2020 Hualien International Stone Carving Art Season Stone Education Exhibition-Wu Lan Shi News Stone Industry Development and Life Application Exhibition

Hualien owns 80% of Taiwan's stone resources. During its heyday, its processing equipment and production capacity ranked second in the world, second only to Italy. Hualien's daily life is closely intertwined with industry and commerce and stone. In the urban area, pedestrian walks made of leftover slabs, creative stone shelters, stone mosaic tiles, and public art of stone sculptures in the county are common.

 

Since the Japanese occupation period, the stone industry has gradually developed into three major industries: stone, stone carving, and stone appreciation. Indoor and outdoor decoration and daily stone processing plants, stone art merchants, stone carving artist studios, etc. are scattered in industrial areas and towns. between. After a long period of time, the life and emotions of Hualien people are precipitating the tone of "symbiosis with stone."

 

This exhibition is based on "flowing time", so the theme is "Wu Lan Shi Bao", hoping to wash out the pulse of the development of Hualien's stone industry in the long river of time. It is hoped that the audience can understand how the material of "quarry" deeply affects the regional development of Hualien from the perspectives of history, industry, humanities and aesthetics, and can reflect on "How did Hualien become Hualien?" The content of the exhibition includes "Hualien Stone The three aspects of "Development History", "Stone Industry and Life Application" and "Cultural, Creative Design and Art" allow the audience to not only read precious documents and audiovisual photos, but also display early stone art products such as stone lanterns, Nostalgic objects such as stone ashtrays, stone troughs, fruit trays, 猈貅carvings, and dog incense burners, as well as new design products such as furniture, clocks, incense vessels, stationery, etc., designed with marginal materials in recent years, are displayed in the exhibition hall The atmosphere display space allows the public to feel the beauty of the new and old time and space.

 

Exhibition location: Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum No. 2 Planning Room

Exhibition Date: September 27 (Sun)-December 13 (Sun)

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00, closed on Monday