The Gate of Hope

Abstract

This visual arts creation thesis, The Gate of Hope consisted of two purposes, which were 1) to study hope is something everyone has, and hope is good, holy, and wants to show through the gate. and 2) to create the visual arts which was Installation art that expressed via form Chinese gates, arches and Western Gothic architecture combined was used from bamboo, Chinese paper-cut, spray paint and other materials are used to make them using the techniques of splicing, tenon and mortise and interspersed which conveyed the a fusion of Chinese and Western expressions of the concept of hope, and re-presented in a new way. The operation of this creation was collected field data [6] , documentary data [13] , and influence from creative work [15] . The data analysis was clearly analyzed in order to theme, form, technique, and process to satisfy of concept and specially character for [67] piece.

The result of this creation was found combining these meanings of Chinese bamboo and paper-cutting, as well as the meaning of the spires of Western Gothic architecture, several works have been created. And this creation also brought about the new particularly appearance.

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