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After a serious intestine surgery which urged Matisse to remain long hours on the bed everyday, he discovered paper cutout (papiers-decoupes) to continue his artistic creation. “Icarus” was among the early trials of this new method in 1943. It depicts a fallen god in black with a red beart floating among stars.In this “Eiffel Tower Centennial Celebration”, T. F. Chen appropriated Matisse’s paper cutout to produce a simple and simplified yet brilliant and modern interpretation of the Eiffel Tower. The silhouette of this Technology Beauty surges from the ground to the dark sky while yellow lights in leaf-shape hovering around the tower like angels singing in the sky. Actually this is Chen’s assumption of Matisse’s treatment of the Eiffel Tower, once he is commissioned. Do you agree? Reproduction print unframed Price: USD$150 Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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▪ J.F. Millet: “The Gleaners”, 1857. Louvre, Paris ▪ Gauguin: “And the Gold of their Bodies”, 1901. Museum d’Orsay, ParisOne of the most urbane and well-informed artists of the nineteenth century Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875), did not immediately find public favor, especially with the French middle class, who viewed his canvases, which glorified the moral superiority of hard labor, as politically revolutionary. Chen sees a deep linkage between Liberty and religious experience, and he uses a number of Millet icons to show this. In “Praying in the New Land” he took two figures from Millet’s “Angelus”, which is named after the Latin prayer recited at the start of day, noon, and end of day, and placed them in the view of the Statue of Liberty. While not religious, “City Gleaners” is a devastating commentary. Chen freely uses three peasants from another Millet, the familiar “Gleaners (1857)”.Although the colors and tonal placements of the painting are lovely, these ladies have not chanted the Angelus, nor does their work seem ennobling. They are picking up the trash of a profligate society, scavenging cans from a dump. The figure on the right carries a totebag imprinted I LOVE NEW YORK. Do they scavenge the soft drink cans to clean up the mess of litterers, or are they gleaning to have something to sell? Take your choice. The image of Liberty standing on a Classic Coke can is delicious. It can never be said that Chen’s art is without humor and imagination! Reproduction print unframed Price: USD$100Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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“After experiencing the jolt of the dramatic close-up vis-a-vis encounter solely with the head of the Statue, Chen’s careful exchanges become apparent: her crown, a ring of Eiffel Towers; her eyes and nose, a synthesis of both the aggressive eagle and the peaceful dove. He, in essence, completes 100 years later the message of the Statue. It now not only is the traditional image of friendship between one nation and another, but becomes in Chen’s hands a more universal concept through this new universal neo-iconographic image.” Reproduction print unframed Price :USD$100Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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“France and the United States unite once more. Chagall’s Paris full of Eiffel Towers, lovers, and roses, creates a cultural crown for our Lady. She thinks of Paris, but sees New York, Gracefully, Chen’s majestic Magritte bird provides the soulful link between the two.” – P.B.-S. Reproduction print unframed Price :USD$100Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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• Edward Hopper: “Early Sunday Morning,” 1930, Whitney Museum of American Art In Chen’s book “The Spirit of Liberty,” he states: “The driving desire of all human beings to make choices cannot be taken away; nor can it be ceded successfully. The craving dwells innately within the heart and spirit of human beings. Whatever our circumstances, as long as we are rational, we are in Liberty’s power forever. “To celebrate the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial several years ago, Chen painted more than 100 iconographic tributes to her, “calling into service his extraordinary erudition, his effusive love for all of humankind’s varied expressions of culture over past millennia, and his passion for the eternal truth, of humankind’s universal freedom-seeking spirit.” “Sunday Morning, Liberty!” is a quintessential American piece, which takes a popular image from Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967), who frequently took his images from stark, seedy, urban America. Chen’s introduction of the Liberty icon in such a dramatic fashion drives home the point that even when no human beings are in view, the social context is a product of human decisions. – Lawrence Jeppson Reproduction print unframed Price :USD$100Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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So many flags; so much freedom. Rousseau’s skybound and winged Liberty Lady trumpets invitations to our Lady. The French boats come….. The Liberty birds come….. Even the men from Mount Rushmore come. The torch is too significant to ignore.– P. B. S. Reproduction print unframed Price :USD$100Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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禁止吸烟 No Smoking#90050 40″ X 30″ Serigraph 1990 |
T. F. Chen was commissioned in the early 90’s to create an artwork raising awareness of cancer prevention. One of the designs that Chen came up with is this “No Smoking” silkscreen in Vincent van Gogh’s trademark. Chen newly interpreted the image to fit the screenprinting process and made some modifications to communicate his message.The originality and charm of this advertisement arises in the usage of a pictorial “icon” familiar to society. Van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe” has been etched into the public consciousness. In combining the well-known image with the positive message of “No Smoking,” the painting wittily and effectively catches the spectator’s eye. It is always a delight to perceive a message conveyed through art. The first number of this “No Smoking” serigraph edition was welcomed by the White House during President Ronald Reagan’s administration. The lower painting is a 8-“No Smoking”-variations-in-one on canvas with repeition to enforce the effect. Reproduction print unframed Price :USD$150Buy one get one free all unframed until March 31st. |
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