新中国第一代女雕塑家何鄂大型回顾展在深圳美术馆开幕

9月23日，新中国第一代女雕塑家何鄂的大型雕塑作品回顾展在深圳美术馆开幕1。展览展出253件雕塑、手稿及文献，系统呈现了这位已逾九十岁艺术家七十年的创作轨迹1。展览分为"起、承、转、合"四个部分，从敦煌石窟临摹到当代创新，打破了外界对其"仅有一件代表作"的刻板认识1。

何鄂自1962年起在敦煌驻守整整十二年1。其创作于上世纪八十年代的代表作《黄河母亲》彰显了其独特的艺术语言1。何鄂曾表示："15岁参加革命，埋下了一颗艺术为人民的种子。然后在敦煌12年……改革开放这一颗在母体里得到孕育的种子开花结果。"1四十多年前，何鄂在深圳第一次见到招手即停的中巴车，这一经历改变了她对世界的看法1。她说："深圳是改变我观念的福地。雕塑是我的心脉，是我的血液。"1

除艺术创作外，何鄂还自费出版了《中国当代女雕塑家》画册，汇集一百多位女雕塑家的作品1。本次回顾展将持续至12月10日1。

A major retrospective exhibition of works by He E, China's first-generation female sculptor, opened at the Shenzhen Museum of Art on September 23, presenting 253 sculptures, sketches, and archival documents spanning seven decades of artistic practice 1. The 90-year-old artist's comprehensive career journey—from Dunhuang cave temples to the Yellow River's banks and finally to Shenzhen—challenges the public's narrow perception of her legacy as limited to a single masterpiece 1.

The exhibition, organized into four sections titled "Beginning, Continuation, Transformation, and Resolution," traces He E's artistic trajectory from her early studies copying Dunhuang frescoes to her contemporary innovations 1. He E spent twelve years stationed in Dunhuang starting in 1962, an intensive period that proved formative to her practice 1. Her iconic sculpture "Mother of the Yellow River," created in the 1980s, remains among her most recognized works 1. Beyond her sculptures, He E self-published a monograph titled "Contemporary Chinese Female Sculptors," compiling works by over one hundred women artists in the field 1.

He E has credited Shenzhen with transforming her worldview, describing it as "a blessed land that changed my perspective" more than four decades ago when she first witnessed the city's rapid modernization, including the sight of minibuses that could stop anywhere 1. Reflecting on her journey, she stated: "At age fifteen, I joined the revolution, planting a seed of art for the people. Then in Dunhuang for twelve years...this seed nurtured in its mother's womb bore fruit through reform and opening-up" 1. She has characterized her artistic practice as fundamental to her identity, saying "Sculpture is my lifeblood, it is my essence" 1. The retrospective concludes on December 10 1.