Wu Weishan Cultural Figures Sculpture Exhibition

Ms.Hadley and Ms.Bartell led our class to Nanjing University to see a sculpture exhibition by Wu Weishan in 2008.12.4.An expert on sculpture.

In this sculpture exhibition,some of the artworks are traditional and some are contemporary.Because there are too many different artworks and they all represent different people or events.Some are traditional people and some are contemporary people.

My favourite artwork is"Confucius".The artist is Wu Weishan and he made it in 1995.The artwork's colour is a little bit green and it seems very smooth.Wu Weishan used a lot of rough lines in this artwork and Confucius' face looks very specific.Because he shows a lot of details for example the wrinkles.Very real and clearly.The subject of the artwork is Confucius and I see a lot of beard hairs are on his face and really long.

This artwork makes me feel magical because I can't imagine how Wu Weishan made this artwork and mention all of the details.So I realized the magic thar art has.When I first saw this artwork,I just thought about the traditional culture of China.Seems that this artwork can really remid me of Chinese culture.As we all know,Confucius was an ideologist.a politician and an educator.He effected the whole China even other parts of the world.For example a lot of Japanese words were came from China and a lot of countries have China town......Many countries started to learn from China since Confucius had some of his own ideas.He affected the culture and attitude of Chinese people.I think the artist's intention is remind us to never forget the traditional culture of China and remember we are Chinese!

I want to say that,I really like this artwork.Because Confucius can represent China and Chinese culture so I really admire him.When I saw the artwork I was shocked.Seemed that I can read someting from Confucius' eyes.He seems to tell me to study hard and never give up.He looked so kind and polite.Just like my grandfather.This artwork really interested me.The artist made Confucius' face so real and he worked on details so it seemed natural.I think other people might appreciate the artwork.Because we're all Chinese and Confucius is just a symbol of China.Everyone respects him!

In conclusion,this exhibition gave me a very deep impression.I really enjoyed it.They are all fatastic sculptures and I hope I can have many chances like this to enjoy arts in the future!