A.
1. What is the title of the exhibition?
Wu Weishan’s sculpture of cultural figures
2. What kind of art is being shown?
Sculptures.
3. Is the artwork made by one artist or by several artists?
By one artist.
4. Is the artwork traditional or contemporary?
The artworks are traditional.
B.
Artist: Wu Weishan
Title: The most kind people are like water.
Date: 2006
1. Describe the artwork.
The title of the artwork is “the most kind people are like water” and it was made by Wu Weishan in 2006.The sculpture is a cultural figure: Laozi. The artist did not use very specific shapes and lines on his face, but very clear textures on his clothes. At first, it was made of mud, then people used model to make it again by bronze, then it is bronze as we can see now.
The title is from a book named Laozi, it was written by Laozi’s students who gathered Laozi’s famous sentences. The subject of the artwork is not to be greedy for honor.
When I observe the sculpture, the head of Laozi is not very specific, Wu Weishan just used a lot of textures on his forehead and cheeks to tell us he is a very old man and full of wisdom. His body is very thin under the big robe. The robe’s shape is just like the wind blows it. Lower the robe is, more water-like the shape is. The textures are very clear and smooth until the bottom of the sculpture.
2. Interpret the artwork.
This artwork makes me feel the virtue in human’s hearts because of the smooth lines of water which represents purity and clear, the most pure level that the heart can be. Also from the sculpture, Wu Weishan grabbed the spirit of Laozi by the mixture of culture and sculpture, it tells us Laozi is a gentle man, he never cares about the honor, never be worried about the wealth, social classes and so on. He is calm to events, he is friendly and sincerely to people, not only friends, he is credit of saying anything.
The pureness from the artwork makes think about people in the modern society, most of them are very eager to the honor and money, they like to obtain them by anyway and they are quite tired of calculating and flattering. However, if they break the law, they will pay the serious consequence by themselves.
The artwork reminds me the story of my friend’s father. My friend’s father was a member of cadres and had strong power. He liked to receive money from other people who wanted him to help them, then he became more and more greedy until someone told the government and he was put into the jail eventually.
This artwork also relates the true intension of Laozi’s spirit and thoughts, it is ‘no action’. It does not tell you to do nothing, it means you do the things what are good for sociality and country even the whole the world without a greedy heart.
I think the artist’s intension is just his admiration to Laozi and his thoughts. The artist Wu Weishan maybe also feels how greedy the people are, so he created this sculpture. On the other hand, I think he also wants to warn himself not to be greedy.
3. Judge the artwork.
I like the artwork because the figure of the artwork Laozi is a famous philosopher in ancient Chinese history, he is the inventor of the spirit ’Dao’ and he represents the traditional culture in China. His thoughts and spirit not only affect the old China, but also modern China.
The water textures make me feel the kindness. The title---the most kind people are like water. The relationship between them is that Laozi thought water likes to flow to anywhere if there is some space, water makes the trees and grass grow but it doesn’t want to get any rewards, water’s property matches Laozi’s spirit very well.
I think other people might appreciate the artwork. Laozi’s spirit shows us his pure heart that makes many people like him. Add in Wu Weishan’s perfect sculpture shows us ‘water’ on it, it gives the best definition to the artwork.
1. What is the title of the exhibition?
Wu Weishan’s sculpture of cultural figures
2. What kind of art is being shown?
Sculptures.
3. Is the artwork made by one artist or by several artists?
By one artist.
4. Is the artwork traditional or contemporary?
The artworks are traditional.
B.
Artist: Wu Weishan
Title: The most kind people are like water.
Date: 2006
1. Describe the artwork.
The title of the artwork is “the most kind people are like water” and it was made by Wu Weishan in 2006.The sculpture is a cultural figure: Laozi. The artist did not use very specific shapes and lines on his face, but very clear textures on his clothes. At first, it was made of mud, then people used model to make it again by bronze, then it is bronze as we can see now.
The title is from a book named Laozi, it was written by Laozi’s students who gathered Laozi’s famous sentences. The subject of the artwork is not to be greedy for honor.
When I observe the sculpture, the head of Laozi is not very specific, Wu Weishan just used a lot of textures on his forehead and cheeks to tell us he is a very old man and full of wisdom. His body is very thin under the big robe. The robe’s shape is just like the wind blows it. Lower the robe is, more water-like the shape is. The textures are very clear and smooth until the bottom of the sculpture.
2. Interpret the artwork.
This artwork makes me feel the virtue in human’s hearts because of the smooth lines of water which represents purity and clear, the most pure level that the heart can be. Also from the sculpture, Wu Weishan grabbed the spirit of Laozi by the mixture of culture and sculpture, it tells us Laozi is a gentle man, he never cares about the honor, never be worried about the wealth, social classes and so on. He is calm to events, he is friendly and sincerely to people, not only friends, he is credit of saying anything.
The pureness from the artwork makes think about people in the modern society, most of them are very eager to the honor and money, they like to obtain them by anyway and they are quite tired of calculating and flattering. However, if they break the law, they will pay the serious consequence by themselves.
The artwork reminds me the story of my friend’s father. My friend’s father was a member of cadres and had strong power. He liked to receive money from other people who wanted him to help them, then he became more and more greedy until someone told the government and he was put into the jail eventually.
This artwork also relates the true intension of Laozi’s spirit and thoughts, it is ‘no action’. It does not tell you to do nothing, it means you do the things what are good for sociality and country even the whole the world without a greedy heart.
I think the artist’s intension is just his admiration to Laozi and his thoughts. The artist Wu Weishan maybe also feels how greedy the people are, so he created this sculpture. On the other hand, I think he also wants to warn himself not to be greedy.
3. Judge the artwork.
I like the artwork because the figure of the artwork Laozi is a famous philosopher in ancient Chinese history, he is the inventor of the spirit ’Dao’ and he represents the traditional culture in China. His thoughts and spirit not only affect the old China, but also modern China.
The water textures make me feel the kindness. The title---the most kind people are like water. The relationship between them is that Laozi thought water likes to flow to anywhere if there is some space, water makes the trees and grass grow but it doesn’t want to get any rewards, water’s property matches Laozi’s spirit very well.
I think other people might appreciate the artwork. Laozi’s spirit shows us his pure heart that makes many people like him. Add in Wu Weishan’s perfect sculpture shows us ‘water’ on it, it gives the best definition to the artwork.
