Happy City for Dogs
Happy City for Dogs
Professor LIN Wen-Hai, Dean of College of Fine Arts and Creative Design of Tunghai University, used to see a large group of stray dogs seeking food near his studio in the Dadu Mountain, where features the unique red soil in Taichung. The original piece, The Song of Stray Dogs, was made of red soil with the feature of wilderness, while in the Happy City for Dogs, these furkids transform themselves into healing angels to express Professor LIN's concerns for the neighbors near his studio and the land.
Material：Iron, wood, soil
Dimensions：L105✕W45✕H66cm,12 pieces
林文海
LIN WEN-HAI
Taiwan
MFA in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, National Cheng-kung University, Taiwan
Chairman of Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University, Taiwan, 2010-2013
Distinguished alumnus, National Taiwan University of Arts
Incumbent Dean of College of Fine Arts and Creative Design, and full-time professor of Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University
Works collected by Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
Experience:
Freeman Foundation Asian Awards, USA
International Wood Carving Art Festival, Saxony, Germany
International Stone Carving Symposium, Yeoncheon, South Korea
