Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
(BEIJING, September 9) — The Beijing 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition was held at Gisborne, New Zealand last Friday.
The stay in New Zealand for the world circuit exhibition is the first leg of exhibition on the southern hemisphere.
As a part of the 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Contest International Tour, the three—year exhibition initiated on August 8, 2005 has received a heated reponse by the global artists.
The exhibition delivers important information about the Olympics, emphasizing that the Olympics are borderless and belong to all the cities and nations of the world.
Among a total of 2,450 sculptures submitted from 82 countries, 386 were finally nominated and 290 excellent pieces were confirmed.
The exhibition made a nation-wide circuit tour beginning June 23 this year from Beijing and its international leg kicked off in London, the United Kindom.
Before Gisborne, it had travelled to Seoul, Los Angels and Rome.
The international trip of the exhibition will also cover Wellington, Lausanne, Barcelonaand Sydney.
The free exhibition will last for three weeks in Gisborne.
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition (Photo credit: Getty Images)
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