Cai Zhi Song

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About the artwork

This rare artwork from the 'Ode' series is visibly unique among Cai Zhisong's sculptures. Composed of copper plates, the discoloration and uneven shades of the figure's two-dimensional, simply-shaped robe suggestions antiquity and contrasts Cai's usual style of carefully detailed sculpture. The baldness of three-dimensional bronze head that sits upon it, gleams eerily above what appears to be the worn, resigned expression of an ancient being.

About the artist

Cai Zhi Song was born in 1972 in Shenyang Liaoning Province, China and graduated from the Sculpture Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1997. He then taught at the university from 1998-2008. A sculpture artist whose powerful work has gained him international recognition, Cai Zhi Song was the first Chinese artist to win the prestigious Taylor prize at the Paris Autumn Salon in Eiffel-Branly - a highly coveted award that is given to only one distinguished artist every year. Created with great technical skill and originality, Cai Zhisong's impressive sculptures have been exhibited the world over and are part of numerous prestigious private and public collections.