现代木雕艺术的开拓者——记中国黄杨木雕代表性传承人高公博

A Pioneer of Modern Woodcarving——Chinese Boxwood Carving Inheritor Gao Gongbo

黄杨木雕是历史悠久的民间工艺雕刻品种,到明清已经成熟并逐渐定型。成品以人物居多,精雕细刻的写实人物,讲究线条的柔美流畅,追求行云流水似的艺术效果。出生于浙江黄杨木雕之乡温州乐清的中国工艺美术大师高公博,经过五十载的艺术探索,在传统黄杨木雕的基础上,成功创造了根雕、劈雕、意雕三大新型艺术表现手法,让黄杨木雕走出了数百年困局,成为现代黄杨木雕艺术的开拓者和传统黄杨木雕艺术的集大成者。

Gao Gongbo,a representative inheritor of Chinese boxwood carving,was born in Leqing,Wenzhou,which is the hometown of boxwood carving.After fifty years’ artistic quest,Gao,based on traditional boxwood carving,successfully created three new artistic expressions called "root carving", "chopping carving" and "concept carving",making boxwood carving finally get rid of its hundred years’ development embarrassment.The success and attainments turned Gao into a pioneer of modern boxwood carving art and a comprehensive master of traditional boxwood carving art.