On December 22nd, the Joy of the Auspicious Dragon - Chen Xiangbo's Zodiac Works Exhibition opened at the Boya Art and Cultural Space. At the opening ceremony, the Meng Bao series of cultural and creative products ushered in a new member, and the "Meng Bao Bobolong" national style series of trendy toys jointly created by Shenzhen Caring Action Public Welfare Association, Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare ** and Art Ji were launched.
Meng Bao Bolong: Creative transformation and innovative development of zodiac culture
How to integrate the excellent traditional Chinese culture into the new era in a trendy way is a problem that Chen Xiangbo has been thinking about. Chen Xiangbo has held the Zodiac Public Welfare Exhibition for eight consecutive years, actively exploring the modern transformation and innovative inheritance of traditional culture, and is committed to using Zodiac culture to tell the stories of Shenzhen, the Bay Area, and China.
In order to welcome the Year of the Dragon, Mr. Chen Xiangbo carefully created the "Year of the Dragon" Chinese painting works and a series of trendy toys to be exhibited in the Boya Art and Cultural Space.
As a typical representative of China's excellent traditional culture, the zodiac has rich cultural connotations and extensive influence. As a symbol of Chinese civilization and the pluralistic unity of the Chinese nation, the dragon has become the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. Chen Xiangbo said that in the new era and new journey, the modern value of the 12 zodiac signs is still far-reaching, which is of great significance for inheriting and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
As the designer of the main visual image of the 2022 CCTV Spring Festival Gala "Tiggo" and the chief designer of the mascot "Rabbit Yuanyuan" of the 2023 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Chen Xiangbo actively participates in public welfare and charity while promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture.
Telling the Story of Shenzhen with Art: Shenzhen's Practice of Empowering Rural Revitalization through Art
In order to continue to explore the innovative development path of rural revitalization empowered by art, since 2021, the Caring Association and Guan Shanyue Art Museum have continued to carry out joint actions in art villages, with the core operation support of the Caring Association and Chen Xiangbo Art Charity, and has been supported by Huaqiang Public Welfare Association, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Shenzhen Alumni, Caring Society, Time Love Art Public Welfare, Caring Society, Hualin Rural Revitalization and Development, Shenzhen Young Artists Association, Shenzhen Gongbi Painting Society, With the support of caring forces such as Art Records, 181 rural art teachers have been deeply empowered, so as to better improve the core artistic literacy of rural children.
In 2023, the Art Village Joint Action will carry out a series of art public welfare activities such as "Chen Xiangbo's Zodiac Works Public Welfare Exhibition", "Beautiful Rural Art Co-creation Camp - Rural Tour", "Beautiful Rural Art Co-creation Camp - Viewing Shenzhen", "Beautiful Art Classroom" and "Beautiful Rural Art Research Camp". In addition to cultural revitalization, the Caring Association also cooperated with Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare and Hualin Rural Revitalization and Development to launch "Peng Orange" in the form of "art + consumption assistance" to continuously improve the cultural and brand added value of Xunwu navel orange and help the revitalization of the Wuwu industry. Tong Qiao, vice chairman of the Shenzhen Caring Action Public Welfare Association, said that after three years of exploration, through the continuous development of art village joint actions, rural art teachers have been empowered by artBy upgrading the art orange to Peng orange, the agricultural products are artistically empowered;Through the establishment of "Chen Xiangbo Aesthetic Education Space" in Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, the rural physical space has been artistically empowered.
At the opening ceremony, Chen Xiangbo released the key points of the 2024 Art Village Joint Action. On the basis of the regular promotion of various artistic public welfare activities, the 12 zodiac signs will be used as the carrier to compile the 12 zodiac theme picture books, develop the 12 zodiac aesthetic education courses, and hold the 12 zodiac theme exhibitions, so as to effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the 12 zodiac signs. As a listed brokerage company that has been active in the front line of rural revitalization all the year round and is committed to exploring the trinity innovation and collaboration model of "finance, culture and public welfare", Hualin** also actively responded to the project and donated 50,000 yuan in the first phase to help the innovative exploration of the joint action of art villages.
