When the peach blossom meets The Prince Charming, what kind of attraction is that? When the classical lantern shines on the night dress, what kind of dazzling is it? For a long time, the picture of the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures has always amazed our vision, and at the same time, we have deeply felt the infinite charm of the bipolar art combination.
In the art world, there is such a "strange man", he has been sparing no effort to promote traditional Chinese culture on the international stage, and in the global fashion industry to create a legend of oriental fashion beauty, he is known as the father of Nobel design, the international famous fashion design master - Galo (Galo).
At first we didn't know Galo's Chinese name was "Lone Sail". Because for many years he hardly accepted any media interviews, let alone talked about his personal life, even in the face of interviews that are difficult to refuse from his good friends, he only had a faint sentence: "The work is the best story." ”
As early as 10 years ago, Lang Lang, a well-known pianist in China, was the first artist in mainland China to frequently display Galo's "masterpieces". It is not difficult for careful people to find that since 2009, Lang Lang's image dress in some important performance occasions is obviously more handsome, more beautiful, more atmospheric and noble than before. Whether it is participating in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Guangzhou Asian Games, the Shanghai World Expo, or participating in the 100th anniversary celebration of Audi, the 60th anniversary celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony of Obama and the concert held at the White House, etc., whenever Lang Lang appears on major international occasions, his clothing, hairstyles, belts and shoes are like works of art that can be called a combination of East and West through careful design and beautiful matching with the theme of the event, these costumes tailored for Lang Lang have a distinct personality. The cultural heritage is thick, the quality style is fashionable, and the Chinese elements are dazzling and breathtaking. One might ask, which mysterious figure dressed Lang Lang so beautifully, noblely and brilliantly? Behind Lang Lang, there is indeed a mysterious figure who has always been reluctant to show his face and selfless dedication, he is the Chinese fashion design master Galo (Galo) mentioned in this article.
In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama won that year's Nobel Peace Prize. At the award ceremony, Chinese pianist Lang Lang was invited to perform. Galo designed a white performance dress with a green peace dove pattern for Lang Lang, and the fashion industry was quite shocked, when the major Media in Europe and the United States asked Galo everywhere, hoping to interview him, but he rejected it, "The designer's ideas are reflected in the work." The work has expressed the designer's voice in silent language. ”
In 2012, Lang Lang participated in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne, and Galo designed a dress for him called "Let the World Be Full of Love". The dress was specially made of 6 sapphires from Changle County, Shandong Province, and engraved with the symbol of world peace, which was designed and created by the British in 1958, and Galo hoped to express the desire of the Chinese people to love peace and oppose war. "I'm ashamed to say that as a designer, like many of my international counterparts, I've used Sri Lankan sapphires for years. Later, I learned that there are many sapphires in Changle County, Shandong Province, and I think that Queen Elizabeth herself is very fond of sapphires, and the use of her favorite gemstones at the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne is a kind of respect and blessing for her. At the same time, the celebration broadcast live to Europe is also an opportunity for Europeans to understand Chinese sapphires. Galo not only said that, but did it. After that, he always used every opportunity to promote Chinese sapphires.
At the 2014 World Cup concert in Brazil, he used Chinese sapphires again in the "nine-nine-to-one" performance dress he designed for Lang Lang.
Due to Galo's low profile and introvertedness, many people in China do not know that this world-class fashion design master has actually become famous in Europe and the United States: he has designed clothing, accessories, stage styling, logos, national ceremonies and sculptures and architectural designs for many royal and contemporary superstars and dignitaries: Leonardo Ritchie, Domingo, Whitney Houston, Andre Bocelli and many other international superstars have admired his works. He is called "wizard, geek, ghost and alternative" by the European and American fashion design circles. Not only that, but on the international stage of science, literature and art today, Galo has also made an unprecedented interpretation of oriental feelings.
Although for more than 20 years, Galo has almost monopolized the design of the relevant works of Nobel laureates, so it has the reputation of "the father of Nobel design", but the most memorable and most emotional is the design of medal-receiving costumes and gifts for Nobel laureates Mo Yan and Tu Youyou from China, which is also the most wonderful Chinese story he tells the world.
Back in 2012, Mo Yanxi won the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Galo was commissioned by the Chinese-Swedish Organization and the Chinese Embassy in Sweden to design two cultural gifts for him. Galo carefully studied Mo Yan's work and designed Mo Yan's Resume," a tie painting and a jade belt buckle of "Dongyue Supreme". The tie painting condenses Mo Yan's three works: "Fat Buttocks", "Frog", and "Red Sorghum", of which: the bottom of the pattern in the tie painting is the land, symbolizing that Mo Yan is the son of a farmer, and the shape of the land is a frog shape, representing another famous work of Mo Yan, "Frog", the land gives birth to sorghum, sorghum roots, sorghum leaves form a literary "Wen" word, meaning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The grains of diamonds on the sorghum show that Mo Yan has stepped onto the Nobel Prize stage step by step with one work after another.
In 2015, Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, needed to go to Sweden to receive the award, and there was still more than a month before the Nobel Prize was awarded, and Galo accepted the task of designing a full set of nobel prize costumes for Tu Youyou. In just 1 week, Galo, who is good at using artistic means to explore the inner world, designed 6 sets of clothing, brooches, watches, handbags, shoes, scarves, glasses - costumes for various occasions of the Nobel Prize for Tu Youyou, as well as gifts to the King of Sweden and the Nobel Museum, as well as the costume accessories of Tu Youyou's husband, daughter, granddaughter and more than a dozen People from the Chinese Nobel Prize delegation, creating a legend that a designer in the history of the Nobel Prize has covered all the designs.
