Han Meilin Wulong Bell Tower

Han Meilin has created dozens of giant city sculptures for Atlanta and other American cities. 1996, after 17 the competition of top artists from all over the world, only three sculptures were finally selected as the landmark sculptures of the 26th Atlanta Olympic Games, among which Han Meilin's work, the granite bronze sculpture "Wulong Bell Tower", was permanently displayed in Atlanta Century Park. Today, leaders of many countries in the world have collections of Han Meilin's works of art, and Han Meilin believes that to reach the world level, art must rely on national traditions and modern consciousness. The great harmony of world art is the end of world art, and we must put it in a correct position when absorbing the relationship between Chinese and western artistic traditions. Combination of Chinese and western, mainly in Chinese; Combine ancient and modern, focusing on today; Combination of source and stream, with source as the main factor. This is not conservative or rigid, but from the viewpoint of dialectical materialism and historical materialism. Han Meilin's confidence in the whole China culture made his artistic creation a success. The emblem he designed for China's Olympic bid is a classic design that perfectly combines China's traditional culture with modern design concepts. Han Meilin said: The most important thing in any logo design is conciseness, clarity, ability and understandability, as well as profound connotation and unconventional. This is a problem for every designer. The success of the emblem of Beijing's Olympic bid is the concentrated expression of this design concept. Mr. Han told reporters that from 200 1 to now, he has been the "team leader" for three times: the team leader of the emblem design for the Olympic bid. Team leader of Beijing Olympic Games logo creation team and mascot design team. Every time the team leader, he worked hard and integrated his deep Olympic feelings. "The most painful thing is the design of the mascot," Mr. Wang paused. "Among hundreds of alternatives, we chose six representative images, namely, six well-known images: giant panda, Tibetan antelope, rattle, golden monkey, northeast tiger and dragon. After repeated consideration, we feel that each of the above images cannot fully represent the Olympic image of China. For example, the giant panda is naive, but chubby and unable to run; Dragons are too dignified and lack affinity; The rattle can cheer and shine to boost the morale of athletes, but it has only one leg and can't exercise. At this time, I put forward another idea. Mascots are not a single individual image, but a combination of two, three or even five. As soon as the idea was opened, we suddenly became excited. I clearly remember that it was February 2 this year when the dragon looked up. Our design team stayed up all night and finally struggled out of the giant panda and rattle. The next day, Jiang Xiaoyu took out a design draft of combined images, and was very happy at that time. Later, IOC official George was also very satisfied. " Since the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Olympic mascots have bid farewell to the "single" era, and mascot combination has become a popular trend of the Olympic Games. Will the mascot of the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games be a single mascot or a series of mascots, or will it mainly reflect China's traditional culture or combine Chinese and Western culture? During the interview, the elders of China and South Korea repeatedly stressed: "The creation of mascots has solicited the opinions of representatives from all walks of life and is a collective positive creation." The mascot is the most representative image of the Olympic Games. What kind of works can perfectly interpret China's culture and Olympic spirit for thousands of years? Therefore, in the whole screening process, "harmony" has become the most fundamental standard. "It's simply too difficult." Han Lao, who is outspoken, can't help but frown and look like a child when talking about this. Beijing Olympic Games is a complex of China people, and it is not easy to have great hopes. But how can we satisfy more people and show the abstract "China culture" to people all over the world through specific mascots? The seemingly simple mascot, but its design makes Han Lao painful and happy. The reference materials alone filled 74 bags. Han Lao said that the mascot design fully integrated the traditional culture of China. For example, in terms of quantity, as Jiang Xiaoyu revealed to the public, five mascots will be selected for the Beijing Olympic Games. Break through the number of mascots in previous Olympic Games. In Buddhist culture, "Five" represents perfection, and it also conforms to the "Five Elements (Golden Wood, Fire, Water and Earth)" in China culture, echoing the Olympic symbol "Five Rings" at a distance. In the specific shape, it is even more painstaking. Not only did it draw lessons from more than 300 candidate works received before, but it also solicited opinions from all walks of life and even kindergarten children, which can be described as comprehensive. Finally, from the perspective of affinity, it is decided to choose an unprecedented form of Olympic mascots to display, skillfully combine people and animals, and integrate history and products, thus showing more profound significance. Mr. Han Meilin also said that the mascot of the Olympic Games also highlights maternal love, which is the greatest love in the world. In the process of making mascots, Yangshao culture, Dawenkou culture and other ancient cultural heritages were also incorporated. For example, dots, lines and surfaces made of painted pottery are used to form a painting. In his creation, he also broke the lines of Disney's plane structure and adopted the lines of China prints, trying to relate to the essence of ancient China culture. In the use of mascots, the five colors of the five-ring symbol are adopted, which highlights the close connection with the Olympic Games. "My biggest regret for this group of mascots is that I didn't put the beauty of China's calligraphy into it." Han Meilin said with wanting more. However, this kind of creativity has excited the relevant responsible personnel of the International Olympic Committee: "Han Meilin's genius creativity is even more Olympic than the Olympic Games!"