After years of Dominican identifying with a single portrait and bust of Duarte, now sculptors and their patrons are getting creative.
Social media and the press recently criticized a sculpture commissioned by the Ministry of Defense for the similarities of the new Duarte with President Danilo Medina located at the Plaza de la Bandera.
Now, a new bust was unveiled in the People’s Republic of China, and the president of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Federico Antún Batlle (Quique) says more than the Duarte everyone knows, this Duarte has a distinct Asian appearance.
The new bust was sponsored by the Dominican Republic through the diplomatic mission in Beijing. It was unveiled at the Sculptures Park of the Beijing Jintai Art Museum at the Chaoyang Park in China.
The museum is regarded as China’s largest folk art museum. It relies on its unique art originality and cultural collections to present China’s profound traditional culture and its charms on the international stage, and introduce the colorful arts of foreign countries into China.
Battle urged the Ministry of Culture, the Instituto Duartiano, and the Museum of History and Geography take a role so that statues and busts honoring the founding fathers are accurately depicted.
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Diario Libre
6 August 2018
