The Olympic Games is not only a grand event of sports, but also a symbol of peace, friendship and progress. China sculptor Huang Jian has created more than 40 sculptures for the 6th Olympic Games in the past 20 years, contributing to the inheritance of the Olympic spirit. He was also called an Olympic art ambassador with an Olympic dream of peace by IOC President Bach, and was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award for Inheriting the Olympic Spirit.
In front of the gate of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee in Shougang Park, Beijing, there stands a sculpture named "The Covenant of Winter Olympics". This sculpture takes figure skating as the theme and tells the story of a China teenager and an ancient Greek girl meeting in Beijing Winter Olympics through time and space.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:The two of them danced harmoniously on the ice and snow and flew to a bright future together, which embodies the idea of the Winter Olympics, "pure ice and snow, passionate dating".
Including the Covenant of Winter Olympics, Huang Jian created a total of 28 works for the Beijing Winter Olympics, including colorful gold music dynamic sculptures, Song of Winter Olympics, Dream of Winter Olympics and Dance of Winter Olympics, as well as the Covenant of Ten Thousand Years, Hundred Years of Ice Play and Ode to Olympic Health, which embody the long and splendid sports civilization, and the Olympic Dream and China Red, which show the hard work of China Olympic athletes. They are placed in Shougang Park, Yanqing, Dongao Village and other places, which has become a highlight of this Winter Olympics.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:The work behind us is called Together for the Future, which is also the theme of our Winter Olympics.
Huang Jian also created a number of national gifts for the Winter Olympics, among which "Winter Olympic Flame" and "A Dream of Concentric Circles" were presented to Greek President Saclaropoulos and International Olympic Committee President Bach respectively.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:Holding the Olympic flame, the Olympic Goddess is like such a bright light that leads people out of the dark tunnel of COVID-19 epidemic, so she must be very high, see a kind of light, a kind of warmth, and a kind of peace and friendship.
In July 2001, Beijing successfully applied for the Olympic Games. From that moment on, Huang Jian had the Olympic dream of using sculpture art to carry forward the Olympic spirit, tell the story of China, enhance the friendship among countries and promote world peace. From her first work for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Ma Qiutu, the Imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty, to the Sino-British Polo Friendship in the London Olympic Games in 2012, the China-Pakistan Football Friendship in the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, the Olympic Goddess in the Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2020 and the Sino-Japanese Judo Friendship in the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, Huang Jian’s works will not be absent from every Olympic Games.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:As an artist, I feel that in such a grand event that attracts worldwide attention as the Olympic Games, we are holding the flame at this time, and every move we make is attracting the world’s attention. At this time, it is very meaningful for us to convey our concept of peace through a work.
In recognition of Huang Jian’s contribution to the spread of Olympic culture. The International Olympic Committee awarded her the title of the world’s first Olympic art ambassador, and Bach even praised the Olympic goddess created by Huang Jian.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:The Olympic Goddess is a great symbol of the Olympic spirit and world peace. I hope that the Olympic Goddess will fly from Lausanne, the modern Olympic capital, to the host city of each Olympic Games, spread the flowers of Olympic peace all over the world, and let the voice of Olympic peace spread to Tianyu.
Bach hopes that under the guidance of the Olympic goddess, sports and art will unite and work together to realize the Olympic dream of peace.
Huang Jian, Sculptor of Olympic Art Ambassador:United as one. Because this is also the core value of the Olympic Games, that is, it starts with peace, prospers with peace, develops with peace, and unites everyone with peace. That is a charm of peace, and I think this charm is also eternal.