Poetry Of Sculpture

Contents......Page 7
Foreword Yang Zhenning......Page 6
Advancing towards a Boundless Universe......Page 14
1. Father and His Poems......Page 18
2. Spiritual Sketches......Page 26
3. Picking Up Treasures from Old Bookstalls......Page 36
Global Village of Artists......Page 38
China in the Eyes of Europeans......Page 41
An Old Dutch Man’s Special Affections for China......Page 44
Playing Host in the Netherlands......Page 45
The Screw on the Move......Page 48
Making a Sculpture of the Queen of the Netherlands......Page 50
Speech by F.J.M. Houben, Chief Representative of the Queen of the Netherlands and Governor of the Province of Noord-Brabant, at the Handing-Over-Ceremony of Sculpture of the Queen of the Netherlands......Page 52
Speech by Wu Weishan at the Handing-Over-Ceremony......Page 53
Standing in Front of Mona Lisa......Page 56
Close Up with Auguste Rodin......Page 57
The Lessons from Horse......Page 59
An Instant Moment Can Also Be Eternal......Page 61
Holding Exhibitions in San Francisco......Page 64
The Bridge Is Only That Long......Page 69
Robin’s World......Page 72
Avenue of the Stars......Page 74
Visiting “Son” in the U.S.......Page 76
A Strange Encounter at the Museum — Rumination on Works......Page 80
The Sleeping Child Wins the Award......Page 82
My Sculptures Do Not Cater to Westerners An interview after winning the Pangolin Award Xue Longchun and Shang Rong......Page 89
Sculptures by Professor Wu Weishan Anthony Stones......Page 97
Holding Exhibitions in Tokyo......Page 106
Inexpressible Emotions Tom. M Aoyama......Page 108
A Challenger of the Modern Soul Saburo Kosugi......Page 109
9. Boisterous Hong Kong......Page 118
Heaven and Earth and Affections between Mother and Son......Page 121
Wu Weishan's Stint at HKUST Foreword of Wu Weishan's Sculptures and Paintings Woo Chia-wei......Page 123
The Symbol of Chinese Culture Speech at the Unveiling Ceremony of Qian Mu’s Sculpture......Page 124
The Pinnacle Display of Portrait Sculpture King Yeo-chi......Page 126
Sculpting the Times......Page 134
Introduction......Page 138
Reading Wu Weishan’s Candour, Purity and Simplicity Yang Zhenning......Page 144
Speech by Yang Zhenning at the Unveiling Ceremony of His Sculpture in Tsinghua University (May 2004)......Page 145
Speech by Yang Zhenning at the Unveiling Ceremony of His Sculpture in Nanjing University (October 2005)......Page 146
Speech by Yang Zhenning at the Opening Ceremony of “Casting the Soul with the Literary Heart — Exhibition of Wu Weishan’s Sculptural Works”......Page 147
2. Talking about Form and Spirit with Pride and Exultance On the Spirit of Art by Fei Xiaotong......Page 148
3. A Name Remembered throughout Generations Impressions of 100-year-old Gu Yuxiu......Page 154
4. A Devoted Ox of Chinese Culture In memory of Xiong Bingming......Page 162
Solidified History......Page 173
Sculpting with Four Hands Xiong Bingming......Page 177
Knowledge of Self Is Wisdom Wu Weishan......Page 179
5. An Oriental Old Sage......Page 182
Promoting Chinese Culture, Creating a New Era of Sculpture......Page 183
6. Making a Sculpture of Lin Sanzhi Six Times......Page 186
7. The Humour of a Master Mathematician Chang Jian......Page 194
8. Sculpting Confucius Using Ancient Methods......Page 198
9. An Instant of a Peasant-Scientist......Page 200
10. The Form of Old Man Shanyuan......Page 203
11. Sculpting the Confident and Deep Xiao Xian......Page 206
12. The Soul of Similarity and Dissimilarity......Page 208
13. A Minute Detail......Page 210
14. Sculpting Wu Zuoren......Page 212
15. Sculptures of Cultural Notables......Page 214
On Creating Freehand Sculpture......Page 228
1. The Theory of Freehand Sculpting (Excerpt)......Page 236
2. My Views on the Characteristics and Styles of Chinese Sculptural Art Expounding the Eight Major Types of Ancient Chinese Sculpture......Page 241
I. Primitive, simple and unpolished imagery......Page 242
II. Strange abstractness of the Shang dynasty......Page 243
III. Decorative and realistic depiction in Qin figurines......Page 244
IV. Firm and vigorous freehandedness of the Han dynasty......Page 245
V. Ideal modelling in Buddhism......Page 248
VI. Realistic depiction of the customs of the Song dynasty......Page 250
VII. Form exaggeration in imperial mausoleums......Page 251
VIII. Expression of simplicity among the people......Page 252
3. Sculpting the Spirit of the Times......Page 256
4. The Soul of Western Han Dynasty Imageries in Wooden Sculptures......Page 264
5. Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 1: Rumination on Comparison......Page 271
6. Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 2: Vividness in Ambiguity......Page 274
7. Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 3: Viewing Sculpture beyond Ambiguity......Page 278
8. From Clay to Bronze......Page 280
9. The Primitive Spirit in Modern Sculpture......Page 284
10. The Poetry of Sculpture Speech at the UNESCO Centre of Macau and University of Macau......Page 294
11. Tradition and Innovation Speech at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology......Page 316
A. Tradition......Page 319
B. Innovation......Page 323
1) The influence of the spirit of the times on innovation:......Page 325
2) Innovation — Vertical Development......Page 327
3) Innovation — Horizontal Development......Page 328
4) Innovation — In a crisscross complexity......Page 331
12. Pictures of Freehand Sculptures......Page 336
Appendix A Collection of Comments and Short Reviews......Page 342
 Boutros Boutros-Ghali  Former Secretary-General of the United Nations......Page 345
Johannes Rau Former President of Germany......Page 346
Jiang Shusheng Chairman of Central Committee of China Democratic League and Former President of Nanjing University......Page 350
Jin Shangyi Chairman of China Artists Association and Painter......Page 351
Fan Di’an Director of the National Art Museum of China and Art Critic......Page 353
Wang Wenzhang President of the China Art Academy......Page 355
Yuan Yunpu Professor of Qinghua University and Artist......Page 357
Shao Dazhen Professor of China Central Academy of Fine Arts and Art Critic......Page 358
About Wu Weishan......Page 359
Postscript......Page 361