Sculpture Symposium
Invite you to explore the stone sculpture art with us!
Hualien County Cultural Bureau
October 24 (Sat) to November 22 (Sat), 2020 9:00-17:00
Another 3 years have finally passed before we are ready to usher the 12th Hualien International Stone Sculpture Symposium in 2020. Since Dec 2019 through Feb 2020, 238 registrations of artworks were received and they remarkably came from 52 nations across the 5 continents. This number far exceeds that of the previous year of 2019.
This one-month (Oct 24 to Nov 22) event for year 2020 will be held at the Cultural Bureau Park. However, due to the raging global pandemic of Covid-19, inviting foreign sculptors to Taiwan has unfortunately come to a suspension. Therefore, for the year 2020 the event will primarily focus on the eight selected domestic artists, along with other well-known Taiwanese artists to participate.
We heartily invite all those interested to come and cheer for the sculptors, as well as explore the beauty of store sculpture.
Flowery Shadow
When the wind rises, the trees are stirred like green waves, Listen carefully to the natural Symphony from the valley, Dance around the flowering shrubs, At the junction of the sky and ground, Just wait for the golden light spreading the praise of life again!
The Touch of the Mountain
Hualien is located in eastern Taiwan. In its jurisdiction, there is Taroko Gorge with towering mountains and verdant mountains, while the East Rift Valley lies between the Coast Mountains and the Central Mountain Range. As experiencing the feeling of everyday life as spiritual practice when watching clouds and mountains every day, I am moved and my creativity is inspired, so I record the beauty of the moment.
Admiring the Moon in the Mountains
Walking into the mountain alone at night, to feel the solitude of the forest,Thoughts will naturally precipitate,Life's direction is gradually clear.The mind pursues freely and no longer bound.
Mental Image‧Flowing
It’s a spiritual dialogue between man, art, and nature. In the flowing of time and space, life automatically experiences nature’s wisdom of sharing which makes human thoughts take shape, emotion embodied in materials that create a rich culture.
Silent Light behind the Hill
The artwork metaphor that the mountains are undulating and majestic; and twisting energy like fishes are released, the sculpture balance of tension and aesthetic, and grows continuously.
Pneumatic
Winds — flowing gently, raise the memories in my mind. The heaven and the earth separate gradually, whirlwinds rise from the earth that gives birth to the miracle of Nature.
Ripple
Originally my world was serene and peaceful, like a pool of quiet water. One day, suddenly you broke in and rippled a sweet smile. Exactly like love .
Dancing
The bright summer sun paints those in the lotus pond with outstanding colors. On the earth which displays a unique, elegant, and pure style, the flowers of Hualien that quietly exudes a fairy-like temperament are calmly swaying in the wind with an uncontested attitude.
Chasing the Light
Inspiration of Chinese Fairy Tale " Kua Fu Ran after the Sun" This article is characterized by a permutation and combination of different structural forms . The sun emitting shining light is imaged by a cone carved with radial and symmetrical shape. Embedded in the cone is a moving cylindrical body piercing through the center of the sun, symbolizing that people are eager for getting some heat to warm their heart, running after the light with a firm and persistent spirit. It seems that the scene in the Chinese fairy tale Kua Fu Ran after the Sun appears again.
Time and Space Memory
Piled-up years usually turn to be memories. While a culture carries the dialogue between people and objects, it penetrates time and space to come to us. The author makes connected round bodies to symbolize condensed memories, while using cubes to represent the dimensions of space which leave bright marks in the long river of time.
Hear Chilai. Formosa
The artwork combines the image of disappeared Hualien and the shape of Taiwan, using the mobile phone to play the music through the drilling technology; the music playing through the sculpture symbolized the sound from Hualien expand to the world.
Space Writing
The conception of the work comes from a calligraphy technique: hollow stroking, which is like a certain technique of stone carvings, such as virtuality and reality, movement, and stillness. Such a technique just coordinates with the theme “Stone Mambo” of the 2020 Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival.
When the Spring Flowers Blossoming
With geometric shapes and texture levels, the stonework takes in the scene of blooming flowers. In the outdoor field, it produces various light and shadow dynamics which is like another show co-acted by the audience and the work. What they play is a show interlacing between virtuality and reality, moving in the wind like flowers blooming with a rush in the warm spring.
My pledges with this enchanting
The real reason why Hualien has been named as the meaning of “turning billows” might be its appealing soils! Through the metaphors of “paperclip” and “paper” to symbolize “the commitment with Hualien”, the stonework establishes the charming story in the back area of Taiwan.
Fruit Tree
Sculpture makes people associate with a tree. In the hollow black circle, the white ball forms a contrast. They represent the long-term ripe fruit which conceals the seeds that symbolize hope.
The Sceneries Face Towards the Sea
The work is based on black granite to build up an ornamental landscape of mind and vision. The various textures carved on both sides symbolize diverse geological formations; the white marble is shaped along the edge of the scene frame and its form and appearance are like a magnificent spectacle of overlapping mountains and seas along the coast, while the tiny ripples slowly fade away at the corners.
