The most famous figures at The Pier-2 Art Center is a laborer wearing an undershirt, hard hat, and tool belt as well as a fishwoman wearing an Asian conical hat, headscarf, and oversleeve. This artwork “Labor and Fishwoman” created by Chen Ting-jin, was the winner of the International Kaohsiung Arttoys Exhibition in 2006.
Labor and Fishwoman embodies Kaohsiung’s cultural history as an industrial and oceanic city, showcasing Kaohsiung citizens’ down to earth personalities. The statue features the worker’s posterior, signifying blue-collar workers diligent work. The disassembled parts of Chinese character “love,” painted on their bodies, are the forces that motivate them.
This classic artwork was converted into large toys in 2009, with The Pier-2 Art Center invites diverse artists to paint in varied themes on these figurines.
在駁二藝術特區最著名的形象就是身穿汗衫、頭戴施工安全帽、背著工具腰包的「工人」，以及戴斗笠、覆頭巾、著袖套的「漁婦」，這組公仔為藝術家陳廷晉參加2006年駁二國際文化公仔創意展公開徵選的首獎作品。
「工人及漁婦」分別表現出高雄工業及海洋城市的文化意涵，亦有高雄人誠懇踏實的意象。公仔的正反兩面都是背部，暗示「埋頭苦幹，默默耕耘」的社會基層辛勤工作的背影；而在身上彩繪著拆解後的「愛」字，則是支持他們繼續努力的動力。
除了原版「經典款」的工人漁婦外，在2009年也翻模成大型公仔，邀請不同風格、領域的藝術家以各種主題創作彩繪，歡迎來駁二尋找不同造型的工人與漁婦，跟他們一起合個影吧！
作品名稱：工人及漁婦 Labor and Fishwoman
作者：陳廷晉Ting-jin Chen
創作年份：2006
材質：玻璃纖維
設置地點：駁二藝術特區