The image of Yang Xiaohua’s work “Connection with Water”
The Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the Cultural Affairs Bureau, is launching a series of contemporary sculpture exhibitions titled “A Sculpture” this year, aiming to promote the art development of contemporary sculpture in Macao. This exhibition will present the sculpture “Connection with Water” by artist Yang Xiaohua. The vernissage will be held next Tuesday, 5 July, at 6:30pm, in front of the MAM. All are welcome. Born in Guangzhou in 1959, Yang Xiaohua taught at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts upon graduating from a Bachelor’s programme at the Department of Sculpture in 1992. He studied at the International Art Centre in Paris in 2000, and received the Overseas Studies Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Education to study in Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia in August 2005, where he earned a Master’s degree in Russian Arts in 2007. A sequel to the artist’s “Water Series”, the sculpture “Connection with Water” is composed by three water droplets of different sizes and water ripples. The three droplets in the upper part of the structure represent Macao, Zhuhai and Hong Kong, while its ripple-shaped foundation alludes to the fact that the Pearl River connects Macao, Zhuhai and Hong Kong. The work is superbly finished with stainless steel, with its surface polished, implying the burgeoning prosperity of the three places following the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. The sculpture exhibition “Connection with Water - Yang Xiaohua” will be held from 6 July 2016 to 8 January 2017, in front of the MAM. The Macao Museum of Art is located in NAPE, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, and is opened from 10am to 7pm (no admittance after 6:30pm; closed on Mondays). Admission fee is MOP5.00 and is free on Sundays and public holidays.