Sponsored by China Sculpture Institute, 2024 Huangpu Riverside Sculpture Exhibition and Final Review Meeting was successfully held at China Art Museum on August 20.

The Opening Ceremony

The Present Guests

Shanghai, as an international city with high integration of art and culture, has been promoting the optimization and enhancement of art ecology in recent years,  strives to create art IP from Shanghai style to international style, meanwhile from traditional to contemporary. With the continuous support of the government, more and more top art works at home and abroad converge in Shanghai, which infuses continuous impetus into the prosperity of urban culture and urban renewal.

Zeng Chenggang, President of China Sculpture Institute, Chairman of Shanghai Artists Association,

and President of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts

Sun Zhenhua, Secretary-general of China Sculpture Institute and Editor-in-chief of China Sculpture

The exhibition was held in the macro-context of Shanghai's development positioning. It not only summarizes the successful experience of Shanghai in the field of public art, but also further explores the new starting point, new concept and new model of public sculpture in the new era, devotes to the exploration of sculpture art high-quality development path, and provides new experience and enlightenment for Chinese urban sculpture construction.

The Review Meeting

The exhibition attracted 691 artists from 38 countries and regions, with wide international participation and support, The extensive international participation and the support, suggestions and criticism from people from all walks of life make this exhibition very high-profile. The internationalization, digitization, high standards, and high quality of the 42 works on display reflect the tendency to strive for excellence in public sculpture today, showcasing Shanghai’s vision and stance on global art stage.

The Exhibition

The leaders and experts in sculpture circle present are: Zeng Chenggang, President of China Sculpture Institute, Chairman of Shanghai Artists Association, and President of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts; Sun Zhenhua, Secretary-general of China Sculpture Institute and Editor-in-chief of China Sculpture ; Yin Xiaofeng,Vice-president of China Sculpture Institute, Dean of Public Art Research Center in Northeast Normal University; Ji Shaofeng, Vice-president of China Sculpture Institute, Director of Hubei Art Museum; Lin Gang, Vice-president of China Sculpture Institute, President of Hangzhou Sculpture Institute; Tan Xun, Vice-president of China Sculpture Institute and Vice-president of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Plastic Arts College, Philippe Cinquini, French Art Historian; Wang Yichuan, Party Secretary and Executive Director of China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum); Hua Chunjiang, Vice-secretary-general of China Sculpture Institute; Liu Meixia, Office Director of China Sculpture Institute, and leaders of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, Pudong New Area Government and Xuhui District Government of the People's Republic of China.

42 Works on Display

Zhang Shenghua, Run to the Sea

Feng Chongli, Roaring Wind

Zhang Wendi, Colorful Spinning Top

Ma Tianyu, Victory

Yan Kun, Landscape in my Heart

Qiu Jia, Vitality 3

Wang Junjie, Wax and Wane

Xu Yunjia, Between Mountains and Rivers

Hiroyuki Asano，Japan

Dreams

Zhu Yilang, Tide

Qin Pu, Sublimate

Wu Huiling, Integrate

Mark Zhang，America

Images of the Trigrams

Liu Guodong, City·Theater

Huo Min, Auspicious Clouds

Petre Petrov，Bulgaria

The Sound of Harmony

Zhao Hengyi, Despite the Distance

Rafail Georgiev，Bulgaria

The Formation of New Form

Lin Shenghuang, Colorful

Guo Qi, Power

Liao Jian, Song of River Huangpu

Liu Hongzhe, Eye of the Future

Duan Xiusen, Origin No.2

Gao Xin, Rest No.3

Wu Pei, Overlooking Scenery

Ge Pingwei, Integrate·Knot

Zhang Zengzeng, Measure the Scenery

Liu Tianhao, Origin

Wu Dawu, Ink

Esfandyar Moradpour, Iran

Evolution

Specially Invited Works:

Wen Lou (Hong Kong), The Spirit

Bruce Beasley，America

Arpeggio IV

Zeng Chenggang, Start Point

Raphael Beil，Germany

Heartbeat of Diversity

Riccardo Cordero，Italy

Infinity

Caroline Ramersdorfer，Austria

Inner View-Nexus Open Connecting I

Hu Dongmin (Taiwan)

Repeat

Michael Dunbar，America

Touched by the Sun

Younghee Yim，Korea

Poems in the Morning

32 Works of Collection