运用陶瓷进行当代艺术的转化——吕品昌的远行与回归

在中国共产党历史展览馆西广场上矗立的汉白玉群雕《信仰》，已成为镌刻新时代思想精神的大型公共艺术典范。作为该群雕的主创艺术家，吕品昌率领中央美院雕塑团队为此付出三年的艰辛探索，数易其稿，使该作既典型性地塑造了百年党史涌现出的为信仰而英勇奋斗的众多英模形象，也通过群雕中不断呈现向党宣誓的庄严神态，彰显了党的百年奋斗历程所蕴藏的无比强大的信仰力量。该组群雕较好地处理了英雄原型的个性化形象刻画与群雕众多人物的前后衔接与有机组合，以及使握拳宣誓的体态既富有气势也构成相互呼应，由此形成大型群雕的整体动感等难题。

The white marble group sculpture Faith, which stands on the west square of the Museum of the Communist Party of China, is a monumental example of public art, embodying the ideological spirit of the new era. As the chief artist of this group sculpture, Lv Pinchang led the sculpture team from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) through three years of arduous exploration and made numerous revisions, so that the work not only typically portrays the numerous heroic models who fought bravely for faith in the hundred-year history of the Party, but also demonstrates the extremely powerful faith force inherent in the hundred-year struggle of the Party through the solemn expressions of those swearing allegiance to the Party that are continuously presented in the group sculpture. This group sculpture has addressed several difficult problems well, such as properly handling the individualized image depiction of heroic prototypes, the connection and organic combination of numerous figures in the group sculpture from front to back, and making the fist-clenching and swearing postures both full of momentum and mutually responsive, thus creating the overall sense of movement in this large-scale group sculpture.

Figure 1. Lv Pinchang. On-Site No.1 Qianlong Blue and White. Found objects and foamed ceramic, 150×86×60cm, 2024.

It should be said that the artistic level and achievements of Faith reflect the rich practical experience accumulated by Lv Pinchang, the chief artist, and his consistent pursuit of art. As early as the mid-1990s, Lv Pinchang followed senior sculptor Cheng Yunxian to successively complete a series of works, including A Generation of Heroes in the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Hall, Towards Victory in Zao Garden in Yan’an and Liberate the Whole of China in the Military Museum. During this process, Lv Pinchang accumulated experience in character prototype accumulation for thematic sculptures and realistic sculpture creation.

应当说，《信仰》大型户外雕塑的艺术水准及成就，体现了作为主创艺术家的吕品昌丰厚的实践积累和一以贯之的艺术求索。早在上世纪90年代中期，吕品昌便追随前辈雕塑家程允贤先后创作完成了八一南昌起义纪念馆的《一代英豪》、延安枣园的《走向胜利》和军事博物馆的《解放全中国》等，在这个过程中，吕品昌积累了主题性雕塑的人物原型积累以及写实雕塑的创作经验。

Figure 2. Lv Pinchang. A Fu No.8 Flute-Playing. Pottery, 42×42×55cm, 1994.