and artistic responsibility for the work. The works created should be the artist's interpretation of history after understanding, reflecting the creator's thinking on history in the era in which he lived.
In order to ensure and enhance the professional and artistic level of creative works, a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China invites well-known artists to form an expert jury to conduct professional evaluation and guidance in the creative process.
After the launch ceremony, the artists present had a lively creative discussion around the first batch of 25 sets of major historical themes that had been released. The event was hosted by a major memorial hall of the Communist Party of China and hosted by the Shanghai Maritime Oil Painting and Sculpture Creation Center.