The Rent Collection Courtyard is a 1965 sculpture in located in the courtyard of the former home of rural landlord Liu Wencai

Liu Wencai

Liu Wencai was a Chinese landlord from Sichuan province, and brother of the warlord Liu Wenhui. During the Cultural Revolution, he was depicted as the archetype of the exploiter of peasant farmers.-Biography:...

 in Dayi County

Dayi County

Dayi County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Chengdu city....

, Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 by Ye Yushan and a team of sculptors from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. It is a famous work of Socialist Realist

Socialist realism

Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...

 sculpture showing an evil landlord collecting rent from poor peasants.

In the 1999 Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

, the contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist and curator.-Biography:Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. He was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985. Cai's work is scholarly and often politically charged...

referenced the sculpture in the performance piece Venice's Rent Collection Courtyard in which he hired artisans to recreate the sculpture.