Text/Jinyang.com reporter Gan Yunyi
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Kunming, a historical and cultural city with more than 2,200 years of history, has recently welcomed a group of happy “fat girls”. From August 1 to August 20, 2019, “Melody of the Times – Xu Hongfei Sculpture World Tour Kunming Station” was held at the Yunnan Art Museum, including an indoor exhibition hall and an outdoor square.
It is reported that this exhibition is the 35th stop after the famous sculptor and director of the Guangzhou Sculpture Institute, Xu Hongfei, after the 33rd and 34th stops in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kobe, Japan in June this year. It is also the stop with the most exhibition works in history. This exhibition displays a total of 120 “fat girls” works related to Xu Hongfei’s music, dance, love and Guangzhou Flower City.
The “Melody of the Times” sculpture debuted
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The scene of the sculpture of the “Melody of the Times” is the Babaylan symphony scene, covering more than 30 characters. “Minorities in Yunnan Province live in, and the people are good at singing and dancing, and the music is also rich, so this time there is a music series and group dance on display.”
Music elements are the highlights of the exhibition, and their works include “Flying Songs of the Prosperous Times”, CinemaOde to Joy, “Cuiyin”, “Eternal Sound”, “Three Play Music”, etc.
It is understood that there are a total of 120 works participating in the Cinema exhibition this time, which are 35 tours. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema‘s most works, including 100 small works and 20 large works. Xu Hongfei said that the special exhibition effect brought by the Su-style architectural style of the Yunnan Art Museum gave him special gains.
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Wang Shaoqiang, vice chairman of Guangdong Artists Association and director of Guangdong Art Museum, said that the works in the exhibition express the common yearning for joy among people and hope to dedicate happiness to the people and to offer the 70th anniversary of the motherland.
The works combine with the times and showcase Guangdong’s multicultural culture</pSong Weiguang, a scholar of art historian and president of the Cultural Heritage Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry, pointed out in an interview that before the 19th century, sculptures mainly focused on volume, and after the 20th century, the government focused on space, and the government helped to guide the construction of new space.
Song Weiguang believes that sculptures must also accept the evaluation of the environment and the people. Public art is not only an embodiment of the personal will of the artist, but only when the government, artists and the people work together to be born. A truly good art cannot make jokes. Artists must have wisdom and guiding roles, and the government must have a decision-making role.
It is understood that this exhibition is jointly organized by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and is hosted by the Yunnan Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum, and Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism. It represents the overall recognition of the two provinces for the exhibition. Some cultural units in both provinces participated in the opening ceremony.
From this group of worksBabaylan, we can also see the diversity of culture in Guangdong Province and the appearance of artistic works as a frontier of reform and opening up.
Xu Hongfei said that his works this year are not the same as beforeBoth are related to the times. Including his newly created “The Builder of the New Era”, “The Music of the Times”, “Forwarding”, etc., he bluntly stated that as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, he deeply felt a strong sense of the times during this year’s National People’s Political Consultative Conference, which directly affected his creation.
“Fat Girl” has traveled to five continents as a cultural messenger
“Fat Girl” is very busy. Xu KomiksHongfei’s “Fat Girl” series of sculptures have traveled across five continents around the world, with footprints covering 30 countries and regions including Italy, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Turkey, Russia, and Japan.
In June this year, the 33rd and 34th stops of the Xu Hongfei Sculpture World Tour Exhibition were held in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kobe, Japan respectively. During the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia and the G20 summit, two exhibitions opened one after another. Xu Hongfei brought several “fat women” sculptures to show the world contemporary Chinese art in an artistic language that transcends national borders and races. Luo Jiang, director of Yunnan Art Museum, said that the “fat girl” has become a cultural messenger and has matured after a long time of development.
“Now, ‘KomiksFat Girl’ is a guest at the Yunnan Art Museum and is the first sculpture exhibition after the newly renovated Yunnan Art Museum. I hope that the “Fat Girl” with humor, profound meaning and positive energy will bring joy and thinking to everyone.” Luo Jiang said.
Luo Jiang believes that being yourself is the basis for Xu Hongfei’s achievementsKomiks, changing “culture going out” to “culture asking out”, exporting culture and art with Chinese characteristics to foreign countries is the inspiration brought to people by Xu Hongfei and his “fat girl”.