Original Title: Approaching the Winter Olympics | Best Works Appeared in the Global Call for Public Art Works of the Beijing Winter Olympics
After more than a year of extensive collection and careful selection, 10 works have emerged from the global collection of public art works for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, and will be seen with the public on the 14th.
It is reported that the solicitation was launched on July 9, 2020, and a total of 1,613 proposals submitted by 1,313 applicants from more than 50 countries and regions including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Russia have been received. A large number of young people The artist develops cultural creations with the theme of the Winter Olympics.
In order to ensure the fairness and professionalism of the selection work, the organizer completed the evaluation under the full notarization, and selected 44 shortlisted award schemes and 20 nominated award schemes. The 10 best works were selected by public online voting. After being enlarged and produced, they will be permanently placed in venues, facilities and city parks that are conducive to displaying the image of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, seven of the 10 best works have landed in Beijing, and currently six of them have been completed, including “Snow Dance 2022” located in the northwest corner of the National Speed Skating Stadium and under the Beijing Winter Olympic Village. “Scenery along the way, the rhythm of life” at the entrance of Shen Square, “Lights and Colorful” at the main entrance square of Yanqing competition area, “Boat” at the Urban Green Heart Forest Park, “New ET” at the South Square of Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park, Shougang Park 3 “No. 3 Snowboarder from Another Parallel Universe” in the green space on the southeast side of BF. The work “Red Tenacity” located in the National Speed Skating Stadium is in production.
Han Zirong, the full-time vice chairman and secretary-general of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the call for activities attracted extensive participation of domestic and foreign artists, fully embodies the Beijing Winter Olympics’ shared and open Olympic concept, and interprets the modern Olympic spirit of unity, peace and friendship. These works have multiple artistic languages and various forms of presentation, and will become the city’s new iconic landscape and beautiful business card, and will also leave an important Winter Olympic cultural heritage for the city. (Reporter Zhang Xiao Guo Yujing)
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