Art and Stone: An East, West, and Global Perspective

Abstract

Introductory comments and reflections on the Donna Dodson and Jun Hu articles in the current issue of CAET dealing with scholars’ rocks and rock balancing art. The artistic approaches to the stone configurations are presented as accessible and transcultural forms of artistic expression that have a worldwide aesthetic appeal.

Keywords

• scholars’ rocks
• rock balancing art
• environmental art
• cairn construction
• universal forms of artistic expression
• accessible art expression