Sculpting a legacy
In his role as director of the NAMOC, Wu Weishan is helping to elevate the museum's cultural influence, Lin Qi reports.
Wu organized several online exhibitions, which rotated artworks in the NAMOC's assembly and introduced featured artists and donors at A Tribute to Donors. One exhibition specifically gathered works portraying medical staff. People could see the exhibits on the museum's website and social media accounts. Wu himself showed up in a live online chat about selected pieces from the museum's collection.
He also produced an online program that offered previous lectures and performances given by social luminaries at the museum, such as C.N. Yang, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, and Liao Changyong, the baritone and principal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
A prominent sculptor himself, Wu also curated online shows that had sculptures, calligraphy works and seal engravings created by artists across the country, hailing the devotion of those on the front line fighting the pandemic.
Works on show included Mission, a white marble statue by Wu depicting a female doctor in a protective suit.
"It presents a collective image of all medical personnel. And it stands as a monument to these people, whose spirit of sanctity and benevolence brings hopes to the country," he says.
In March, the NAMOC donated 500,000 yuan ($77,300) to the Chinese Red Cross Foundation for the purchase of medical appliances.
