Dreamcatcher (oil painting)
Jin Shangyi
Butterfly Dance Galaxy (Chinese painting)
Sun Zhensheng
Gaze to the light (prints)
ZHANG Hui
Tianjiao (Chinese painting)
Li Qingbari
Steel and Mud Advance (Oil Painting)
Chen Lin
Imagination of the Heavenly Palace (oil painting)
Chen Shuang
The Future Dream of Youth (Oil Painting)
Guo Jianlian
Young People In Science and Technology Entrepreneurship (Oil Painting)
Cao Wei
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: I hope that the vast number of young people throughout the country will bear in mind the party's teachings, be determined to rejuvenate the nation, live up to Shaohua, live up to the times, live up to the people, run the track of youth, and strive to run the best results of contemporary youth! "In the new era, many aspiring young people have emerged from all walks of life, who have achieved the glory of the times and written regretless youth with down-to-earth struggle, standing up for responsibility, and pioneering and enterprising vitality. The vitality of youth also lights up the art creation of the new era. Many art workers, especially young art workers, use paintbrushes to depict the ideals and pursuits, responsibilities and dedications of contemporary young people, enthusiastically praise the young models who "have ideals, skills, and responsibilities", paint a picture of youth that is vigorous and energetic, and become a beautiful landscape in the creation of realistic theme art.
Interpret the ideal of youth from multiple perspectives
Contemporary Chinese youth are determined to let the flower of youth bloom where the party and the people need it most. In the hundred gardens of art, the flower of youth is particularly eye-catching. The artists paint Danqing with brilliant brushes, and the diversified expression of art makes the flower of youth more colorful.
Youth shines in selfless dedication. In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, there are many post-90s and post-00s people participating in the fight against the epidemic. Health workers and young volunteers, like other young people who have the courage to dedicate themselves on the front, are determined to move forward. Zhuang Daojing's Chinese painting "Pioneer Line" depicts the warm scene of young party members volunteering through the combination of 5 different time and space pictures. These moving figures have become the epitome of youth dedication, interpreting the ideals and responsibilities of young people.
Young people have taken the mission on their shoulders. As the most beautiful retrograde, firefighters bloom "flame blue" with youth. The painter Li Yuwang, moved by the deeds of the young firefighters and their spirit of going to the soup and fighting the fire and serving the people wholeheartedly, created the Chinese painting "Mission". The picture freezes the moment when the firefighters take a nap after the rescue, and highlights the theme with plain character portrayal - they stand quietly at the scene of the rescue with full armor, waiting for the next command, and the young faces are full of determination, showing heroic style in the ordinary. The creators combine the traditional Chinese brushwork and traditional mural language, convey the quiet atmosphere through monumental composition, focus on expressing the vivid life individual, and strengthen the sense of reality of the scene and the sublime sense of the characters.
Facing difficulties shows the true colors of youth. In the battle against poverty, the vast number of young people have bravely taken the lead, used wisdom to help the people get rid of poverty and become rich, and wrote regretless youth with actions, and many models have emerged. Among the art creations of related themes, comic strips are the most prominent. The comic strips with pictures and texts not only vividly tell the story of the struggle of young poverty alleviation cadres, but also sublimate the spiritual realm of the protagonist, creator and reader in the creation of art and aesthetic reading. Mr. Xie Zhigao, who created the comic strip "Song of Youth" when he was young, was touched by the deeds of Huang Wenxiu, the winner of the honorary title of national model for poverty alleviation. Despite his advanced age and the fact that his eyes were still in recovery after fundus surgery, he quickly threw himself into the creation of time-consuming and eye-consuming small comic strips. Huang Wenxiu's touching deeds of sacrificing himself to forget himself and interpreting the original intention and mission of Communist Party members with his life were vividly reproduced in the comic strip "Song of Youth Composed with Life". These works depict the story of youth in the narrative of home and country, which shakes people's hearts and gives people strength.
Lyrical youth vitality with Danqing Huacai
Youth are the most dynamic group in any era. In recent years, the creators and creative content in the field of fine arts have shown a trend of rejuvenation, especially young art workers, who have shown vigorous youthful vitality in artistic creation.
