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As one of the earliest artistic creations and record media in history, stone has an unbreakable status from ancient stone mural to three-dimensional memorials and sacrificial statues. Attracted by the historical memory and its own quiet, clam and the stability , stone has been chosen as the main material of my creative process, but also produced a feeling of it. However, it is full of challenge for stone carving and artists in the future, so through the creation and research, so I started to search for the future possibilities of stone carving.
In the historical process of continuous innovation and change, traditional stone carvings are indelible in both technology and significance, but with the advent of scientific and technological progress and the era of mechanized production, how can we break through the existing framework by not confined to the comfortable circle of creation is the test of stone carving artists. In thinking about such problems, my personal creative process of practice and the study of art history echo each other. By searching the past as a model for the present, I try to find a new way in the field of stone carving without forgetting the original intention and infinite possibilities
In terms of history, from Michelangelo's delicate carvings to Broncusi's aesthetic thinking on the essence, from Rodin's liberation sculpture from the bench to the ready-made artifacts of the Duchamp and the conceptual art of Kosuth. Geographically, combined with the visit and inspection experience from Quyang and Carrara, the hometown of stone carvings from the East and the West. Advance my own creative process and the development of sculpture in different time and space background. From figuration to abstraction, engraving techniques to material thinking in these veins, a way out.With my own atypical creative development route, finding a possible future after the end of stone carving , answering the question "What is ahead of us?" of stone carving. This thesis is based on my own creative experience and research and try to find out the possibilities of stone carving art.
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