The sculpture designed by Piotr Wesołowski entitled "The Sun, a Peasant and a Donkey" can be admired in Xiliuhu Park, in the capital of the Chinese province of Henan. The project, authored by the WUST architect and artist, was one of more than 2 thousand works sent to the Zhengzhou International Sculpture Exhibition.

The second edition of the Zhengzhou International Sculpture Exhibition competition received as many as 2,316 entries. The sculptures were assessed by the jury, which selected 32 most interesting ones - taking into account their creative and aesthetic qualities, uniqueness, as well as aspects such as durability, safety, and environmental friendliness.

At the final stage, 20 entries were chosen for real-life rendition,  including the work entitled "The Sun, a Peasant and a Donkey” by Piotr Wesołowski, PhD, Eng from the Division of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture at WUST’s Faculty of Architecture. The architect and artist first built a model of his work using bamboo and plastic and then flew to Zhengzhou to supervise its acid-resistant stainless steel rendition.

Seven people employed by the exhibition organisers worked on the ten-metre-long construction, cutting out sheet metal with a laser, then welding the knots and polishing the surfaces.

According to Piotr Wesołowski, PhD, Eng. "The Sun, a Peasant and a Donkey" is a kind of loose metaphor of the relationship between man and nature, sustainable humanities, understood as a field actively involved in long-lasting development oriented towards a common future and the idea of "living together".

The exhibition was accompanied by a scientific conference, during which Piotr Wesołowski, PhD, Eng. delivered a lecture on the relationship between sculpture and architecture.