Art for Humanity

Art for Humanity Series

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In 2001, Dr. Tsing-fang Chen received (UN) “Global Tolerance Award” through the “Friends of the United Nations”, and designated “Cultural Ambassador of Tolerance and Peace”. Hence Dr. Chen and his wife Lucia used to be invited by international organizations to hold exhibitions and give speeches on Dr. Chen’s “5-Dimensional World Culture” which promote a global new Renaissance in “Love”.

As humanity entered into an age of Global Village with high-tech, under the universal value of Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights, “Love” and “Peace” become the shared goal for humanity in our 21st century, especially after 9/11 incident, for the benefits of human beings, the accelerated advance of high-tech needs the enhancing progress of Humanism to match and in balance. Such as Dr. Chen said in the United Nations : “Art can be used as the vehicle for transforming and unifying the world. The United Nations has taken initiatives to utilize the artistic, cultural, religious and spiritual communities to contribute to creating world peace and harmony. These valuable spheres of humanity can act s a compelling force, along with our political, economic, and military efforts. For in this age of advanced technology, beside “hardware” and “software”, we are also called to cultivate “Soulware”, a new spirit of Love and Globalism…… and I am grateful that my art, termed as “Neo-Iconography,” an art for humanity’s sake, can be used in this meaningful challenge.” That Dr. Chen’s art Neo-Iconography, which unites East and West, past and present, by organizing and combining familiar “icons”(images with symbolic meanings) from around the world, to express ideas/ideals, vision/message, is used to launch an “Art for Humanity” World Tour by the “Friends of the United Nations” etc. for art education in building a “Culture of Peace and Tolerance”.”

 

In 1969, on the occasion of the American astronauts landing on the Moon, Dr. Chen realized that our cultural ecology is shifting from “divergence” to “convergence” and established his “5-Dimensional World Culture” in theory and generated his art expression in Neo-Iconography. Hence Dr. Chen combined his art with several human-civilized celebrations such as in “Liberty Lady series” for the Centennial Celebration of the Statue of Liberty, the “Post-van Gogh series,” “Beijing Olympics series,” and “Shanghai World Expo. Series” etc. All are part of Dr. Chen’s “Art for Humanity” art creation which started with his 1969 “Space series,” “East and West series,” and “Humanity series” as followings:

