2009年6月,意大利当地时间6日下午,第五十三届威尼斯双年展在切勒托萨(Certosa)岛拉开了帷幕。一件长22米,高2米,题为《开放的长城》的巨型水晶玻璃装置作品,冲击着来自世界各地的艺术家们的眼球。《开放的长城》由2200多块水晶玻璃砖组成,晶莹剔透,一层层叠起,对应中国长城建筑的2200多年历史。它用威尼斯莫拉诺岛的千年传统水晶玻璃工艺,瞬间变幻出红色、黄色和金色的光芒,在捕捉中国遗产的瞬间,对长城作出一种新的诠释。作品创作者就是旅美画家盛珊珊——著名翻译家草婴的女儿。 June 2009, Italy local time on the 6th afternoon, the 53rd Venice Biennale was held in Certosa island curtain. A giant 22-meter-long, 2-meter tall crystal glass installation titled “The Great Wall of Openness” has an impact on the eyes of artists from all over the world. The “Great Wall of Opening” consists of more than 2,200 pieces of crystal glass bricks, crystal clear, stacked layers, corresponding to China’s Great Wall more than 2,200 years of history. Using the millennia traditional glass-and-glass craft of Monorail in Venice, it instantly changes the red, yellow and golden light, and makes a new interpretation of the Great Wall at the moment of capturing Chinese heritage. The creator of the work is the American artist Sheng Shanshan - the famous translator grass infant daughter.