Guangzhen Zhou on wed 8 sep 10
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Chinese Clay=3D20
Art=3D2C USA
Newsletter=3D20
Vol. 91
September=3D20
2010
in this issue=3D20
NCECA in Chinese version=3D20
Ceramic Artist from Japan=3D20
Ceramics Annual of America: Exhibition and Fair=3D20
Artworks by Guangzhen Zhou at Ceramics Annual of America
Chinese Calligraphy during the Cultural Revolution=3D2C 2010
Back to School Sales=3D20
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"CHINESE=3D20
CLAY ART" is a newsletter emailed to professional artists=3D2C curators=3D2=
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collectors=3D2C writers=3D2C experts=3D2C educators and students in the cer=
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ield=3D2C who=3D20
want to know about ceramic art in China and things related. This newsletter=
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be a bridge between China and Western countries for the ceramic arts. Comme=
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and suggestions are very welcome.=3D20
An earlier newsletter is on the Web at:=3D20
http://www.chineseclayart.com=3D20
Chief Editor: Guangzhen "Po" Zhou=3D20
(Copyright 2010=3D2C the Chinese Ceramic Art Council=3D2C USA. All rights r=
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NCECA in=3D20
Chinese version
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On the 7th=3D2C the Chinese Contemporary Ceramic Young Artists' Biannual=3D=
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Exhibitionwill be held in conjunction with the Chinese High Education of Ce=
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Art Forum at Zhejiang Museum=3D2C Hangzhou=3D2C Zhejiang Province in Octobe=
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2010.
The event will be hosted by the National Artists' Association-Ceramic=3D20
Art Branch=3D2C Chinese Academy of Art and Zhejiang Art Museum.The exhibiti=
on=3D
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be hosted from October 19th to 30th=3D2C and the forum will be held from Oc=
to=3D
ber=3D20
19th to 20th.=3D20
If anyone gets the chance to be in China=3D2C you might want to=3D20
visit the show in Hangzhou=3D2C which is two hours from Shanghai. This will=
b=3D
e the=3D20
most important ceramic art exhibition in China.
A new policy of "Expanding=3D20
Enrollment in High Education" was started about ten years ago=3D2C and sinc=
e =3D
then=3D2C=3D20
there have been a lot of new schools=3D2C campuses=3D2C and ceramic art stu=
dios=3D
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established nationally. The ceramic biannual exhibition has taken place at =
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the=3D20
China Academy of Art six times before=3D2C but it will be the first time fo=
r =3D
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ceramic forum. The event will be hosted at the recently-founded provincial=
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museum=3D2C Zhejiang Museum=3D2C near China Academy of Art and the beautifu=
l la=3D
ndscape=3D20
of West Lake. The ceramic art exhibition and forum will be similar to a Chi=
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nese=3D20
version of NCECA=3D2C but will have few hundreds participants only. The eve=
nt=3D
will=3D20
use invitations instead of being open to everyone. Most of the participants=
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will=3D20
be ceramic art instructors and professors in China.
Guangzhen Zhou was=3D20
specially invited as a guest artist and critic for this event=3D2C and will=
h=3D
ave a=3D20
few pieces in the show=3D2C as well as a slide presentation of "Contemporar=
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Ceramic=3D20
Materials=3D2C Equipment=3D2C Tools and Techniques".=3D20
Zhejiang Art Museum=3D2C 138=3D20
Nanshan Road=3D2C Hangzhou=3D2C 011-86-571 8707 8700=3D2C Zhejiang=3D20
Art Museum
9am - 4:30pm=3D2C Closed on Mondays=3D20
Guangzhen Zhou=3D2C Chief Editor
Ceramic=3D20
Artist from Japan
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Mr. Fumio Shimada=3D2C a professor from Tokyo University of the Arts=3D2Can=
d a =3D
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of his students are coming to the San Francisco Bay Area. They will arrivea=
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noon on Sept. 12th and are leaving in the evening on the 14th. I am going t=
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arrange a lunch together with local artists in the San Jose area on Sept. 1=
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4th.=3D20
The restaurant's address is: Hong Fu Restaurant=3D2C tel. 408-252-2200 2058=
8=3D
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Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino=3D2C CA 95014
If you would like to join us($25 per=3D20
person)=3D2C RSVP: ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com=3D2C Tel. 408-343-3919
About the=3D20
Japanese artist
Profile of Fumio Shimada
1948 Born in Tochigi Prefecture=3D2C=3D20
Japan
1975 Completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo University of theArts.=3D20
2003=3D2C2004=3D2C2006Jury member of Chacki International Ceramic Competiti=
on a=3D
t=3D20
Anadolu University=3D2C Turkey
2006 First symposium of The International Society=3D20
of Ceramic Art=3D2C Education and Exchange (ISCAEE) in Beijing=3D2C China.
