A "classics remake" sculpture exhibition is being assembled in Datong city, Shanxi province in North China prior to its opening at the end of September. The theme is Red Classics, art works representing social and political movements guided by the Communist Party of China and ordinary peoples' lives in the early decades of new China.
The China Sculpture Museum, in the north of the city, covers 32,000 square meters with an exhibition area of 26,000 square meters. It currently houses a collection of 555 sculptures.
The exhibition will be in four sections: Monument to the People's Heroes, Anger of the Serfs, Anti-Japanese War Memorial and copies of Sun Yat-sen sculptures by Zeng Zhushao, a Chinese sculpture artist (1908-2012).
Among works in the Monument to the People's Heroes section will be Wuchang Uprising by Fu Tianqiu, Burning of Opium Stocks in Humen Beach by Zeng Zhushao, the May Fourth Movement by Hua Tianyou, the May 30th Movement by Wang Linyi, and the National Liberation Victory by Liu Kaiqu. Anger of the Serfs includes the Liberation of the Serfs by Cao Chunsheng and the Second Series of the Anger of the Serfs by Zhang Dehua.
All works to be on display are reproduced by staff and students of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and the museum has bought each piece's copyright from the original artist or their family. When the exhibition closes, all sculptures will be included in the museum's collection, open to the public free of charge.
Students' works from the Zeng Zhushao Engraving Arts Scholarship will join the exhibition, meaning there will be two large-scale exhibitions at the venue by the end of September.
