OPEN WALL consists of 2,200 glass Murano bricks corresponding to the 2,200 years of the Great Wall's construction.  It is approximately 55 feet (20 m) long and 6 feet (2 m) high and 2 feet (80cm) deep.  The glass is transparent glass with intermittent layers of red, yellow and gold.

OPEN WALL PROJECT

Shan Shan Sheng

The Open Wall Installation, Pavillion of Footprint
Expo 2010 Shanghai, China

The Transparent Wall....Shan Shan Sheng's work dramatically raises the question of reality and illusion...Sheng has constructed a non-barrier barrier, creating and interplay of reflection and transparency that delineated the here and the there....a perfect reflection both of and on the concept of harmony among peoples, one that is the very foundation of the historical relations that Serenissima Venezia entertained with all the peoples of the know world, and particular, centuries ago, with China in the person of the city's beloved son, Marco Polo.
 Paolo Sabbatini, Director of the Italian Government, Institute of Culture, Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai

Information on a Murano Class Brick Sponsorship contact carole@atelierart.com