French Sculpture Master Jean Caldo's Art Exhibition Appears at the Chinese Art Museum

2023-12-27

(Reporter Ying Ni) The "Mighty Power Beyond the Law - Jean Caldo Art Exhibition" co hosted by the China National Art Museum, the French Academy of Art, and the Jean Caldo Foundation will meet with the audience. This exhibition is one of the "China Art Museum International Exchange Series Exhibitions" and also a retrospective exhibition of Mr. Jean Caldo's works. A total of 70 sets of sculptures and 20 sets of sketches are exhibited. On site at the Jean Caldo Art Exhibition: The Mighty Force Beyond the Law. Shi Chunyang's photographer Jean Caldo (1930-2020) was an internationally renowned sculptor and academician of the French Academy of Arts. He has been teaching at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris for a long time. In 1983, he was elected as an academician of the French Academy of Art, and in 1992 and 1997, he was twice elected as the rotating chairman of the French Academy of Art. In recent years, the Chinese Museum of Art has maintained friendly and close cooperation with the French Academy of Art. In 2019, on the occasion of the exhibition of "Immortal Inheritance - Sculpture Works by Academicians of the French Academy of Art", Jean Caldo donated 10 works to the Chinese Art Museum; In 2020, Jean Caldo donated his sculpture "Bull under the Sunshine" to the China National Art Museum, and now this work is displayed in the Sculpture Park of the China National Art Museum. A photo of the sculpture "Bull under the Sunshine" donated by Jean Caldo to the Chinese Art Museum. The 70 sculpture works in the exhibition provided by the China National Art Museum comprehensively showcase Jean Caldo's artistic style. He has a solid foundation in realism and modeling ability. The images of great figures he shapes convey human will, perseverance, and foresight, and these great figures have deeply influenced his artistic creation. But at the same time, he will follow the form of natural objects, follow the true feelings of the heart, as the starting point of sculpture creation, use wax, plaster, bronze, and marble to find and express, and convey human emotions, emotions, and sentiments through the abstract form and body of objects. Xu Lian, Vice President of the National Academy of Painting of China, pointed out that in a series of works such as "Farewell", "Meditation", "Embrace", "Confidence", and "Gentleness", the copper human body has become able to breathe and sing, possessing seven emotions and six desires. Artists break through hard materials and seek the inner strength and profound philosophy of life through exploration of form. On site at the Jean Caldo Art Exhibition: The Mighty Force Beyond the Law. "Many of his works have similarities and differences with the freehand sculptures of Chinese sculptor Wu Weishan. Realistic and freehand, the East and West are only different in terms of approach and concept. However, human pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty is interconnected and eternal. In Mr. Jean Caldo, the significance of cultural exchange and mutual learning is best reflected," said Xu Lian. At the opening ceremony on the 25th, Wu Weishan, the director of the China National Art Museum and vice chairman of the China Artists Association, stated that with a very solid professional foundation, Jean Caldo's creations are supported by the principles of shape training, seeking and creating his own language logic in the dual laws of truth and art in the objective world. He not only respects the rules, but also transcends them with his sincerity towards art. Wu Weishan, the director of the China National Art Museum, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. What are the principles of sculpture art captured by Shi Chunyang? Wu Weishan asked and answered himself, "In..."

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