At the opening ceremony of the exhibition on October 14, Zhu Bingren took a group photo with the audience in front of his work “Rice Kedao, Extraordinary Rice”. Photo by Xinhua Wang Lili

Xinhuanet Singapore, October 16 (Reporter Wang Lili) Chinese copper melting artist Zhu Bingren held an art solo exhibition entitled “Melting the Ancient and Casting the New” at the China Cultural Center in Singapore on the 14th.

On October 14, the audience was admiring Zhu Bingren’s work “A Thousand Waves of Snow”. Photo by Xinhua Wang Lili

The golden rice, the heavy ears of rice, Zhu Bingren, the inheritor of China’s national intangible cultural heritage bronze carving skills, created “Rice Kedao, Extraordinary Rice” is like a dream harvest scene in the water town. Zhu Bingren pointed out that it is difficult to sculpt the broken structure of rice ears, and hopes to convey the common concern of Chinese and Singaporean artists about poverty and people’s livelihood around the world.

Plants, waves, figurines…… Under Zhu Bingren’s hands, the thick and calm copper metal became lively and flexible, and was also endowed with a variety of bright colors, making China’s 5,000-year-old bronze culture burst out with a new artistic appeal.

Zhu Bingren’s work “Sunflower to the Sun” displayed at the exhibition. Photo by Xinhua Wang Lili

More than 300 Singaporeans from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony, and the exhibition will run until 29 October.

On October 14, the audience was admiring Zhu Bingren’s work “Falling into the World’s Autumn”. Photo by Xinhua Wang Lili

Zhu Bingren was born in a family of copper artists in Shaoxing, and in the 80s of the last century, Zhu Bingren, who was over 40 years old, regained the copper art inheritance of his ancestors. While inheriting traditional skills, he also excavated and innovated bronze carving skills. He designed and cast exquisite contemporary Chinese copper buildings such as Hangzhou Leifeng Pagoda, Emei Golden Dome, and Lingyin Copper Palace, and also created a precedent for copper murals and colorful copper sculpture towers. In addition, the copper decoration of the main venue of the G20 Hangzhou Summit and the Xiamen BRICS Summit was also made by his team. In the lobby of the China Cultural Centre in Singapore, Chu Bingren’s “Spring and Qingyan” is also on display, which uses the traditional Chinese ink painting method to cast a plum blossom in molten copper on a marble slab.