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| Yixin making a statue at his art institute. |
The artist who’s work I have chosen to use is Lei Yixin. Lei Yixin is a 59 year old Chinese sculptor who does a lot of his work in large scale stone, mostly granite. I picked him because of how different our countries are. China is a communist nation while we are a democracy of the people, for the people. The ideas of the people of the nations could not be more different either. Here in the states we are very much about the individual and self recognition while in the far east their whole ideal is about the family, the group and their well being. Honor is something that is very big in his culture and I think that passion comes out in his work. I have seen that some of his sculpture work is of people and that passion for honor is brought out in the detail of his work.
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| Lei Yixin |
Yixin is the head of Hunan Sculpture institue in the Hunan
province of China. He has sculpted over 150 works according to various news readings
that I have found and is one of the most esteemed sculptors in China.
![This photo, taken on November 2, shows a giant statue of Chairman Mao Zedong under construction in Changsha, the capital of South China's Hunan Province. When complete, the sculpture, which is 32 meters in height and covers an area of 2300 square meters, will be the largest statue of Mao Zedong in China. The pedestal of the sculpture, 15 meters high, 83 meters long and 41 meters in width, will house a Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and exhibition room. [CFP]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20091103/000bcdb95f1d0c59e45f02.jpg "This photo, taken on November 2, shows a giant statue of Chairman Mao Zedong under construction in Changsha, the capital of South China's Hunan Province. When complete, the sculpture, which is 32 meters in height and covers an area of 2300 square meters, will be the largest statue of Mao Zedong in China. The pedestal of the sculpture, 15 meters high, 83 meters long and 41 meters in width, will house a Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and exhibition room. [CFP]") |
| Mao Zedong statue in Hunan, China. |
I really like how he is able to transform such large pieces
of stone and turn them into life-like memorials in order to honor those who
have passed, or an idea or emotion. Once piece that really sticks out is a
105ft statue of Mao Zedong that he created in the Hunan Province. This image
sticks out because of its sheer size and complexity. His attention to detail
just shows how he honors the leader of the past. I think the work speaks
volumes about the culture and Yixin himself.
Your connection between strong cultural mores (ex. the idea of "honor") and what you recognize as passion in the work is really interesting. I would love to hear more on this.
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