This public sculpture takes the form of a slowly unfolding theatrical curtain, marking the centenary of spoken drama in China and symbolizing the emergence of the modern stage within Chinese cultural history.
Behind the curtain stands an open book bearing two masks—one smiling, one weeping—referencing the dual nature of drama and of human life itself: comedy and tragedy, joy and sorrow.
Rather than commemorating a specific event or figure, the work frames theater as a shared script continuously written by society. The stage becomes both a site of performance and a metaphor for lived experience, where individual lives unfold within a collective cultural narrative.
这座公共雕塑造型如缓缓拉开的戏剧幕布，用以纪念中国话剧百年，象征中国文化史中现代舞台艺术的诞生。 幕布后方立有一本摊开的书籍，书上摆放着两张面具——一张含笑，一张垂泪，借此隐喻戏剧与人生兼具的双重特质：喜剧与悲剧，欢愉与悲苦。 这件作品并非为纪念某一特定事件或人物，而是将戏剧视作由社会共同持续书写的剧本。舞台既是表演的场所，也是现实人生的隐喻，无数个体的生命故事，都在集体的文化叙事中徐徐铺展。