Dates：2016-05-27 ~ 2016-08-07
Opening Hours : Tuesday–Sunday : 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location：Special Exhibition AreasⅠⅠ
Closing Day : The museum is closed every Monday, and Chinese New Year’s Eve to Chinese January 3rd.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was led by William Morris in mid-18th century England. The movement advocated that art should be made with honesty, and promoted the status of craftsmen as artists. In Japan 1925, Yanagi Muneyoshi founded mingei (folk craft) to express the beauty of practical use. Each culture has its own unique craft cultural movement. Putting aside the question of whether eastern cultures were influenced by the arts and crafts movement of the west, both movements showed anti-industrial tendencies These movements expressed the value of craftsmanship and brought forth innovative concepts to traditional crafts. In 2003, UNESCO passed the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, a treaty devoted to preserving cultural diversity and continuing respect for creativity. Various countries are also beginning to value the importance of preserving the intangible cultural heritage.
The Museum of World Religions has long been dedicated to introducing different religious cultures to Taiwan society. By exposing the public to multivariate religious cultural heritages, the museum hopes to educate visitors on the importance of cherishing cultural resources, understanding the core beliefs of religion, and to treat different cultures with respect. The art of embroidery has been inseparable from everyday life since ancient times and has produced particularly exciting works in religious themes. For instance, embroidery used for images of the Buddha and propitious themes requires different stitching methods, production techniques, and materials that are truly spectacular. This exhibition is a collaboration with Louyang Quejinxiu Research Center to display the relation between embroidery and religious culture.
Artist Wang Li-Min combines the techniques of embroidery, tapestry, barbola, and drawing to create glamorous and exquisite works that are both complicated and harmonious. This rare embroidery technique was previously restricted to royal courts and rarely seen among the commoners. The 36 displayed works all took one to three years’ time to complete, and offer an opportunity for visitors to admire and learn more about techniques of traditional Chinese feather embroidery, and have a chance to gain a broader understanding of the production of fabric material and selected topics.
Website：http://www.mwr.org.tw/2016quejinxiu/