It is also understood that as an advocate of the spirit of care, an aggregator of public welfare forces, and a promoter of civilized life, Caring will actively explore scene innovation in the field of public welfare, through "art + public welfare", "intangible cultural heritage + public welfare", "reading + public welfare", "design + public welfare", "performance + public welfare", "cultural creativity + public welfare" and other forms of cultural expression, promote the integration of public welfare into the lives of citizens, integrate the work and life scenes of Shenzhen people with the diversified public welfare scenes that inspire citizens to participate in caring actions, and integrate the brand public welfare projects of caring actions into the overall situation of building a "culturally strong city" in Shenzhen.
As one of the 19th creative December projects in Shenzhen, Chen Xiangbo's Zodiac Works Exhibition is hosted by Shenzhen Caring Action Public Welfare Association, Tuyang Design (Shenzhen)**Shenzhen Caring Action Public Welfare Association, Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare**, Shenzhen Boya Art***, Shenzhen Young Artists Association, Shenzhen Gongbi Painting Society, Hualin**, Art Record, Shenzhen Bay Science and Technology Development*** Support, the exhibition will last until January 24, 2024, by Shenzhen Publicity Culture** Subsidize.
Chen Xiangbo, Director of Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum and Initiator of Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare, Tong Qiao, Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Caring Action Public Welfare Association, Pi Fangfang, Assistant to CEO and General Manager of Wealth Customer Department of Hualin, Cao Yingwang, Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Artists Association, Chen Junyu, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Executive Director of Shenzhen Cultural Enterprise Development, Dong Ming, General Manager, Liu Zhenchun, Vice Chairman of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, Liu Zuxing, Chairman of the Trade Union of China Unicom Shenzhen Company, Yu Guoqiang, Chairman of the SF Federation of Trade Unions, Xie Pengcheng, Chairman of Jingwu Group, Chi Chi, Executive Chairman of Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare, Yang Jingwen, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of Shenzhen Watch Industry Association, Wu Jie, Chairman of Huishan Yunya Charity and Initiator of Zhongke Juvenile Science and Technology Aesthetic Education Innovation Education Center, Yang Xianghong, General Manager of Shenzhen Yueyuan Cultural Development, and other leaders and guests participated in the day's activities.
*:Manuscript Shenzhen Evening News ** Shenzhen Press Group Audition Center).
About the Artist
Chen Xiangbo,Born in Hunan in 1963, he is a first-class artist and currently the director of Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen.
He has held and currently holds major academic positions: Vice President of China Gongbi Painting Society, Deputy Director of the Art Museum Professional Committee of the Chinese Museums Association, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, Master Tutor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Doctoral Supervisor of City University of Macau, Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of Shenzhen Artists Association, Shenzhen Charity Association Chen Xiangbo Art Public Welfare Initiator, Member of China Artists Association, Curatorial Art Committee, He is a member of the Working Committee of the Art Museum, a director of the Chinese Painting Society, the vice president of the Guangdong Chinese Painting Society, the executive vice president of the Guangdong Art Museum Association, an expert with special allowance in Shenzhen, a leading talent at the local level, an expert in the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone, and a representative of the 6th and 7th People's Congress of Shenzhen.
Main areas of expertise: art museum operation and curation, Chinese painting creation and research, art education. Among them, he has made pioneering contributions to the operation and curation of art museums, Guan Shanyue's art research, and the creation of Chinese gongbi paintings. More than 600 works of art have been included in various publications, and more than 100 works have been collected by many professional institutions at home and abroad, including the National Art Museum of China. He has held more than 10 solo exhibitions in the United States, Hungary and other countries, as well as Hong Kong and mainland China. His works have participated in national, provincial and municipal art exhibitions and won many awards. He has published seven personal monographs. He is the chief editor of more than 100 anthologies and art collections. He has published more than one million words of fine arts, scattered in various professional publications, anthologies and art collections.