A One and a Two

Zhang Yu (China)

Zhang Yu, the Department Head of Fine Arts Department, Manager of Public Art Discipline, Associate Professor of Public Art Department, and Teacher of Master's Degree students in Guang-dong Shantou University Yangtze River Art and Design Institute. Other than that, he is also Shantou University Teaching Committee member, Yangtze River Art and Design Institute Academic Committee member and Teaching Committee member, Shantou City Urban Planning Committee Environmental and Art Committee member, China Sculpture Academy Committee member. Moreover, he has proudly acclaimed the National City Sculpture Creative Design qualifications from the China National City Sculpture Construction Direction Committee.

Zhang graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts majoring in Sculpture and from National Academy of Arts in Nuremburg, Germany, majoring in Free Sculpture. His mentors include the renowned British Sculpture Artist in Structuralism Tim Scott and the acclaimed German Architectural Sculpture Artist Klaus Bury. He has received the title "the master" in Germany as well.

He has participated in many international exhibitions. He was invited to the Italian Dante Sculpture Art Festival in 1998, Nuremburg Sculptors Exhibitions in Germany and in the Sculpture Forum in the culturally famous city Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany. He has conducted his own art exhibition in the Artistic Hall in National Academy of Artsin Nuremburg, Germany. He was invited to the Sculpture Forum in Hiroshima, Japan in 2005. In 2006, he has planned the "25+1 creating the international standard" in all states. In 2008, he was one of the chief curators of Public Art International Forum and Educational Seminar and the Public Arts Festival.

He has received the First Prize for teaching achievement from Shantou University along with Kan Tia Keung, Wang Shou Zi, Han Ran, and Wu Yung. His papers and works have published and presented all kinds of media.

Design Synopsis of A One and a Two

Zhang Yu's original concept uses ancient bamboo as basic material, using the special quality of separation and integration, spreading out the bamboo as a continuous element, combining to a comprehensive form. Inspired by the powerful style of equestrianism, he treats "horse" and "skill" separately and comparably thus representing the immense resources to the greatest extent.

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