Chinese tennis player Wu Yizhen presented the X Art Museum at the 2022us open for pictures

Beijing, September 12 (Xinhua Ying Ni) Wu Yiyi, who created the history of Chinese men’s singles in the 2022 US Open, has aroused widespread concern, and a “small medal” on the left sleeve of his jersey also attracted the attention of many audiences. Different from the common sponsor logo in the past, this “art medal” is made from the miniature series of “variation of Lugen chalk cliff” by Xu tired, a Chinese artist collected in X Art Museum “, successfully brought the beauty of Chinese art to the world on the tennis court.

This time, the X Art Museum invited Chinese tennis player Wu Yizhen to become an international friend of the museum, and customized armband printed with Chinese artists’ works for him at the 2022us Open tennis tournament, it is a new attempt of X Art Museum to combine art and sports across borders. It is also a new direction of the museum’s long-term project “X mobile art museum”: using player jerseys as carriers, it not only empowers Chinese athletes, but also leads the works of Chinese excellent artists to the international stage, showing the strength of Chinese art to the world and transmitting the power of Chinese art.

Customized armband X art gallery for Chinese artists’ works

When talking about the opportunity to cooperate with Wu Yizhen, Huang Yufu, founder and curator of X Art Museum, said: “I know Wu Yizhen is a potential athlete, and he is in a particularly good state after returning from injury, therefore, we just have this opportunity. We hope to complete a creative cross-border cooperation with him-using the jersey as a moving canvas, let China’s excellent works of art be seen by domestic and even global audiences in this way. We are very happy to finalize the design in a very short time. This is not a traditional logo. We hope that the audience can feel the power of Chinese art.”

The work displayed on this armband belongs to the variation of Lugen chalk cliff series painting series, which is a classic work by Xu tired, a master of Chinese new ink painting and calligraphy, and is currently on display in the China Pavilion of Venice Biennale. The prototype of the work is the landscape painting of German Romantic painter Friedrich. The artist thinks that this is the symbol of “the world”. If the danger is Linyuan, it looks like a dream. He uses the painting style of different countries to replace those mountains and trees, and also changes different seasons and hours. This work displayed on Wu Yiqi’s Jersey shows the state of Song Dynasty’s landscape, as if it is facing a spiritual entrance with a civilized vision of the United States, the United States and the Republic, in order to be peaceful in the Horizon View. At present, the series “variation of Lugen chalk cliff” is on display in the China Pavilion of Venice Biennale painting series.

Xu tired’s works variation of Lugen chalk cliff series painting series X art gallery for pictures

Just like the “X” of X art, the intersection of two lines means the infinite possibility of cross-thought collision, believing that art and sports can also collide with different sparks. Huang Jifu said that the first thing he thought of this cross-border attempt was Xu tired’s works, because he was good at depicting contemporary and international works with Chinese traditional ink painting, it is a very good entry point for the world audience to understand Chinese art.

Speaking of this “cross-border”, Xu tired said: “I am very glad that this painting can be scaled down on the jersey to accompany the athletes to win. Although sports are different from art, one is moving and the other is quiet, they can all bring a wide range of appreciation. In terms of Chinese traditional thought, it is the balance between the two extremes. In terms of ancient Greek art, it is also a combination of strength and beauty.”

As a pioneer art museum in China, X Art Museum has always adhered to the concept of “Art is everywhere” and is committed to breaking the inherent impression of the public on traditional art galleries, combining the current trend culture and art that are loved by young people, with more avant-garde and novel exhibition content, explore the road of cross-border cooperation and development of art.

Huang Jifu said that since the opening of the X Art Museum, it has been committed to promoting Chinese artists worldwide. From the three-year exhibition to the recently promoted “X Mobile Art Museum”, these projects are all exploring excellent Chinese artists, especially the artistic power of the new generation, and they also hope to make the public understand, chinese art is booming. (Finished)