Chen Wenbin Shoushan Stone Carving Art Research

Chen Wenbin,born in 1955 in Jianou County,Fujian Province,deserves to be one of the most influential sculptors of the times in Shoushan stone carving,a "college school" rising after the reform and opening up.After the Cultural Revolution,Chen Wenbin successfully enrolled in Fujian Arts and Crafts School and entered the sculpture department for systematic learning.After graduation in 1980,he came to Fujian Arts and Crafts Laboratory and devoted himself to Shoushan Stone Carving Creation.His pursuit of art has not only absorbed the orthodox training of colleges and universities,but also has a good artistic theoretical basis of the "Academy School",and benefited from the guidance of the "East" and "West" sculptors in the industry in Fujian Arts and Crafts Experimental Factory.It has practiced solid technology,and through its own efforts,formed its own unique style and features of sculpture.His subjects are extensive.Later in the late 1980 s,he began to concentrate on figure round sculpture.He fully integrated Western sculpture language into Shoushan stone sculpture works,so that the traditional Shoushan stone sculpture has a modern western aesthetic feeling.Chen Wenbin has skilled sculpture skills.On the basis of combining the unique color characteristics of Shoushan Stone,he has injected Chinese traditional culture hidden but not exposed into the composition of his works,which is highly appreciated by colleagues both inside and outside Shoushan Stone Sculpture Collection Industry.Chen Wenbin is a very low-key master of Chinese arts and crafts in the contemporary Shoushan stone sculpture industry.Under the background of reform and opening-up,the reason why Chen Wenbin has made such a high achievement in Shoushan stone sculpture art is his talent and efforts in art specialization on the one hand,and his low-key and simple living in the world on the other.Through the analysis and study of Chen Wenbin's career and achievements in Shoushan stone carving art,the purpose is to reveal the connotation and path of Shoushan stone carving art,and to provide assistance for the development of the industry.