2007=3D20
Attended ISCAEE International Symposium in England.
2008 Attended ISCAEE=3D20
International Symposium in Kenya.=3D20
2009 International Jury member for the=3D20
2009 5th World CeramicBiennale in Korea.
Attended ISCAEE International=3D20
Symposium in Korea
Presently:
. Head of Ceramics Department at Tokyo=3D20
University of the Arts
. President of ISCAEE=3D20
. Member of IAC
. Guest=3D20
Professor at the Academy of Arts and Design=3D2C Tsinghua University=3D2C a=
nd t=3D
he=3D20
Chinese Academy of Arts=3D2C Beijing=3D2C China=3D20
Ceramics=3D20
Annual of America: Exhibition and Fair
Ceramics Annual of=3D20
America: Exhibition and Fair
Free Ticket for Ceramic Enthusiasts!
at Fort=3D20
Mason=3D2C Herbst Pavilion
Opening Reception: September 9th=3D2C 2010 5:30pm to=3D20
9pm
Exhibition Dates: September 10th and 11th=3D2C 10am to 8pm=3D2C and Septemb=
er=3D20
12th 10am to 6pm
South San Francisco Bay-area Free tickets available for pick=3D20
up at ClayGround
1155 S. De Anza Blvd. San Jose=3D2C CA 95129
Tel.=3D20
408-343-3919=3D2C Email. ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com=3D20
Artworks=3D20
by Guangzhen Zhou at Ceramics Annual of America
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Guangzhen Zhou will have two installation pieces in the show.=3D20
The Endless=3D20
Banquet=3D2C 2010
Mixed Media with Ceramic=3D2C Jade=3D2C Glass=3D2C Wood and Metal
The=3D20
Shrouds Man=3D2C Height 72"=3D3B
The Giant ceramic hand=3D2C 7 x 25 x 20"=3D3B
The=3D20
Concubines=3D2C 66.5" (will not be in the show this time).
It is a man with=3D20
ancient jade shrouds (such as those used for emperors of the Western and Ea=
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stern=3D20
Han Dynasty 206 B.C. to 220 A.D.). His giant right hand (ceramic with=3D20
bristle/pig hairs) is holding a giant wine glass and waiting for a refill f=
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rom a=3D20
beautiful female. His left arm turns into a wooden arm with the two=3D2C sm=
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female hands on the end. They grasp a bottle of Mao-tai=3D2C the number one=
a=3D
lcohol=3D20
in China for a state banquet.
The pedestal was made from plywood with a=3D20
picture of water waves and a sunrise in the front. The picture is a copy of=
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the=3D20
juror (officer)'s desk in Chinese history.=3D20
Guangzhen Zhou first chiseled in=3D20
the tiny holes on the giant ceramic hand and glued some pig hairs on. Then =
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he=3D20
used mascara in order to dye the pig hairs black.=3D20
Chinese=3D20
Calligraphy during the Cultural Revolution=3D2C 2010
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Stoneware=3D2C Installation of Life-size Implements=3D20
About over 30 ceramic=3D20
pieces in a variety of sizes on a ping pong table of 8' x 4'=3D3B
An installation=3D20
of a scene of Red vs. Black in a ping-pong room at a school during the Cult=
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ural=3D20
Revolution of China from 1966 to 1976. It includes realistic ceramic items =
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resemble actual objects from daily life during that time.
The ping-pong table=3D20
is separated into two sides (4' x 4' each): A student (the red guard) was u=
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the table on the left and a professor (the "nasty" intellectual) was using =
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the=3D20
table on the right.=3D20
On the left: A "Loyalty Pledge" had been written by the=3D20
student right before his meeting to swear in defense of Chairman Mao. The=
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student was using a flat brush and liquid ink from a small enamel dish=3D2C=
a=3D
nd was=3D20
writing on red paper in simplified Chinese with graphic style. There are ob=
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jects=3D20
next to the paper: a red book titled "the Quotations of Chairman Mao"=3D2C =
a =3D
red=3D20
guard's uniform (PLA military uniform)=3D2C etc.
On the right: A statement of=3D20
"Admittance to Guilt" was written by a professor right before a meeting=3D2=
0
organized by the revolutionaries to criticize capitalism=3D2C where the pro=
fe=3D
ssor=3D20
may be removed from his teaching position to be a janitor instead. The prof=
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essor=3D20
was using a traditional pointed brush=3D2C with an ink stone and stick=3D2C=
and=3D
was=3D20
writing on white paper with traditional Chinese characters. Along with the =
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white=3D20
paper=3D2C there are a tie-made mop=3D2C a broom=3D2C and many other object=
s.
For more=3D20
information about his works=3D2C please visit Guangzhen Zhou's Facebook=3D2=
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