At the intersection of the light rail and Dayong St. is “Giant’s Building Blocks”, a large installation made of red containers, and The Pier-2 Art Center’s new landmark.
Its creater Wu Kuan-ying is an artist skilled in building blocks and geometric structure. Wu stated that “sculpting and clay modeling involve subtraction and addition, respectively, whereas art creation using building blocks involves addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division.” This artwork, with only three supports, reveals how its creator ingeniously played with structural combinations.
Old containers were remodeled, polished, and rebuilt similar to a kid playing with building blocks, creating a sense of experimentation and novelty. The world becomes the artist’s playground and creativity.
沿著大勇路走到底，在輕軌與大勇路的交叉口旁可看到一座由紅色貨櫃組成的大型裝置藝術，這是駁二的新地標《巨人的積木》。
本件作品的創作者吳寬瀛，為擅長以積木與幾何結構進行雕塑創作的藝術家，他曾說過：「木刻是減法，泥塑是加法，積木可以加減乘除！」，在這件僅以三點支撐的作品中，同樣可見到藝術家巧妙地把玩著結構組合。
將廢棄貨櫃重新鈑金、打磨、除鏽，並賦予新的構成，過程就如同赤子堆砌著積木，充滿實驗性與新奇趣味，廣大的天地成了巨人的玩具場，在海港邊砌出了一番新視野。
作品名稱：巨人的積木 Giant 's building blocks
作者：吳寬瀛 Kuan-ying Wu
創作年份：2017
材質規格：貨櫃 / 長12.5m x寬12.5m x高10m
設置地點：駁二藝術特區