Fine Art

Explore 200 award-winning designs tagged Fine Art on DXGN.

Designer: Yu-Liang Chen, NewLocal Art Studio Project Type: Installation Art Tag: Fine Art

Earth Worker

Earth Worker is an outdoor art installation placed in a wetland in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The semi-representative human figure stands in the water like a giant that creates all living things. One side of the body looks down at the earth, while the other side looks up at the sky. Glass fiber reinforced cement is the main material, applied over a metal frame and a sculpted foam core. The brushed cement mortar surface is left plain, without added color or patches. The installation refers to local history and to the culture of the Macadao people.

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Designer: Xu Ge Project Type: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

House of Dream

House of Dream is a public art sculpture installed in Shenzhen, China. The sculpture is made of stainless steel, LED lighting and PC sheet with a one-way mirror, and it measures 320 centimeters wide, 120 centimeters deep and 400 centimeters high. During the day, the reflective surface mirrors the surrounding environment. At night, changing light forms an inward space. Visitors interact with the work and alter the lighting effects. The sculpture responds to the similar appearance of many new residential buildings and recalls memories of home.

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Designer: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Project Type: Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

Echoes

The concept of "Echoes" comes from the image of the bounce of water droplets from the other side. It made of stainless steel and glass, after polishing the surface, will show the same characteristics as water. Sometimes you will find clouds in the sky flowing on it.In addition to being a artwork, it considers ergonomics in the planning of dimensions, allowing people to interact with Echoes at close range. At night, the lights hidden in the stainless steel water droplets, "Echoes" seems to have become a luminous body floating in the air.

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Designer: Lin Lin Project Type: Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

The Mystery of Golden

The mystery of golden peach is a representative contemporary art sculpture of this W. Samarkand contributed golden peach to the Tang Dynasty as a symbol of external culture.The Tang maid holds the golden peach in their hands, the sense of size gradual progressive of form, guiding people to change the perspective, looking for the unique form of fun of the Tang Dynasty etiquette and exploring the mystery of the infinite loop of the golden peach.

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Designer: Arlene Sun Project Type: City Tag: Fine Art

Golden

Golden City is a mixed media art installation made from discarded computer parts. The work measures 30 by 30 inches and combines abstract acrylic paint on canvas with electronic waste, metallic coatings, lighting and an Arduino controller. Damaged components were collected from waste piles and placed in a new context rather than repaired. The golden surfaces give the parts a second life and turn them into objects of attention. The intent is to raise awareness of electronic waste and to question how value is given to things.

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Designer: Niamh Faherty Project Type: Quilling Tag: Fine Art

Archangel Michael

Archangel Michael is a Framed Quilling piece that Niamh created. Her inspiration for creating this Quilling piece of Archangel Michael came from her mother. When her grandmother was very ill, Niamh's mother was in their car and the badge for Archangel Michael fell from the mirror into her pocket as her grandmother passed away and this gave them all comfort knowing that she was being protected. The aim is to create an initial impact as the viewer observes the piece, from this it draws the viewers eye closer to see the details involved.

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Designer: Xin Chen Project Type: Chair Tag: Fine Art

Square or Circle

The main purposes of Xin Chen's design are communicating the different cultures and offering a new experiencing to appreciate the furniture. He has created a new way of constructing furniture that is joining all individual parts and holding them together through rope by tension without gluing and screwing. He has also created a new form of furniture representation that is disassembling the furniture into individual pieces, then rearranging and transforming into a new cultural image representation. The design can be satisfied with both functional and aesthetic for people simultaneously.

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Designer: Lin Lin Project Type: Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

Sky Reaching

They developed this concept of the Sky Reaching Pole by researching the acrobats of the Tang Dynasty. Dignitaries from around the world were entertained by the acrobats of the court. The creative team researched and built many motifs of the acrobats before the final design was executed. The sculpture is over four meters high giving the feeling of suspense. The poles and the figures are abstract in nature but contemporary with metallic color. These acrobats were the main attraction during the inaugural celebration of the Tang as the sculpture is for the entrance of it.

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Designer: Mohamad ali Vadood Project Type: Wood Picture Tag: Fine Art

Forest Heart

Forest Heart is a marquetry wall artwork that depicts a bird. The image is built from 47 wood pieces, each cut at a defined angle to reveal natural grain patterns. The woods include haloxylon, barberry, fig, tree of heaven, keykom maple, jujube, European ash and wenge. All colors, lines and textures come from the wood itself, without added color. The sheets are 4 mm thick, the panel measures 35 by 60 cm and the weight is 700 grams. The work follows a method named Naqshbandi, which traces and joins natural patterns to form one complete image.

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Designer: Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato Project Type: Installation Tag: Fine Art

Artificial Topography

Big Furniture Like a Cave This is the award-winning project won the Grand Prize of Art in Container International Competition. My idea is to hollow out the volume inside a container in order to build amorphous space like a cave. It is made of only plastic material. About 1000 sheets of the soft plastic material of 10-mm thickness were cut down in contour line form and were laminated like stratum. This is not only art but also big furniture. Because all the portions are soft like a sofa, and person who enter into this space can relax by finding the place suitable for the form of its own body.

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Designer: Lin Lin Project Type: Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

Emperor's Time

This sculpture of the Emperor's Time Machine which is also his time machine was conceived and represent the Emperor’s love of travel. The car was built by using many sculptural techniques including materials such as stainless steel, LED light and poly-chrome. The effect of these materials give the concept of the sculpture pure fantasy. This sculpture is one of the main artistic expressions of Xi’an W hotel. The research into this project gives the sculpture the feeling of a well conceived artistic expression of the Tang Dynasty.

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Designer: Mykola Lomakin Project Type: Book Illustration Tag: Fine Art

Prince John

It is made with paints on the toned paper, the final touch – on the graphic tablet. The designer combined figural imagery which illustrates the part of the text with frise compositions on the top and at the bottom, which details are psychologically connected with a figural image and make the illustration more expressive. Ornaments accentuate the horizontal rhythm of the illustration and bring to life the medieval atmosphere. The original text and fragments of other illustrations are below.

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