Missing Masterpiece Exhibition

Exhibiton Identity Design of Xiao Ru-Song Art Park

About Exhibition

The exhibition of Missing was advised by Taiwan Ministry of Culture and host by Hsinchu County government and Council. It aims to present the masterpieces of Xiao Ru-Song art park. Although Xiao Ru-Song died in 1992, his ambition and inspirit still exists in his masterpieces. In the exhibition, the art works include watercolour and oil painting and records the life and natural views of the artist in Zhudong town. The exhibition invites residents and public to have a drink with his fantastic art works.

Visual Design concept

For this exhibition, I presented the concept that “Missing doesn’t mean disappearing, it means discovering in the past of masterpieces which we didn’t find yet”. Visual elements are consisted of a piece of folded paper and Xiao Ru-Song’s spring series artworks. During the process of opening the folded masterpieces, people can explore undiscovered inspirit and stories of the artist from his art works and memory his achievements.

History of Xiao Ru-Song Art Park

Xiao Ru-song, born in 1922, from Beipu Township in Hsinchu County, was a Taiwanese Hakka contemporary watercolor artist. From 1950, his work took in Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism and combined them with traditional Far Eastern calligraphy lines and brush strokes to create a unique style of painting. After Xiao died in 1992, his former residence went untended for a long time and fell into a state of disrepair. Later, the Hsinchu County Cultural Affairs Bureau put forward plans for a Xiao Ru-song Art Park plan and in May 2004 set up a preparatory committee, inviting academics, experts and local prominent figures to weigh in.

Their research work led to the restoration of the Xiao Ru-song residence to its former appearance and the rebuilding of old dormitories around it. The park formally opened in 2008 and the grounds entirely retain Japanese-era architectural features and gardens. Today it stands as an important cultural and exhibition space in Hsinchu’s Zhudong.

The park has on display a hundred of Xiao’s original artworks and reproductions, and regularly invites private and public art museums to exhibit works from the collection for local art lovers and members of the public to see and learn from.