Entitled Valiant Struggle, this arresting gold painted statue is part of an installation in Millennium Park, Chicago by Chinese artist, Chen Wenling. His large-scale sculptures are often strange looking, frequently consisting of happy, self-indulgent human and animal figures, often depicted as embracing. One of Chen’s signature images, the pig, is inspired by the folk art of his birthplace Fujian and although seen as a symbol of wealth locally he uses the pig in his art to represent contemporary Chinese society, while the human figures seem to be absorbed by the delights of material possession.
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