The Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum (Chinese: 杭州工艺美术博物馆) is a museum in Hangzhou, China.
Chinese: 杭州工艺美术博物馆 | |
 Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum in 2013 | |
  Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum Location within Zhejiang  Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum (China) | |
| Established | 2011 |
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| Location | Hangzhou, China |
| Coordinates | 30°19′15.46″N 120°7′59.95″E / 30.3209611°N 120.1333194°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
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History edit
The museum building was originally the Tonyi Gong yarn factory, which was founded in 1896, the factory was one of the largest cotton mills in Zhejiang province. In 2009, the Hangzhou municipal government decided to transform the building into a museum. In 2011, the museum opened for the first time.[1] Also in 2013, craft sculptor Ye Lijia carved boxwoods sculptures at the museum.[2] Since 2016, the museum has been part of the Google Arts & Culture platform.[3] The museum won the 17th National Museum's Top Ten Exhibitions competition award in 2019 for the exhibition of "Mirage: Exhibition of Decorative Arts for Chinese Export Sales from the 17th to the 20th Century".[4] In 2020, the museum organized a series of virtual courses in order to promote the cultural heritage of Hangzhou City.[5]
Collections edit
The museum is divided into 6 exhibition areas, it contains different artifacts such as sculptures, ceramics, and metal crafts, among the exhibits are a Xihu silk umbrella and Fuyang bamboo paper.[1] The museum contains works by Chinese artists such as paintings by Tang Di,[6] a copper decorative screen by Shaoxing artist Zhu Bingren.[7] The museum also contains works by Hangzhou artist Chen Shuiqin[8] and Qingtian artist Wu Songjiang.[9] In addition, the museum contains oil paper parasols from the southeastern part of Fujian Province dating back to the 21st century.[10] In September 2012, an exhibition called "Porcelain in the Universe-Large-scale Art and Life Ceramic Exhibition" was organized, which included works of more than 50 arts and crafts masters from different municipalities and provinces of China.[11] The museum contains Qingtian Stone Carvings, in 2015, activities related to these stone carvings were held in the museum.[12] In April 2018, the museum collaborated with Hong Kong's Liang Yi Museum to hold an exhibition called "Pandora's Box", which displays historical artifacts from Europe, and the Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum organized interactive activities around the jewelry exhibits.[13] In March 2018, the museum launched an exhibition called "Cutting the first branch of the Spring Breeze-Scissors Culture Exhibition", in which scissors from China were displayed, moreover, part of the exhibition came from Shen Minghua's collection.[14] In May 2019, the museum launched an exhibition about Chinese ceramics, this exhibition contained more than 120 works from famous ceramic production areas, this exhibition was in collaboration with Hong Kong Chinese Ceramic Sculpture Research Association.[15] In December 2019, the museum presented an exhibition with bronze sculptures by Zhu Junmin, the exhibition ceremony was attended by Wang Yingxiang, Liu Xiaoping, Zhao Jianzhong and Feng Renqiang, the exhibition was supported by Hangzhou Civil Artists Association and Hangzhou Arts & Crafts Industry Association.[16]
Gallery edit
References edit
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- ^ Huixin, Wu (2013-09-22). "Heir of first boxwood sculptor works at museum". ShanghaiDaily.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ Rein, Simon (2016-08-25). "The Art of Chinese Crafts across a thousand canvases". Google The Keyword. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "杭州探索实践 博物馆"策展人"制度出实效 _杭州网新闻频道". HZ News Hangzhou. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ UNESCO (2020-09-17). UNESCO Creative Cities' Response to COVID-19. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 978-92-3-100390-5.
- ^ "Republican-China Folding Fan with Pine-tree Painting by Tang Di". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Modern Copper Decorative Screen with Engraved Patterns of Flying Cranes". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Modern Decorative Screen with Bifacial Embroidery of Lotus Pond by Chen Shuiqin". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Modern Stone Carving Featuring West Lake Scenery by Wu Songjiang". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "Modern Yangkou Oil-paper Umbrella with Floral Patterns from Fujian". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "名扬海内外的"中国白"来杭州了 - 杭网原创 - 杭州网". Hangzhou Net News. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "杭州工藝美術博物館舉辦「青田石雕的工藝與審美」講座和實踐活動". KK News. 2015-06-23. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "浙里有展览丨来自欧洲的"潘多拉魔盒"等待解锁-浙江在线杭州在线网站". Hangzhou Zjol (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "1米多高的剪刀，见过吗". KK News (in Chinese (China)). 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ "陶瓷少女 带你领略国瓷之美_杭州网". Hangzhou Net News. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "朱炳仁‧铜往期展览交流大事记_朱炳仁铜官网——百年铜艺世家". Zbrty. Retrieved 2021-11-07.