Clayart China on sun 13 feb 00
CLAYART CHINA, Feb. 2000, Vol. 7
Web sites of Chineseclayart, Shanghai art fair, Jingdezhen Ceramic
Institute.
"CLAYART CHINA" is a newsletter sponsored by the Chinese Ceramic Art
Council, USA and emailed monthly to professional clay artists who want to
know about ceramic art in China and things related. This newsletter will be
a bridge between China and Western countries for the ceramic arts. Comments
and suggestions are very welcome.
Editor Guangzhen "Po" Zhou
P.O. Box 64392, Sunnyvale, CA 94088, U.S.A.
Tel. 408-245-6271, Fax. 408-245-8756, Email: pozhou@email.msn.com
http://www.silverhawk.com/crafts/zhou/welcome.html
http://www.chineseclayart.com/welcome.html
FEATURES
Shanghai Art Fair 2000. http://www.shartfair.com.html
Started in 1997, sponsored by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation and
Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture, the 4th Shanghai Art Fair is going to
be held from November 3 - 7, 2000. Shanghai Art Fair became one of the
important cultural annual events in China and one of the best art fair in
the Asian countries. There will be 8,200 square meters with 200 booths.
In Shanghai Art Fair of 1999, there was total about 150 participants
included art dealers from many countries and regions, such as France, The
United States, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Britain, Australia, Japan,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and many other places of Mainland China. There
were a lot of exhibits showing both eastern and western, traditional and
contemporary arts with many mediums.
PROFILE
The Cosmopolitan City - Shanghai. Established in the Warring States period
(475 - 221 BC), Shanghai WAS just a small fishing village on the tidal creek
by the Yangzi River'S mouth. The city has flourished since the late 19th
century and became the largest manufacturing and trading base in China.
Under the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, Shanghai opened its' commerce and
residence to foreigners. The self-governing foreign inhabitants were
established in specific settlement areas so called British, French and
American concessions.
Started 1992, along with construction of the Pudong New Area and Special
Economic Zone, many skyscrapers, highways and subways have been built in
Shanghai. Today, the city is playing an important role in cultural exchange
between East and West, and act as catalysts and leader of modern life in
China.
ACTIVITIES
American Clay Art Works in Shanghai Art Fair 2000. The Chinese Ceramic Art
Council, USA pleased to announce that we are going to organize a group of
American clay art works to be displayed and enter the Chinese art market.
Shanghai Art Fair Organization Committee office director Qian Jianqun and
Secretary General Zhang Ming visited the US recently. Together with the
Clayart China Newsletter editor Guangzhen "Po" Zhou, they discussed about
promote clay art in the upcoming art fair. They invited The Chinese Ceramic
Art Council,
USA to organize a group of American clay art works to be displayed and sold
there. Shanghai Art Fair of 2000 will provide a special clay art section.
They are also planning to invite many other clay art galleries, art dealers
and schools from different countries.
TRAVEL
Shopping in China. In Mainland China, the labor is much lower than that of
in Western countries. Many of handcrafts and ceramic wares are collectable
with modest prices. All of the prices on the tags of the merchandize are tax
included. That means the price you see will be the price you pay. In many
stores, you can bargain prices. Most of the antiques markets, you should
not pay over the half price which they asked. Just like anywhere in the
world, some sellers may ask for very higher prices from tourists. Do not
hesitate to bargain with them.
For our 25 days Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan ceramic trip details,
please check www.chineseclayart.com.
EXHIBITIONS
Juror's statement of the Chinese Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Denver,
2000.
It was a great pleasure to be able to review the works submitted for
the Chinese Contemporary Ceramics exhibition. Art is produced from the
vantage point of the artist, seen from the vantage point of the viewer, and
mitigated through a support structure that always favors work with
particular characteristics at particular times. Trade and International
exhibitions help intermingle traditions and contemporary approaches. There
are so few insolated pockets in the world but even as cultures mesh still
there are issues and forms unique to specific artists and regions. Having
grown up on the West Coast of the United States, so much of my own history
as a ceramic artist is wrapped up in the artistic traditions of China,
Japan, Central and South America, and the Southwest United States.
Personally, color is increasingly important to me as patterns and textures
always have been. In my travels I am always struck by how the palettes of
artists are in large part determined by the environment around them. I never
understood color in much California painting until I was here to see the
space. I'm glad to have
been to Jingdezhen, to Taipei, and others sites in the PRC and Taiwan to see
where and how artists work there. Ultimately, artists and viewers alike are
looking for integrity over uniqueness; truth to oneself, truth to a
tradition; truth in innovation. I believe integrity can be found in this
show.
Robert Milnes, Director
School of Art and Design
San Jose State University
OPPORTUNITIES
American Clay Art Works in Shanghai Art Fair 2000
A group of American clay art works to be presented and sold in Shanghai
China. We will invite some clay artists whom we knew, and we would like to
open the entry to any clay artists in the U.S. We would like a verity of the
clay art styles, and hope this group of works will be an example of American
Clay Art Today for Chinese clay artists.
1. Dates and Location: Nov. 3 - 7, 2000, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai,
China. Total 8,200 square meters with 200 booths.
2. No entry fee.
3. Eligibility: Ceramic Artists who live in the United States. We have no
limitation about the styles, either vessel forms or sculpture, functional or
non-functional are welcome. All works must be made primarily of ceramic
materials and not exceed 12 inches in any dimension.
4. Jury: We admire and based on the works with origination and modest
prices, and the quantities of the total works.
5. Dead line: Application form must be received before July 1, 2000
6. Entry rules: Artists may enter a total of 2 works (up to 2 view slides
for each piece).
7. Accepted work that differs significantly from the slides will be
disqualified.
8. All work must for sale. We will retain a 65% commission on works sold.
9. Slide requirements: Slides must be 35mm color, standard mount, and
should be identified with artist's name, title of piece and dimensions, and
indicate top of slide. Slides will not be returned and we will remain the
copy rights for all works which accepted by the show.
10. Calendar:
July 1, 2000. Entries slides to be received.
July 15, Notifications mail out.
August 15, Clay works to be received.
Sept. 1, All works to be shipped to China.
Nov. 3 - 7, Show time in Shanghai Art Fair.
Early 2001, All unsold works will be ship back to the artists.
Contact:
The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA. PO Box 64392, Sunnyvale, CA 94088,
U.S.A.
Tel. 408-245-6271, Fax. 408-245-8756,
Email: pozhou@msn.com.
LETTERS
The web site of Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China.
http://www.clii.com/keji/kyys/ty/index.htm
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