Guangzhen Zhou on fri 26 aug 11
News201109
Articles
written by Guangzhen Zhou have been published on the magazine=3D2C China Ce=
ra=3D
mics -
Art Edition
1=3D2C "Clay Art Used as Psychological Therapy". Ceramic Art magazine
(Taiwan)=3D2C 67th Issue=3D2C 2010
2=3D2C "Addressing=3D2C Eating=3D2C Living and Transportation"=3D2C Chinese=
Ceramic=3D
s=3D2C
August 2011.=3D20
Along with these articles=3D2C the artworks at Ceramic Annual of America=3D=
2C S=3D
an
Francisco 2010 were also introduced. The artists are: Richard Akers=3D2C Cy=
nt=3D
hia
Siegel=3D2C Amy Evans McClure=3D2C Shannon Sullivan and Mark Messenger.
3=3D2C "The Artist Annette Corcoran and Her Bird of Heaven"=3D2C Chinese
Ceramics=3D2C September 2011.=3D20
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The Art
Zones and Public Art in Beijing=3D2C China
I have
been traveling back and forth between the US and China every two months sin=
=3D
ce
the late 1990=3D92s. I got the book =3D93Chinese Ceramic Cultural Site - Th=
e Ha=3D
ndbook
for Travelers=3D94 in 2004=3D2C which is about the ceramics of old China. N=
ow=3D
=3D2C I am
going to post some pictures of the art zones and public art in Beijing=3D2C
Shanghai=3D2C Guangzhou and Jingdezhen. The pictures were taken during my t=
ri=3D
ps in
China over the last few years=3D2C and depict the art of the new China.
There
are a few art zones in Beijing. The most popular one is 798 Art Zone in the
north-east and Song Zhuang (Song Village) in the east of Beijing. Here are =
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some
pictures I have taken in Beijing.
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The
Idea of Economic Pedestals Making
Pedestals
have been used for many exhibitions of ceramic artworks. It is painful to m=
=3D
ake
pedestals and ship them around for exhibitions in different areas or cities=
=3D
. It
is time to prepare the pedestals for Ceramics Annual of America again. I ha=
=3D
ve
an idea for making new=3D2C light weight=3D2C and foldable pedestals this t=
ime.
I have
purchased six of double-wall carton boxes from ULINE (Horizontal=3D2C Heavy=
D=3D
uty=3D2C
275 LB. Test. 24=3D94 x 24=3D94 x 36=3D94=3D2C $8.04 each plus tax)=3D3B an=
d purchase=3D
d six sheets
of plywood (24=3D94 x 24=3D94=3D2C $7.54 each plus tax) at Home Depot=3D3B =
I have p=3D
ainted them
white to match the requirement of the show.
For
installation:
I am
going to put one or two bags of clay (they are 25 pounds each) inside of th=
=3D
e
pedestal to help hold the pedestals and use two screws on the top to help h=
=3D
old
the plywood and the box together. The artworks=3D2C of course=3D2C will be =
disp=3D
layed on
top.
The
good things about the carton box-pedestal are:
I may
pack my artwork inside of the =3D93pedestals=3D94 and ship them together to=
the=3D
scene.
They are lightweight and less expensive compared to the kind of pedestals m=
=3D
ade
of wood. Plus=3D2C they are foldable and easily stored.
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Products Have Arrived
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Guangzhen "Po" Zhou
Chinese Clay Art Corp. / ClayGround
Clay Art Supplies and Studio
1155 S. De Anza Blvd. San Jose=3D2C CA 95129
Mailling address:
PO Box 1733=3D2C Cupertino=3D2C CA 95015
Tel. 408-343-3919=3D2C Fax. 408-343-0117
www.ChineseClayArt.com=3D2C ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com
Art Tools are Part of Art Works. =
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