Zhang Yaxi - Contemporary Chinese Sculptor "Mother and Child" Monumental Cast-Concrete Sculpture

Zhang Yaxi was commissioned in 2007 by the Mayor of Golmud to create a public artwork marking Qinghai province as a gateway to Tibet from China. This monumental sculpture, which won the Excellence prize from the National urban Sculpture Association in 2009, was executed by Yaxi and her assistants first in clay over a steel and wood armature, then was moulded in plaster. The mould sections were transported by truck from Chongqing to Qinghai, and cast in concrete over a gigantic steel armature on a large concrete base. The dramatic high-elevation desert plateau framed by mountains makes a perfect location for this technically challenging public sculpture. (Above) Zhang Yaxi created her large-scale 16mx7mx6m sculpture in the huge sculpture studio at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing where she teaches sculpture in the Design Department An image created by photographer David McBride of Zhang Yaxi's Mother and Child sculpture - showing the sculptor working on her monumental sculpture at the clay stage Photo credit: David McBride (Above) Chinese sculptor Zhang Yaxi and a team of technical assistants re-assembled plaster mould sections over a steel armature to create the final cast-concrete sculpture. This was then coated in resin and sprinkled with tiny stone particles. (Above) Local Qinghai children seem dwarfed by the monolithic monumental sculpture of Chinese sculptor Zhang Yaxi on the outskirts of Golmud (Above) Rear view of this public sculpture - a permanent reminder of Goldmud's importance as a gateway to Tibet from China (Above) Zhang Yaxi's gigantic public work - a monumental sculpture in cast-concrete (Above) Sculptor Zhang Yaxi's Mother and Child  - a public work which is a technical feat from an artistic as well as a structural perspective > Back to Home page>

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