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Sometimes, the “Speaking the Voice of the Times and Forging the Soul of the Nation——Pan HeyiBabaylanArt Seminar” was held at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. More than 50 artists and critics from inside and outside the province attended the seminar. The guests discussed the creative language of sculptor Pan He, thematic significance, artistic style, and educational philosophy of many aspects. They hope to gather forces and resources from multiple parties to conduct a comprehensive study of Pan He and his works, and called for the launch of the “Lingnan Cinema Series” sculpture research.
” Mr. Pan from Hong Kong to the People’s Academy of Literature and Arts, and then to his exchanges with the Lingnan School of Painting, contact with Western sculptures, local sculptures, etc. are worth studying. He is the pride of Guangdong and the most worth studying sculptor in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.” Li Jinkun, vice chairman of the China Artists Association, president of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, president of the Guangdong Academy of Painting, and chairman of the Guangdong Academy of Arts Association, said at the meeting that Pan He’s sculpture works have become the memory of a region and a country. The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts will use more power and resources to conduct comprehensive research on important artists such as Pan He and preserve this valuable academic resource.
The destiny of the nation is integrated into the works
To this day, Pan He, in his 80s, has been committed to sculpture art creation for nearly 70 years, has been engaged in art education for more than 40 years, has created more than 100 large-scale outdoor sculptures, and has been in more than 60 cities at home and abroad.
Pan He has won many awards and titles. He is the winner of the first Guangdong Literature and Art Award and the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of China Art Award. In the eyes of many artists and critics, he is a modern sculptor who “produces the voice of the times and forges the soul of the nation”. The mark of the times and national thoughts permeate every Komiks work. In the view of Feng Yuan, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, there was an important proposition in the Chinese literary and artistic circles in the 20th century: “How to make Western modern Chinese literature”Transform into national culture. He believes that Pan He consciously understands the cultural mission through his personal cultural awareness and takes action to complete artistic practice, giving this proposition a good answer. His series of works represent or shape the key nodes of historical development since the founding of New China and are closely linked to the pulse of the entire era.
Li Ming, former president of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, believes that from “When I Grow Up” to the later “Hard Times” and “Will I Pay Stupid” to the later “Zhuhai Fisherman”, “Reading the Land Cattle”, “Memorial Image of Liberation of Guangzhou”, etc., Pan He uses his own memoryKomiksRemember, cognition and conscience embrace the times and ideals, and keep his creations close to the times.
Artist in the United States Wu Xinkun also said that Pan He’s works are rich in connotation, believing that his works reflect historical stories, humanistic emotions, and people’s emotions about social life, and integrate the fate of the country and nation into his works. “In “Hard Years”, Pan He’s joy after the old farmers’ distribution of land and his expectations for the future are no one who can surpass them. It is the work of the times. “He said.
“The key to whether a person has nationality lies in his thoughts rather than aesthetics. Mr. Pan He’s aesthetic is extremely foreign, but his thoughts are absolutely national. “Pan Fen, son of Pan He, said that the times gave Pan He a special artistic mission, allowing him to convey national ideas with the ultimate Western aesthetic taste in the torrent of the times.
Close with the Lingnan School of Painting
Pan He studied in Hong Kong since he was a child. At the age of 14, he arrived at the Babaylan Mountain in Guangdong to learn about the sculptures of Foshan; at the age of 19, he went to Macau to study and met. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaThe Italian sculptor Xia Gangzhi and his wife met famous statue masters such as Gao Jianfu, Yang Shanshen, and Yu Ben. Critic Liang Jiang said: “This context is the same as the context of the Lingnan School of Painting. He has a very close relationship with the Lingnan School of Painting. ”
Liang Jiang believes that Pan He’s transformation of local factors into the historical narrative of the entire nation is to study regional art history and regional CinemaThe important aspects that arts people should pay attention to. He gave examples of Pan He’s Lu Xun portrait sculpture “You’re stupid” and believed that the title of this work has a very obvious Guangdong characteristic, connecting the Guangdong Cantonese cultural circle. His work “The Cow of the Land” is also an important work in which local factors participate in mainstream national discourse.