  • Upcoming Latin America with her magnetic vitality manifested in passionate festivals. Folkloric dancing and music, bright costumes and fiery colors swirl rhythmically underneath beautiful snow-capped mountains […]
  • Africa Onwards #96012 A magnificent bird integrating Arabian dreams flies majestically in the deep twilight sky. Beneath it, a glorious sunset cuts the silhouette of three […]
  • European Hit #96014 This panel witnesses the historical turmoil as well as the cultural achievements of the Western world. The Occidentals have been shaping the world’s […]
  • Age of Love #96018 Age of Love is the central canvas with “Science in Love” as its message. The lower portion of the painting depicts some […]
  • Asian Treasure #96013 depicting the cultural achievements and beauty of India, China, and their neighbors. To symbolize China, there is the Dragonhead, with the Great Wall […]
  • Far East Onwards #96015 Represented here are images of the Asia not of the continent, but of the ocean: Japan, Taiwan, etc.With her own tradition and […]
  • Peaceful Oceanian #96016 Peaceful Oceanian like the Tahiti loved by Gauguin. Under a beautiful sunset, palm trees murmur as lovers embrace. The ocean undulates in a […]
  • Homage to Picasso Picasso: “Guernica”, 1937 Edward Quinn: photo of Picasso and Jacqueline, from “Picasso a l’Oeurve” El Greco: “The Assumption of the Virgin”, 1557, Chicago […]
  • Celebrating Human Education & Cultural Achievement #88031     122 X 175 cm     ac     1990 As a master artist with historical vision and cultural mission, Dr. T. […]
  • World Family in Peace #89053     127 cm X 150 cm     ac    1989 Matisse’s “Dance,” 1909. MOMA, NY Chen has been inspired several times […]
  • Museum Visitors #78012     72 X 50″     ac Ingres: “Self-Portrait at 24 Years Old”, 1804. Chantilly, Musee Conde Chagall: “Moi et le village”, 1911. Museum of Modern […]
  • Arts and Arms #78011     76 X 102 cm     ac Andrea del Castagno: “Portrait of a Man”, Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C. A […]
  • The Real Moon (Science in Love) 84 X 130 cm     ac Raphael: “Madonna of the Chair”, 1507, Pitti Palace, Florence Paris March: “Astronauts Duke and […]
  • The Rich and the Poor #76008     72″ X 50″    ac Ingres: “The Turkish Bath,” 1863, Louvre, Paris Newsphoto: Young victim of the African drought at a […]
  • Light of Love #94003     168 X 122 cm     oc     1994 primary Icons of Love. The benevolent mother and child float serenely like a Moon […]
  • Bonsoir, Lisa! #83019     40″ X 30″      ac Leonardo da Vinci: “Portrait of Mola Lisa,” 1503, Louvre, Paris Toulouse Lautrec: “Le Moulin Rouge,” 1892, Chicago, Art Institute […]
  • Five Racesin Harmony 1 #84003     130 X 98 cm     ac Matisse: “Dance” (1909) Besides van Gogh, T. F. Chen was attracted to Matisse’s art, due […]
  • Five Races in Harmony 2 #84008     130 X 98 cm     ac Since the Olympic Games started in Greece, the spirit of fair game, the sportsmanship, […]
  • Love Our Planet 130 X 86 cm     ac Monet: “Haystack” (1890) The astronauts’ landing on the Moon and taking photo of our Earth floating upon […]
  • Blessed Love #81001     130 x 95 cm     ac Jan van Eyck: “Arnolfini Marriage”, 1434. national Gallery, London Picasso: “The Sculptor’s Studio”, 1933, etching. The portrait […]
  • Love Above Rich and Poor #87009     88 X 130 cm    oc Picasso: “Frugal Meal”, etching, 1904 Cezanne: “Fruit Dish and Apples” Chagall: “Resurrection at the […]
  • Happy Valentine’s Day, America! 94 X 130 cm     ac “A Gemini stance, a hovering heart. The Statue, so powerful in its promise of love, breaks […]
  • American Spirit #85044     72″ X 50″     ac “Perfect companions. Perfect partners of the spirit John Wayne and Liberty Lady. Each signifies freedom and independence. Through […]
  • Bonjour America #82006     85 X 130 cm     oc Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, the ideal and slogan of the French Revolution have been the political foundation […]
  • Hangups #74009     42 X 29″      mmp Toulouse-Lautrec: “The Salon at the Rue des Moulins”, 1894, Museum of Modern Art, Albi “Jane Avril Dancing in […]
  • Alternatives #76009     72 X 50″      ac Toulouse-Lautrec: “The Salon at the Rue des Moulins”, 1894, Museum of Modern Art, Albi “Jane Avril Dancing in the Garden […]
  • Guess Who is Coming to Supper #76014     72 X 50″      ac Matisse: “Odalisque with Tambourine”, 1926. Collection William S. Paley Alexina Matisse: photo of Madame Matisse […]
  • Happiness #95016     66 X 48″      ac Matisse: “Odalisque with a Tambourine” (1925-26), “The Black Fern” (1948), “The Yellow Curtain” (1915) Chagall: “The Red Roofs” (1953-54) Matisse’s […]
  • Miro and Matisse Dancing #93025     48 X 36″      ac Miro: “Woman at Mirror” (1957) Matisse: “The Circus” from “Jazz” (1947) In 1941, Matisse suffered an intestinal […]
