In order to show the determination of the people to fight the epidemic with one heart and jointly abide by "Shanghai", and to better play the important role of literary and artistic works in strengthening confidence, warming people's hearts and gathering people's hearts, the China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) has launched three online sections through the public account of "Art Up To See", "Art to Learn", and "Art to Travel" to "move forward with art". This time, I will relive the wonderful works of the 2020 "Summoning - Shanghai Municipal Art and Photography Theme Exhibition to Combat the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic".
The "Summons" exhibition exhibits more than 800 works, selected from more than 13,000 visual art works spontaneously created by Shanghai frontline anti-epidemic warriors, literary and art workers and people from all walks of life. This online event invites the creators themselves to tell the story behind the works, through online "art learning", let the art transmit positive energy, let us treat Chunhui together.
Oil painting "Guardian Life" (Shi Zhiying)
Author Shi Zhiying said that since the epidemic, the circle of friends has seen a huge number of pictures, and the power of this documentary is very touching. When I chose the reference photo, I saw this one, and the photo conveyed some particularly simple and kind feelings, and I used this photo as a prototype for creation.
Prototype photo of the oil painting "Nursing Life"
Artist Shi Zhiying
I didn't make a big change in the form, just added some light perception. The nurse in the photo is just an ordinary person, but this epidemic is because such an ordinary person has formed a group of nursing children and protected everyone's life with their lives, and I want to emphasize the light of goodwill of ordinary people in this picture. Usually, our creations are all on a personal level, and may be more from their own interests and hobbies, but once it becomes such a large thematic exhibition, there is a sense of unity of purpose, and everyone is working together to do the same thing. Many thanks to all those who have given so much during the pandemic!
Oil painting "Forge Ahead" (Rudan)
The author Rudan said that when the epidemic first broke out, I had an impulse to create a work about the fight against the epidemic, and I also saw many artists on the Internet investing in creation, which is actually very helpful for anti-epidemic publicity. In this work, I have adopted a horizontal compositional form, and many medical staff on the right side of the picture are wearing protective clothing and moving forward, with very complicated feelings and high morale. The picture is in black and white, from black to light, symbolizing that we will eventually defeat this epidemic.
Artist Rudan
Theme Creation "Summoning"
Creators and Guest Authors:
Liu Yaping, Ping Long, Liu Yi, Yang Hongfu, Wang Guanying, Yao Erchang
Participating authors (in alphabetical order):
Chen Weizhong, Chi Zhenming, Fu Gang, Li Limin, Li Wei, Liang Gang, Lu Cuiling, Luo Lingjun, Wang Jun, Wang Weimin, Xi Sailang, Xu Junhua, Yang Yan, Zhang Xiaoxia
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The huge painting "Summoning" is 18 meters wide and 2.2 meters high, and it recreates the portraits of the people on the front line of the fight against the epidemic in a panoramic way, and reproduces the moments of people's tenacious resistance, retrograde rescue, and mutual assistance and dedication in the darkest darkness.
This huge comprehensive material art work jointly created by 20 painters from Shanghai, old, middle and young, took two weeks to complete from pre-preparation to post-adjustment, and is by far the largest painting with the theme of anti-epidemic in China.
Part of the "Summons" work
On the left side of the picture, there is a group of characters who are composed of ordinary people such as courier brothers, community sisters and volunteers.
The character arrangement in the middle part is based on a group of medical characters as the center of the picture, and the main group portrait is shaped, which is a combination of group characters who save lives and contain a sense of strength.
The right part of the frame, with the watercolor accumulation method, deals with the bright color that shows hope in the entire repressive background, and in terms of the dense relationship and color processing, from the perspective of the overall relationship of the picture, it is a more bright part.