Each booth is like a moving installation art, recording the bustling masterpiece of common Taiwanese flavor!
Taiwan sketch artist Zheng Kaixiang turns his attention to the streets and alleys.
Under the dim yellow light is the "roadside stall" that you and I are most familiar with.
The simple business model has created the most prosperous cultural landscape on the island.
It also allows us to see the taste of life from a corner of survival.
Taiwan's vendors are the magnolias sold in the traffic jams.
It's the train lunch sold on the platform.
It's the fresh fish and meat from the vegetable market.
It is a seasonal local product on the roadside.
It's the breakfast omelette next to the school building,
It's a chicken chop cold drink outside the military camp.
It's a bargain sale at the night market.
It is a handicraft from the cultural and creative market...
Our diversity is in the temples, in the old streets, and in the alleys;
Our lives become richer and more intimate because of street vendors.
Taiwanese sketch artist Zheng Kaixiang uses watercolor rendering and hand-drawn sketching.
Take note of the island's most thriving cultural landscape.
The unique Taiwanese lifestyle lines delicately restore the splendor of this land.
What is the "Taiwanese flavor" in your mind?
Open this book and enjoy this wonderful moment!
* A free full-size book jacket poster of "Seeing 100 Stalls" (59.5x23cm) is included with the book
Recommended by all parties
Lianggen｜Taiwanese visual artist Ruan Guangmin｜Cartoonist Cao Mingzong｜Taiwanese literary and historical writer
Song Shixiang｜Founder of "Anthropologists of the Hundred Workers" Bi Hengda｜Professor of the Institute of Architecture and Urban-Rural Studies, National Taiwan University
Hu Chuan'an｜Assistant Professor of Chinese Department, National Central University
Li Qingzhi｜Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Design, Shih Chien University Yang Shuangzi｜Writer Zhan Hongzhi｜Writer Jiang Xun｜Writer, poet, painter Lu Jianzhang｜Poet director, writer Xie Zheqing｜Writer, famous TV host
The most familiar corner of the city
After reading the book "One Hundred Stalls in Taiwan", all kinds of memories came to my mind. Many of the stalls in the book appeared in various stages of our lives, piecing together the trajectory of growth. While reading, I recalled various little stories about myself and the stalls.
──Liang Gen｜Taiwanese visual artist
Reading Zheng Kaixiang's "One Hundred Stalls in Taiwan", not only does he use watercolor brushes to brilliantly record the appearance of hundreds of street vendors in Taiwan, but he also uses vivid writing to show us his delicate observations of the grassroots social life in Taiwan. We are called by it and moved by it. These vendors are our most ordinary daily life and the most down-to-earth connection between us and this land.
──Song Shixiang｜Founder of "Anthropologists among Hundred Workers"
As the times change, the street vendor scene has gradually disappeared. Fortunately, "One Hundred Stalls Taiwan" has left us a record that is both realistic and nostalgic. It is a history worth watching and collecting.
──Hu Chuan'an｜Assistant Professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Central University
──Nguyen Quang Min｜Cartoonist
About the Author
Zheng Kaixiang
Born in 1982 in Pingtung, he is a full-time artist and graphic writer.
Graduated from the Art Department of the Political Warfare School and the Institute of Visual Arts of Pingtung University.
In 2019, he published the book "Street House Taiwan" and won the "Newcomer of the Year" award at the Eslite Reading Artisan Awards. The book has been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish and other versions. He is the first artist in Taiwan to use watercolor techniques to systematically record street house culture.
He is good at sketching and watercolor techniques, and advocates the life attitude of "using painting instead of taking photos and checking in". His brushstrokes are smooth and his tones are warm, with unique perspectives and humanistic care. He takes it as his mission to record the beauty and changes of the city, and his paintings convey eternal themes such as "then" and "a moment".
He has won the Silver Award in Graphic Design of the A' International Design Awards, the Taiwan World Watercolor Competition, the Golden Goblet Award in Illustration of the Chinese Painting Society, and other awards. He has also collaborated with brands such as Eslite, Taipei 101, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and T-Life magazine. He has held exhibitions all over Taiwan and is active in the art and cultural circles. His works have been repeatedly reported by major media.
In recent years, he has served as an artist-in-residence at Taipingshan City Art Center in Keelung, deeply exploring the local life tones and painting them into nostalgic daily landscapes.