Yin Shuangxi, a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, also said: “Mr. Pan He’s works can resonate with each historical node. Cinema and response. His works can grasp the most important moments of the theme, plot, historical development and the psychological and mental state of the characters, and use sculptures to turn the moment into eternity.”
In addition, Yin Shuangxi mentioned that a sculptor can leave a city mark in a city in his life, and the people of this city will always remember him, and Mr. Pan He has left landmark works in Zhuhai and Shenzhen, two important cities in Guangdong. The spirit expressed by Shenzhen’s urban landmark “The Cow of Refining the Land” has not only become the spirit of Shenzhen, but also the spirit of reform and opening up.
Pan He is good at capturing details and refining core traits. Most of his classic works come from wonderful moments that touch him. “When I Grow Up” written in the early 1950s was a creation that he was inspired by the situation of rural teachers after participating in the “land reform”. It is said that Chairman Mao gave a high evaluation. This work also represented China at the International Mother’s Day Conference held in Switzerland and the Fifth World Youth Festival held in Poland, which caused a sensation.
To this day, Pan He has recorded the century-old development history of China’s modern and contemporary with his sculpture art, and has also embodied the spirit of China’s reform and opening up. His outstanding contributions to the construction and cultural construction of the socialist city are obvious to all, beautifying the urban space and enriching the urban connotation.
Babaylan is unique in its artistic form. From form to theme, Pan He’s sculpture art has a distinct personal style and an irrepeatable uniqueness. “This is an embodiment of the artist’s wisdom and personality. It is also a precious quality and pure state.” Huang Qiming, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, believes that Pan HexianAs a sculptor who grew up with the Republic, the theme of sculpture always revolves around the melody of the country and the times, but in artistic form, it can often be innovative and find a perfect combination between the form and the theme.
The Hard Years, created by Pan He in 1957, has become one of the must-have works for various art appreciation textbooks for primary and secondary schools and century-old art. This classic work has always been interpreted as a firm belief in the difficult environment of the Red Army. Pan He had previously explained that the work did not express the Red Army, but the Hainan guerrillas. But no matter what, the works reflect that in that difficult era, the revolutionary ancestors’ belief in life and life directly conveyed an optimistic spirit.
“The work conveys a sincere belief in human nature. No matter how many difficulties and hardships there are in life, how many deceptions and faults exist, it still maintains a good belief in life and the future.” Yin Shuangxi believes that Pan He closely connects the fate of art with the fate of a country, an era, and a nation. The work has a strong theme, but his theme is not rigid and symbolic, but grasps the characteristics of art, so that the sculptural language and plot and theme are balanced, attracting a wide audience.
Exploring Lingnan sculptures through Pan He
In addition to independent creation, Pan He also has an inescapable identity that he is a teacher. From a lecturer at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts to a lifelong teaching professor in the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, he has been teaching for forty years and has cultivated a group of outstanding artistic talents with his unique educational concepts.
The American artist Wu Xinkun became a graduate student of Pan He during the first national graduate student recruitment in 1978. In his impression, Pan He’s usual teaching does not emphasize basic skills and techniques, but focuses on ideological education. “He himself is an aesthetician and thinker. What he said has a great influence on me. For example, he said, “Not having any habits, no harm, no real.” He believes that literary and artistic works should not be perfect, and its shortcomings are its personality.” Wu Xinkun recalled.
Pan Fen revealed that Pan He’s educational philosophy is related to his learning experience. Pan He has always had a very unique personality in his studies. He believes that teachers are not technically skilled, but ideologically. He believes that thoughts are ten thousand times stronger than techniques.
Pan He’s sculptures have far-reaching cultural significance for contemporary art. At the seminar, participants suggested that they should gather together with many parties.”>Cinema power to collect and organize resources and conduct a comprehensive study of Pan He and his works; hope to establish a team of sculpture theory research as soon as possible, sort out the development context of sculpture theoretically, and promote the development of disciplines. Guangdong’s art has always been ahead of the trend, led the times, and took the path of change in the process of transformation from tradition to modernity. It should pay attention to in-depth research on the Lingnan School of Painting, and conduct vertical and horizontal comparisons among artists such as Pan He, and in-depth discussion of Lingnan sculpture.