Guangzhen Zhou on tue 30 nov 10
The Dynamic Art Market vs. the Isolated Contemporary Ceramic
In China =3D2C there are not many art galleries able to sign a contract wit=
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artists in long-term relationships and act as the agent between the artists=
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and art collectors. But over the past decade=3D2C the art auction companie=
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have played the most important role in the art market instead. The selling =
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prices in the auctions usually become the pricing ruler of the art market. =
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There are not many art buyers who really enjoy the artworks. Most of them r=
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egard the artworks as part of their investment. It is just the same as thei=
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r purchase of stocks=3D2C or real estate. Usually=3D2C the patrons are rich=
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inessmen in real estate=3D2C banks=3D2C high-tech companies=3D2C etc.
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The Art Market of Contemporary Ceramics in China
Due to the high education facility expanding in China over the last decade=
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=3D2C there are hundreds of thousands of new graduates from ceramic art rel=
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ed majors every year. There are many ceramic art exhibitions in the ceramic=
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production areas of China and the audience of the art shows that most of i=
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t comes from the ceramic communities. Not many contemporary ceramic works c=
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an actually be sold. Contemporary ceramic art doesn=3D92t draw much attenti=
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from the rich art collectors. The Chinese art market is one of the most dy=
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namic art markets in the world today=3D2C but the prices of contemporary ce=
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mic are far below the average prices in the art market. The contemporary ce=
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ramic is still virgin soil in the art market in China . Many contemporary c=
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eramic artists have been experiencing financial struggles.=3D20
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Lack of Critic=3D2C Contemporary Ceramic has been Isolated from the Mainstr=
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m of Art
This is the situation in China : the traditional ceramic art has been roote=
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d very deeply in Chinese culture=3D2C contemporary ceramic art is just like=
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newborn baby that can hardly compete with the strong tradition of Chinese =
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ceramic culture. Because of the lack of contemporary clay art critics who w=
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ork in between the clay artists and art society=3D2C the contemporary ceram=
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community has been isolated from the mainstream of art society. I believe =
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if the contemporary ceramic critic worked well for fostering the society an=
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d the art market=3D2C the situation will change soon due to the new generat=
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n of art patrons formed. The new generation is growing up with computer key=
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boards=3D2C the internet=3D2C fast food and the popular culture of the worl=
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o will become the major support of contemporary art. =3D20
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Note: My essay of the Chinese version has been published in the Collection =
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and Investment magazine Beijing China .
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Chinese vase sold at auction for 43 million pounds
An 18th century Chinese vase has become one of the most expensive items eve=
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r sold in an auction after it was snapped up by a Chinese buyer for 43 mill=
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ion pounds. This extraordinary price - more than forty times the sum it was=
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expected to fetch - is a world record at auction for a piece of Chinese Ar=
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t=3D2C and quite a windfall for the mother and son who found the vase on a =
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okcase as they cleared out the home of a dead relative in the London suburb=
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of Pinner.
http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/ITN/2010/11/12/T12111010/?v=3D3D1&a=3D3D0
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About some Complaining of Chinese Ceramic Art Exhibition next door
Some of our customers have been complaining about the Chinese ceramic art f=
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air next door to us=3D2C specifically about how the mass-produced ceramics =
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re on sale 95% off. The ceramic fair was started on July 1st and supposed t=
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o end on October 31st. But for some reason=3D2C it has been postponed until=
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he end of November this year. I understand that the ceramic fair next door =
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is hurting our customers - many of the creative=3D2C individual ceramic art=
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ts in this area. So=3D2C we have to clarify this: Our business-Chinese Clay=
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rt Corp. ClayGround and Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA has nothing to do w=
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ith the ceramic art fair business next door ( 1157-1159 S. Dean Blvd. There=
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is a large banner =3D93Chinese Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Large Exhibition=3D9=
4 ha=3D
nging under the roof).=3D20
Jingdezhen is the birthplace of porcelain-ware and it is a great place to s=
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tudy the Chinese ceramic culture and ceramic techniques. But=3D2C some busi=
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ssmen have been selling these lower quality=3D2C mass-produced ceramic piec=
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into the market with labels of =3D9395% off=3D94=3D2C acutely destroying t=
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utation of Jingdezhen ceramic culture in the world.=3D20
We have no information about the business next door. For further questions =
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about this issue=3D2C please contact the property manager at: Evangeline Q.=
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empis=3D2C Biagini Properties INC. Tel. 408-331-2300 x 17=3D2C Email: Evang=
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e@biaginiproperties.com =3D20
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The Texture Mats were featured by Martha Stewart Living magazine
The texture mats were featured in the December issue of Martha Stewart Livi=
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ng magazine again this year and it became our best seller of the month. On=
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page 197 in an article on candy making is the recipe for making chocolate-=
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almond Wood-Grain Bark using the wood-grain texture mat. (Item number is PA=
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01-4)=3D2C please click the link for details.=3D20
http://chineseclayart.com/mall/c110/s25729/search.asp?k=3D3Dtexture+mats
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Free Book with any online orders over $50.00
=3D93Chinese Ceramic Cultural Sites=3D2C A Traveler's Handbook=3D94=3D2C th=
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al value is $20.00 each.
http://chineseclayart.com/mall/c110/s25729/store_books.asp=3D20
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Presentational Wooden Boxes
This might be a gift idea: packing your ceramic artworks in a presentationa=
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l wooden book. A set of 6 boxes in different sizes for only $18=3D3B 4 sets=
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f 24 boxes will be $60.
http://chineseclayart.com/mall/c110/s25729/gift.asp
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Guangzhen "Po" Zhou
1041 Miller Ave=3D2C San Jose=3D2C CA 95129=3D2C USA
Tel. 408-891-5866
Email: ChineseClayArt@yahoo.com=3D2C=3D20
http://blog.artron.net/space.php?uid=3D3D138865
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