  • On the Beach #92012     40 X 30″      oc Gauguin: “Riders on the Beach” (1902) Renoir: “Girl with a Hoop” (1885) On the rosy beach of French-colonized […]
  • Nightmare #86038     60 X 40″      oc Chagall: “The Fall of the Angel” (1923-1933-1947) Gauguin: “Manao Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching)” (1892) This painting by T. […]
  • Time and Space #78014     30 X 15″      ac Dali: “Christ of St. John of the Cross” (1951) Photo of an American astronaut The fantasy of Marc […]
  • Three-Master Way #95012     40 X 66″      ac Matisse: “The Hindu Pose” (1932) Gauguin: “The Moon and the Earth” (1893) Picasso: “Nude Dressing her Hair” (1940) Blue, […]
  • War and Peace #90002     168 X 244 cm     ac Rogier Van der Weyden: Descent From the Cross, ca. 1440. Prado, Madrid. Georges Braque: The Bird and […]
  • Our World #74005     29 X 42″     mmp Picasso: “Horse’s Head”, 1937 Miro: Personnage devant la Nature”, 1973. Philadelphia Museum of Art Bartolomeo Vivarini: “Virgin and Child”, […]
  • Pray for Peace #74015     74 X 107 cm     mmp Filippo Lippi: “Virgin and Child with Two Others”. Uffizi, Florence G. Rouault: “The old King”, 1937. […]
  • To Die in Spain #76004      183 X 127 cm     aca Francis Bacon: “Three Studies for a Crucifixion,” 1962 Pablo Picasso: “Crying Woman,” 1937; Penrose Collection, London […]
  • After the Sunset #76005     183 X 127 cm    ac Sandro Botticelli: Privavera (Spring): detail, “The Three Graces” ca. 1477-1478. Uffizi, Florence. Klaus Warwas (Germany): Force: German […]
  • Hope for Peace #83002     183 X 127 cm     ac Rene Magritte: “La Grande Famille”, 1963 Leonardo da Vinci: “Madonna a l’oillet”, Munich, Alle Pinakothek “La Vierge […]
  • Martyr Et Esperance #74004     42 X 29″      mmp Rene Magritte: “La Grande Famille”, 1963 Leonardo da Vinci: “Madonna a l’oillet”, Munich, Alle Pinakothek “La Vierge […]
  • God Is Love #02008     91 X 130 cm     ac Dali: Christ of St. John of the Cross (1951) The September 11th terrorist attacks were a […]
  • Ascendance #76001     42 X 29″      mmp Jose de Ribera: “La Trinite”, ca. 1636. Madrid, Prado Dove a la G.Braque』 (1636) The crucified Christ icon by Jose […]
  • Enigma #73008     42 X 29″      mmp Raphael: “School of Athens”, 1509-11, Vatican Goya: “The Young Woman”, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille Picasso: “La Grande Baigneuse”, 1921 Here […]
  • Lamentation #73009     42 X 29″      mmp Raphael: “School of Athens”, 1509-11, Vatican Rene Magritte: “La Grande Famille”, 1963 Picasso: “La Grande Baigneuse”, 1921 Newspaper photo from […]
  • Eternal Staring #73014     42 X 29″     mmp Petrus Christus: “Portrait of a Young Girl”, Berlin, Staatliche Museum Miro: “The Harlequin’s Carnival”, 1924-25 Picasso: “Recumbent Nude”, 1942 […]
  • Sunset At Middle East #73012     107 X 74 cm     mmp Chagall: “Feast Day (Rabbi with Lemon)”, 1914. Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne Greco: “View of Toledo”, 1610-14. […]
  • Degraded Modern Man #73027     42 X 29″      mmp Michelangelo: “God, Creation of Adam”. Sistine Chapel If you believe that Man was created in the image of […]
  • Renaissance Woman #73004     29 X 21″     mmp Pisanello: “Ginevra d’Este”, ca. 1437. Louvre, Paris After that Adamnable piece it is a relief to find an artwork […]
  • Smiling over the Pyramid #73005     21 X 29″      mmp Da Vinci: “La Joconde”. Louvre, Paris Michelangelo: “God, Creation of Adam”. Sistine Chape Chen gives the […]
  • Pyramide Vivante #73006     29 X 42″      mmp Boticelli: “Spring”, ca. 1477-78. Uffizi, Florence Picasso: “Head of a Young Girl”, 1948-50. Private collection, Turin, Italy Without presuming […]
  • Dream, Music, Space #73010     29 X 42″      mmp Giorgione: “Sleeping Venus”, 1508. Dresden Museum Paul Klee: “La Grande Coupole”, 1927. Kunstmuseum, Berne This painting is so […]
  • Delicious Secret #73015     29 X 42″      mmp Titian: “Venus with a Mirror”, 1555. National Gallery, Washington D.C. Paris-match: photo of Nixon and Brezhnev Titian’s Venus again […]
  • Target #73016     29 X 42″      ac Cezanne: “Still Life with Peppermint Bottle”, 1890-94. National Gallery, Washington D.C. Da Vinci: “Skull”, study of anatomy Shooting may be […]
  • Seeing is Dreaming 74 X 107 cm     mmp Piero Della Francesca: “Resurrection of Jesus”. Borgo San Sepolcro, Pinacotheque Kandinsky: “Tempered Elan”, 1944. Collection Nina Kandinsky, Paris […]
  • Under Violence #74011     74 X 107 cm     mmp Da Vinci: “Saint Jerome”, ca. 1482. Pinacotheque du Vatican Rogier van der Weyden” “Pieta”. Koninklyk Museum, Brussels […]
  • Martial Law 74 X 107 cm     mmp Da Vinci: “Saint Jerome”, ca. 1482. Pinacotheque du Vatican Piero della Francesca: “Baptism of the Christ”. London, National […]
  • To Die in Spain 107 X 74 cm     mmp Francis Bacon: “Three Studies for a Crucifixion,” 1962 Pablo Picasso: “Crying Woman,” 1937; Penrose Collection, London Paris-Match: […]