There are two features of moden art museum:the first is regionalism.Aregion can boost its confidence and sense of pride by exploring and displaying its cultural content, through which it can also enhance its influence upon other regions: the second is contemporariness. Asan important component of contemporary art ecological structure, art museum should fully integrate itself into international communication and cooperation with an open attitude, academic spirit and international vision so that it can lead and advance the rapid development of contemporary art. Only through the organic combination and coordination of the two can the cultural image of modern art museum be formed and the culture coordinate of art museum in contemporary art ecological structure be established.
Zhejiang Art Museum has been actively considering how to hold first-class international brand exhibition in Hangzhou so as to improve exchanges between Chinese and foreign culturesenhance Hangzhous international influence on its moden development,advance the construction of Zhejiang into a culturally strong province. Through such international art projects as “Miro Exhibition”, “Spring——Cai Guoqiang’s Solo Exhibition” and etc, we have accumulated certain experience, gradually forming a set of operation procedures and norms for international cooperative exhibition projects and opening a new working situation in organizing international art exchange. At the same time, we feel all the more that it is the responsibility of Zhejiang Art Museum to rely on Hangzhou’s profound cultural sediment, beautiful natural sceneries and strong economic power, integrate and make use of all kinds of academic strength, create international academic exhibition brand and provide quality public culture service for Zhejiang’s cultural development and Hangzhou’s urban development.
To fulfill this responsibility,HangzhouTriennial of Fiber Art is thus created.As the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Hangzhou boasts a long history and splendid culture. Today its silk craft still takes the leading position, with its traditional weaving craft being in transition to modern textile still takes the leading position. with its traditional weaving craft being in transition to modern textile industry. In contemporaryinternational artcontextfiber art has presented its peculiarty,conformity and sustainability in such fields as societyculture,economyand etc.Through international exchan ge. cooperation and exhibition of contemporary fiber artwith innovation and expansion, artistic creativity is realized, era characteristics hidden in visual modality are revealed and the overall spirit embodied in the intergrowth of contemporary art creation and life originality is built so that Hangzhou’s landmark culture can be located.At the same time.since fiber art is inseparable from man’s daily lifeit can draw the general public into contemporary artistic activities so as to popularize art and improve its social impact.
Zhejiang Art Museum hopes to build Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art into an international brand exhibition, which adopts the internationally accepted mode of triennialdefines a certain theme for each session and selects works in line with the theme by artists from both home and abroad to participate.This exhibition aims to explore the cultural foundation ofChinese and foreign fiber art from the perspective of historyculture. art and science and to advance the practice and research ofcontemporary fiber art. It advocates exploring new material,new technique and new industry of textile fiber through the uniqueness of fiber art language and integrates world weaving technique and artaesthetics into one which is of profound academic value to international fiber art and is of great significance in improving creative industry. We hope with the strong support of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hangzhou government, relying on the strong professional strength of China Academy of Art in art, employing thefirst-class moden exhibition conditions and mature exhibition planning system of Zhejiang Art Museum, we can build across-border contemporary art display platform and develop Hangzhou into an important international fiber art centre.
Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art provides a good opportunity for cultural and artistic exchange and improvement.To build an international creative brand through the poetic beauty of regions south of the Yangtze River and Hangzhou’s cultural name of“the Capital of Silk”to expand international artistic exchange and cooperation through the flexibleness of fiber art and the characteristics of traditional oriental culture; to lead the development of modern economic industry through the linearity of the exhibition and the innovation of culture and art.HangzhouTriennial of Fiber Art will improveZhejiang’s cultural soft power and Zhejiang and Hangzhou’s popularity and impact in the international arena.
