Sibylle Schwarz- A German Surrealist, Designer, Concept, DNA & Artist 

​“When Birds Stop Singing” "鸟儿在哀鸣......"
– German Contemporary Artist Ms. Sibylle Schwarz Expressed Sympathy on China’s Earthquake.

​http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2013-05/08/content_16484716.htm

 

Charlotte, North Carolina, April 22, 2013. – By Prof. Weihong Yan

April 20th, 13, a deadly earthquake strikes China's Sichuan province. Ms. Sibylle Schwarz, a famous German artist, living in Stuttgart, Germany, extended her condolences to those affected by the earthquake in Sichuan, China through her artistic language. At her home in Stuttgart, Ms. Schwarz did over forty drawings, including “Two Sisters Crying”, “A Face of Pains”, and “When Birds Stop Singing” that conveyed her thoughts and prayers going out to the people of China.  
 

Sibylle Schwarz posted on Facebook: “Long time ago, when we moved into a new home, I found two diaries in my basement, one from a priest and another one from a woman, she is a doctor, who lived and worked there (in China). Today I took one of these unfinished diaries and start drawing, after Prof. Weihong sent me pictures of China earthquake...full of pain.” (PIC 2 AND PIC3)

Ms. Sibylle Schwarz is an internationally acclaimed surrealist, concept and DNA artist; her artworks have the quality of Picasso’s artworks, and many of her works stylize the aesthetic elements of Chinese traditional ink painting. “My art philosophy has been deeply influenced by Chinese traditional art as well as calligraphy. I love Chinese culture and Peking Opera.” She said. Mr. Wolf Rosenthal, a famous German journalist, commented on the above image, he said: “I am speechless, feel so sad, Ms. Sibylle, l but I definitely see tears, pain and hear crying, respectful!”

“Art Unites the People of the Earth, we are honored to have Ms. Sibylle Schwarz, a high profile, and distinguished art professor from Berlin University of the Arts, Germany to utilize her unique artistic language to express mother-like sympathy for the victims of China’s earthquake. When she sent her earthquake artworks to me, I was totally shocked. Her artistic language is very powerful, and touchy.” Said Professor Weihong Yan, the assistant professor of Chinese language, literature and culture in the Department of Humanities, Director, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University, North Carolina. Professor Yan, as an advisor, is conducting Dr. Zhao Hong, *Dr. Ouyang Zhongshi’s pupil, professor of Chinese calligraphy from Capitol Normal University in Beijing, China and Ms. Sibylle Schwarz to work on an interdisciplinary academic research project exploring Chinese ancient characters and Western painting using in Sibylle Schwarz’s surrealistic drawings. The 5,000 years long tradition in China includes the six major scripts:  oracle bone, bronze script, seal script, clerical script, standard script and grass script. So far they have made great progress on the project. Professor Yan has been advising Ms. Schwarz to combine the philosophy of surrealism of her art with Chinese characters to create new art forms or styles that express eastern and western aesthetic views.

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Professor Weihong Yan wrote to Ms. Sibylle Schwarz in German: “Sibylle, ich grüsse dich und verbeuge mich vor dir!”

 

翻译/TRANSLATION：

“鸟儿在哀鸣” 中国日报纽约总部报道。
— 享誉世界的德国画家西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士用画笔向中国地震灾区寄哀思。
2013 年 4 月 20 日中国四川雅安发生震级为 7.0 级的强烈地震。一位居住在德国斯图加特的 世界著名超现实主义艺术家西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士,通过她独特的艺术作品对在地震中受灾的四川人民表示深刻的慰问。在她斯图加特的家里,舒尔茨女士一夜未眠, 创作了四十余件作品,其中包括“李总理关爱人民”、“哭泣的姐妹”、(Crying Sisters) “殇”、 (Crying, China Earthquake)“鸟儿在哀鸣” (When Birds Stop Singing)等。这些赋有强烈情感的 绘画作品,将她的爱心与受灾的中国人民的情思联在了一起,并带去了她的祈福。 (图 1)

西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士在 Facebook 上向来自全世界数万名粉丝这样写道:“很久以前, 在刚搬进新家的时候,我在地下室发现了两本日记, 一本是描牧师的生活记录;另 一本则是一女医生所写故事,  这本日记有一百多年历史了。这本日记本本身具有丰富的感情 和爱心, 我用这样一本历史悠久的日记本来作画, 以表达我也是表达我对中国四川受灾人民 的爱心, 现在, 我拿出其中一本还有很多空白纸的日记本开始了创作。当闫伟红教授将中国 四川地震的图片发给我后......我深感悲痛!” (图 2 和图 3)

西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士是一位在国际上享有盛名的超现实主义艺术家、一笔 画大师、插图艺术家、概念艺术艺术家和 DNA 艺术家,作品品质之高可与毕加索相比。 她的艺术作品还渗透了中国传统国画的审美特征。西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士曾说: “我的创作深受中国传统国画和书法的影响。我钟爱中国文化, 特别是京剧。”对此, 费佛尔大学 孔子学院院长闫伟红深有感触, 他说:“艺术使世界团结在一起, 西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士是一个伟大善良的画家, 她的作品具有强烈的震撼力! 我们很荣幸也很感激这位来自德国柏林艺术大学知名教授用艺术的方式对我们受难同胞的关注和献爱心。她的绘画中强烈的艺术表现力让我非常感动。” 沃尔夫先生,(Wolf Rosenthal ) 一位德国资深记者看了舒尔茨女士的作品说:“您的作品使我听到了孩子的哭泣声和妈妈的伤心呼唤声, 太震撼了! 多么伟大的艺术作品!”。(图 4)

闫教授与西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士目前正共同致力于研究一个跨学科课题项目“西方绘画与中国古汉字”。 中国文字在 5000 年历史的演变过程中经历了 6 种不同书 写形式:甲骨文、金文、篆书、隶书、楷书和草书。在闫教授引领之下, 首都师范大学欧阳 中石弟子赵宏教授与西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士正在合作, 将中国汉字和"六体书"书法艺术融合于舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)女士的超现实主义绘画的哲学理念中, 以创造出一 种全新的艺术形式或风格来表达中西方不同的审美观念, 这项前所未有的学术研究已经取得 了很大的进展。350 幅“汉字书法—超现实主义绘画作品”将于 2013 年底在美国夏洛特历史博 物馆亮相。

西蓓莉-舒尔茨(Sibylle Schwarz)还在信中向费佛尔大学孔子学院表示, “我将通过贵院, 把我的作品赠送给孔子学院。”同时她还为孔子学院创作了一幅一笔画“孔子学院”。(图 4)

闫伟红院长在她的Facebook上用德文留下了感激之词:“Sibylle, ich grüsse dich und verbeuge mich vor dir!”。(“向您敬礼和鞠躬, 谢谢了!”)