Sheng’s ​Open Wall: A large-scale outdoor sculpture installation, restages and reinterprets sections of the Great Wall of China into transparent glass form. It was constructed from 2,208  hand-made Venetian Murano glass bricks, corresponding to the 2,208 years of the Great Wall's construction.  

Open Wall project captures an interval of China's Great Wall, translating the historic structure into a temporary zone of glass architecture. Sheng's installation engages in dialogue with this period of relative openness in contemporary China engaging this dynamic and pivotal moment in history, it evokes the exquisite yet transitory flux of globalization time. 

The ​Open Wall​ has been exhibited internationally, debuting at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009).​ It has since been featured at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Chinese Theme Pavilion where it was visited by 5 million people and subsequently exhibited in Prague’s Museum Kampa where it was  

highlighted during the citywide spring and summer contemporary art festival (2011). The ​Open  Wall was honored and featured in an Italian documentary film, "Earth-Our Home" commissioned by UNESCO and music scored by Enrico Morricone, alongside architectural works by Frank  Gehry, Santiago Calatrava, and Zaha Hadid.