The Sculpture Exhibition World Tour featuring the series "Chubby Women" by Chinese artist Xu Hongfei (Yangjiang City, 1963) will be presented from November 1 through November 7 at Bolívar Square in Bogota. Already shown in cities like Vienna, Berlin, Florence, Milan, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney and Istanbul, among others, the exhibition consists of thirteen sculptures by Xu Hongfei that offer glimpses of a millenary civilization. The work by Xu Hongfei combines traditional Chinese sculpture with a personal style that seeks to innovate through pieces with tones, forms and expressions that convey emotions to the viewers while also exploring female beauty and the aesthetics of contemporary images in everyday life. His works tell the story of the Chubby Woman and attempt to convey a message about self-confidence, good humor and optimism that captures preoccupations shared by citizens across the social spectrum of Western society. The exhibition in Bogota is made possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Managing Department of Culture, Radio, Film, Television and Press of the Guangzhou municipality in a partnership, sanctioned by the Chinese government in Guangzhou, with the Academy of Sculpture of Guangzhou and the Raytur International Organization of Global Communication. Xu Hongfei graduated from the sculpture department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently the president of the Academy of Sculptures in Guangzhou, librarian at the Guangdong Culture and History Research Institute, member of the Association of Chinese Artists, and director of the Association of Artists in Guangdong. Funny, always evolving, and approached from multiple perspectives and mediums, the "Chubby Women" sculptures have been created by Xu Hongfei since 1999. With this series, the Chinese artist has been developing in recent years his own school within the realm of Chinese sculpture. These are daring, exaggerated, rational, and humorous works—very much in the style of Laurel and Hardy—that are also encouraging and flattering towards heavy-set people.