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Luckiness

Shie Dung-liang1994

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Taichung City, Taiwan

"Luckiness” uses curves and a circle to show a sense of integration. The bronze sculpture comes with the color of dark red, making it look like a pomegranate. In Chinese culture, the fruit suggests “plenty of offspring.” The hollow space allows children to climb in, enabling this outdoor sculpture to be a part of visitors’ daily-life experiences. Traditional Chinese cultural elements such as the “general,” the “advisor,” and the “elephant” of Chinese chess, as well as persimmons, are also presented here to indicate “plenty of children, grandchildren, and blessings.” What’s more, the artwork looks like a big bird ready to fly up to the sky when appreciated from afar – this suggests positive, rising strength.

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  • Title: Luckiness
  • Creator: Shie Dung-liang
  • Date Created: 1994
  • Physical Location: 國立臺灣美術館
  • Location: 臺中,臺灣
  • Physical Dimensions: 205.0 x 150.0 x 285.0 cm
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

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