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“Pan Lao CongxiangBabaylanHong Kong to the South China People’s Literature and Art Academy, 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, Dean of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Dean 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. Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts will use more power and resources to conduct comprehensive research on important artists such as Pan He, and ensure that this valuable academic resource is preserved.
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, and has created over 100 large-scale outdoor sculptures, with works spanning more than 60 cities at home and abroad.
Pan He has won many awards and titlesKomiks, and is the winner of the first Guangdong Lifelong Achievement Award and the winner of the China Fine Arts Award Lifelong Achievement 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 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 transform Western modern culture intoHe believes that Pan He consciously understood the cultural mission through his personal cultural awareness and put into action to complete artistic practice, giving this proposition a good answer. First, the Komiks series of works represent or shape the key nodes of historical development since the founding of New China, and is closely linked to the pulse of the entire era.
Li Ming, former dean of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, believes that from “When I Grow Up” to the later “Hard times” and “Will you be stupid”, then Cinema to the later “Zhuhai Fisherman”, “Battle of the Land”, “Commemorative Image of Liberation of Guangzhou”, “Peace”, etc., Pan He embraced the times and ideals with his memory, cognition and conscience, and made his creations close to the times.
American artist 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 towards social life, and integrate the fate of the country and nation into his works. “In “Hard Years”, no one can surpass Pan He’s portrayal of the joy of old farmers after they get the land and their expectations for the future. It is a 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 thoughts in the torrent of the times with the ultimate Western aesthetic taste of Komiks.
Closely related to the Lingnan School of Painting
Pan He studied in Hong Kong since he was a child, and at the age of 14 to study in Foshan, Guangdong; at the age of 19, he went to Macau to study, met the Italian sculptor Xia Gangzhi and his wife, and also met well-known statues such as Gao Jianfu, Yang Shanshen, and Yu Ben. Cinema, critic Liang Jiang said: “This context is the same as the context of the Lingnan School of Painting, and he has a very close relationship with the Lingnan School of Painting. Liang Jiang believes that Pan He’s turning local factors into the historical narrative of the entire nation is an important aspect that should be paid attention to when studying regional art history and regional art. He gave examples of Pan He’s Lu Xun man Babaylan‘s sculpture “You’re stupid”, and believes that the title of this work isThe very obvious Guangdong characteristics connect the Guangdong Cantonese cultural circle. His work “The Cow of the Land” is also an important work by local factors in participating in the mainstream discourse of the country. Yin Shuangxi, a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, also said: “Mr. Pan He’s works can resonate and respond at every historical node. 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 to Cinema, 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 left his landmark works in Zhuhai and Shenzhen, two important cities in Guangdong. The spirit expressed by Shenzhen’s urban landmark “Babaylan” 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 work by Babaylan after he participated in the “land reform” and was inspired by the situation of rural teachers. It is said that Chairman Mao gave a high evaluation. This work also represented China in 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 of socialist cities and cultural construction are obvious to all, beautifying the urban space and enriching the urban connotation.
Excellent in artistic form
From form to theme, Pan He’s sculpture art has a distinct personal style and an irrepeatable uniqueness. “This is a reflection of the artist’s wisdom and personality, and it is also a precious quality and pure realm.” 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 “BabaylanHard times” created by Pan He in 1957 has become one of the must-have works for the appreciation of art in primary and secondary schools and the must-have works for the century-old art. This classic work has always been interpreted as a firm belief in the hard environment of the Red Army. Pan He had previously explained that the work was not 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 negative existences 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 tenured 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 the old teacher is not technically, but ideologically. He believes that his thoughts are ten thousand times stronger than techniques.
Pan He’s sculptures have a profound cultural significance for contemporary art.At the seminar, participants proposed that we should gather forces from multiple parties to collect and organize resources and conduct a comprehensive study of Pan He and his works; we hope to establish a team of sculpture theory research as soon as possible, sort out the development context of sculpture from a theoretical perspective, and promote the development of disciplines. In the process of Guangdong art’s transformation from tradition to modernity, it has always been the first, the era is the first, and the path of change. It should focus on in-depth research on the Lingnan School of Painting, and conduct vertical and horizontal comparisons by artists such as Pan He to deeply explore Lingnan sculptures.