When Tu Youyou wore a costume symbolizing "Purple Qi Coming East" and walked to the podium wearing a diamond brooch and a jade watch, how the world was brightened: oriental nobility and elegance came to the fore, especially the crown-shaped lion-like proud brooch on the chest, which skillfully combined the elements of phoenix, bat and oriental women, and highlighted the unique temperament of Chinese scientists. It is also Galo's extraordinary artistic design and fashion styling that make the domestic and foreign media fall for the charm of this elderly female scientist, for which Tu Youyou also won the top 3 most popular 900 Nobel Prize winners in a hundred years, ranking ahead of the giants of the century Einstein, Hemingway and Marie Curie.
In May 2016, the Norwegian capital Oslo staged a "Galo-Logo" art exhibition created and held by the world's first individual, at the opening ceremony, the audience was excited and enthusiastic, and their eyes lingered in the middle of a logo that skillfully integrated profound Chinese elements with distinctive Western concepts.
More than 200 guests from all over the world, His Royal Highness Prince Turki Faisal of Saudi Arabia, commented after viewing the exhibition: "The logos combine the mystery of Eastern civilization and the taste of Western aristocrats to form the author's unique design style. The Countess of Scottish Cody believes that the design in front of her has given the world an understanding of the fashionable way of presenting Chinese culture." Former President of Latvia, Ms. Vila Vichy-Fiberga, exclaimed: "Fantastic! He's designing the logo with his heart. Through Galo's works, you can see the designer's mind and soul, and his works not only exude the fusion of modern fashion and ancient myths, but also tell the most wonderful Chinese stories to the world." Ben Olsen, an internationally renowned swedish master of painting and sculpture, said excitedly after watching the video: "As a fashion design master with world influence, the designer transmits Chinese culture to the world in a fashionable way in the design with the fashion language of the world. ”
The original creators of all the works in this exhibition are Galo, a mysterious fashion design master with long legs and a gentle voice in South Korea.
In December 2016, Galo, as an outstanding representative of the world's Chinese, galo won the 5th China Light Dissemination Chinese Culture Annual Person Award co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the State New Office, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and CCTV.
In 2017, the "Asian Influence Ceremony" was held in Beijing, and many well-known superstars such as Lang Lang, Wu Jing, Zheng Yuanjie and so on won the honor, among which the "Asian Influence Ceremony" Committee specially awarded GALO the only most important Asian "Special Contributor" award, and deservedly received the "Golden Jade Lord" scepter representing the highest honor.
In the same year, GALO was invited to serve as artistic director for the Cannes International Short Film Festival, and was the first Chinese designer to design a logo for a major French film event.
In recognition of Galo's outstanding contribution to cultural exchanges between China and Switzerland, the Kingdom of Sweden also awarded him the title of "Cultural Envoy", and in the same year, Galo was also invited to serve as the jury chairman and artistic director of the Miss World Tourism International Contest (Beijing), and achieved the first fair and open selection mechanism for natural beauty in the history of the jury.
In 2018, Galo was again appointed Chairman of the Jury and Artistic Director of the Miss Tourism World Finals. In view of Galo's adept at using the language of international fashion to integrate and present the cultural elements of China for thousands of years on the international stage, the first MTI "Golden Messenger" global finals held in Beijing in January 2019 still chose Galo as the chairman of the jury and artistic director.
In addition, since its inception, the Swiss-Chinese Friendship Association, chaired by Galo, has been committed to promoting cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between Sweden and China, and under the leadership and planning of Galo, the Swiss-Chinese Friendship Association has successively held a number of activities with great influence in the industry, such as the "Maritime Silk Road Ceramic Art Exhibition", "Swedish Chinese Film and Television Drama Forum", "Sweden-China 2107 Maritime Silk Road Culture and Art Exhibition", "The First World Tourism Innovation Summit", "Sino-Swiss Culture and Media Forum" and so on, especially Sweden-China 2107 Maritime Silk Road Culture and Art Exhibition " for the first time brings together the masterpieces of China's contemporary top art masters, covering archaeology, jewelry, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, clothing, sculpture and other art categories, pioneering the innovation of domestic curatorial forms, and making positive contributions to Chinese culture going out of Asia and onto the world stage.
In May 2019, as the representative of outstanding overseas Chinese leaders, Galo participated in the 9th World Overseas Chinese Association Friendship Conference and the 5th Council Meeting of the China Overseas Chinese Association jointly sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.
In August 2019, the film "My Hero", curated by Galo and supported by the Swiss-Chinese Friendship Association, participated in the 76th Venice Film Festival, and the heroine of the film Jing Ke's "Fire Phoenix" full set of shapes at the opening ceremony was designed by Galo, which was unanimously praised by the fashion circles in various countries.
In June 2020, at the invitation of the Tardi Region Government, Galo served as Artistic Director on a feature film for the 70th Anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet.
In March 2021, in order to actively respond to the national policy of promoting double circulation, Galo was invited by the Guangdong Provincial Government and three cities in Fujian to travel to coastal cities for art exchange and design guidance.
Each of Galo's works tells a piece of oriental history and allusions, he uses artistic language to describe the gentle, subtle, and profound Chinese civilization, but also pours out his deep love for the land of China, and his taciturnity does not prevent Galo from becoming a "cultural ambassador" who can especially tell Chinese stories, because his body is flowing with the blood genes of Chinese culture, as he himself said: "No matter where I drift, my roots are always in China."