Many artists start from real life and vividly portray the hopeful, high-spirited and energetic spiritual outlook of contemporary youth. For example, Li Qingbari's Chinese painting "Tianjiao" carefully outlines the cool and heroic posture of 3 young female archers with exquisite brushstrokes. All three look at distant targets. The girl on the right side of the picture is holding her breath and opening her bow and arrow, determined and confident. Sun Zhensheng's Chinese painting "Butterfly Dance Galaxy" depicts a graceful gesture of a female figure skater dancing on the ice from a bird's-eye perspective. The female players are happy and their movements are stretched, showing the athletes' confident style. Zhang Hui's print "Looking toward the Light" is in the form of a triptych painting, juxtaposed with contemporary youth portraits of different occupations. The picture language rich in modern aesthetics shows the spiritual outlook of the young generation from youth to maturity and firmness.
Some artists show youthful vitality by expressing the amateur life of young people. For example, Liu Zhiyong's Chinese painting "Bright Lights are My Home" pays attention to the phenomenon that urban youth like to ride and exercise in the suburbs on weekends. The work depicts two young people in cycling costumes stopping for a nap at a bend in a mountain road. The winding mountain roads and the bright lights of the city in the distance of the picture contain the poetry of "starlight does not ask passers-by".
There are also some artists who use symbolic language to show the passion of youth to pursue their dreams. For example, in Wang Ruoying's Chinese painting "Mirror Dream Weaver", a young girl is practicing hard to realize her dream of being a dancer. In Yu Lu's Chinese painting "Flying The Dream of Youth", 3 young women hold kites, with their backs to the picture, standing against the wind. Delicate brushwork, soft colors, triangular composition, and the use of a large area of solid color background make the seemingly simple picture full of charm and express the beautiful meaning of youth chasing dreams.
Show the struggle of youth with a realistic portrayal
Struggle is the brightest background color of youth, and it is also the brightest background color of realistic theme art creation.
Many art workers focus on young people who are working the road of innovation, and depict their struggle to realize the value of life. Jin Shangyi's oil painting "Dream Chaser", with a concise background and delicate character portrayal, vividly shapes the image of a young teacher who is full of vision for the future, reflecting the creator's unremitting exploration of portrait painting - extracting typical images from personalized characters, integrating Chinese and Western oil painting languages, and pursuing the aesthetic expression of Jing Mu Suya. The young teacher who stops in the painting looks at himself with a look of concern in his eyes. The distant mountains stretch out, echoing the backpack on his body, implying that contemporary youth struggle "on the road". In Guo Jianlian's oil painting "The Future Dream of Youth", a group of young people sit around to exchange ideas and share experiences, surging with the youthful passion of innovation and entrepreneurship. The use of cool tones in the picture further highlights the sense of technology. Cao Wei's oil painting "Young People In Science and Technology Entrepreneurship" depicts the scene of queuing up to take the elevator, showing the busy work status of young entrepreneurs. The background of high-rise buildings renders an entrepreneurial atmosphere; the looming blue sky, white clouds and green plants symbolize the vigorous vitality and embody the infinite vitality brought to the city by "mass entrepreneurship and innovation".
The youth of the barracks can especially embody the spirit of the young generation who are not afraid of hardship, difficulties, and sacrifices. In the creation of military theme art, many works interpret the theme of growth with the enthusiasm and youth of the military camp. For example, Chen Lin's oil painting "Steel and Mud Advance" shows the daily training of recruits creeping forward in muddy water, and the real scene portrayal highlights the iron bones of the hot-blooded boys and the firm belief in defending the family and the country. Li Jinduo and Zhan Qingyu's Chinese painting "Female Soldier" shows the image of a young female soldier who "does not let her eyebrows be shaved" through shooting training. Through these figures, people can fully appreciate the style of contemporary youth striving to move forward.
Some artists are committed to shaping the image of ordinary young workers. In the creation of the theme of "new industrial workers", based on the profound understanding of the times and the careful observation of the spiritual outlook of young workers, the creators truly depict the scenes of them fighting in the frontline and pay tribute to the fiery youth. More representative works include He Pengqi's oil painting "City Builder". The painting uses a symbolic approach, in a simple, thick and simple form of expression, depicting the busy work of construction workers under the scorching sun. Their figures, integrated with the steel frame structure of the building, imply that they have made an indelible contribution to the construction of the city.
"The future belongs to the youth, and hope is placed on the youth." Each piece of fine art works embodies the ambitions and ideals of contemporary youth, shows the spirit of unremitting struggle, and becomes a vivid portrayal of young people from all walks of life who persistently pursue their dreams.
Layout design: Zhao Kairu
Source: People's Daily