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CHINESE CLAYART, September 2002, Vol. 29.
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Foshan Expo, China Exchange and Travel, Yixing Ceramic Art Traveling
Exhibition USA-2003.
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"CHINESE CLAYART" is a newsletter emailed bi-monthly to professional
artists, curators, collectors, writers, experts, educators and students in
the ceramic field, 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.
(Copyright 2002, The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA. All rights
reserved.)
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The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA
P.O. Box 1733, Cupertino, CA 95015, USA
Tel. 408-245-6271, Fax. 408-245-8756
Email: editor@chineseclayart.com
Web: www.chineseclayart.com
Chief Editor: Guangzhen "Po" Zhou
English Editor: Deborah Bouchette
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LETTER FROM FOSHAN, CHINA
Foshan Ceramic Exposition 2002 China, www.2002taobo.com
China Foshan International Ceramics Conference 2002
Seminar on International Ceramic Art
Foshan has a long cultural history. This is an important page in Chinese and
international ceramic history. Foshan’s modern ceramic production has
evolved through its long ceramic culture.
We wish to have the world better understand Shiwan, Foshan and China, and to
encourage Foshan and Shiwan ceramics to make significant progress to enter
the global perception. Together, the China Building Materials Industry
Association, China Ceramic Industrial Association, China Building & Sanitary
Ceramics Association, and the People’s Government of Foshan will host the
Foshan Ceramic Exposition 2002 China on October 18-22 in Foshan City,
Guangdong Province, PR China.
The Exposition Committee will invite, from home and abroad, famous designers
of interior design and exterior architecture, related organizations,
experts, scholars and art critics in the ceramic medium, and ceramic artists
– a total of 500 participants are expected to gather for the exposition. At
the same time there will be held four excellent exhibitions of the
designated subjects of ceramic products and art.
During the exposition a seminar will be held on the topic of Contemporary
Ceramic Art in the Global Village, which is one of the main activities of
the China Foshan International Ceramics Conference 2002 - Seminar on
International Ceramic Art.
Conference sponsored by:
The People’s Government of Foshan
China Ceramic Industrial Association
Institute of Interior Design of Architectural Society of China
Central Academy of Fine Arts
The Art Department of Qing Hua University
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
International Academy of Ceramics
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Seminar sub-topics:
1 Contemporary Ceramic Arts from the Global Cultural Perspective
2 The Value of Local Cultures in the Global Vision of Ceramic Arts
3 Public Issues of Contemporary Ceramic Arts
4 Modernization of Public Image of Ceramic Arts as a New Public Medium
5 Contemporary Ceramic Arts and Modern Life
To guarantee this conference is successful, the Committee will invite
prestigious celebrities and those who have made significant contributions in
the arts or technical fields. As specially invited experts for lecture
related to the above sub-topics, you are humbly requested to give a lecture
of 30 minutes - edited from a 3000-5000 word article to be published in both
Chinese and English before the conference. We are very appreciative of your
expertise and extensive knowledge of art. We are honored to invite you as a
noted expert to lecture to the China Foshan International Ceramics
Conference 2002.
Seminar on International Ceramic Art
Date: 19-21 October 2002
Site: Meeting Hall in Government Building of Shiwan Town
Topic: Contemporary Ceramic Art in the Global Village
Contact:
Planning Office
Foshan Ceramics Exposition 2002 China Committee
11 Buxin Street, 5 Gaomiao Road
Shiwan District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
China PC 528031
Tel: 86-757-2723608 2723492
Fax: 86-757-2723492
Website: www.2002taobo.com
Director of Planning Committee
Zhang Wenzhi
Foshan Ceramics Exposition 2002 China Committee
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PROFILE
1. FOSHAN
Foshan City is located about 18 kilometers southwest of Guangzhou. Foshan,
which means Buddha Mountain in Chinese, has a long history of over 1300
years. She gained her present name when the villagers dug out three bronze
Buddha statues left by Indian monks.
The city is famous for its ceramics industry and other Chinese crafts.
Within Foshan City, there is a small district called Shiwan. Within Shiwan,
there are over one thousand ceramic manufacturing facilities.
2. SHIWAN GONGZAI
Located in Guangdong province in the southern part of China about 100 miles
northwest of Hong Kong, Shiwan is a small town belonging to Foshan City.
There are over one thousand ceramic manufacturing facilities in this area.
Realistic figurative stoneware sculpture has been produced in Shiwan since
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This style of sculpture is called Shiwan
Gong-Zai. Traditionally, the unique ceramic figures mainly were made by the
pinch method of hand-building; today, slip casting and press-mold techniques
are also used. Several different colored clays often are used to distinguish
the skin, beard, cloth, or other details. Usually unglazed clay represents
skin.
Shiwan Gong-Zai originally was used in architecture (to sit on roofs),
representing historical heroes, Buddha, or gods for temples. Later on, this
kind of figure was also used for gardens and from it developed 2- or 3-inch
high mini-figures, called Shan-Gong, such as a man reading or fishing, old
men playing chess, or a boy and a cow. The Shan-Gong (mountain man) is
usually used in mini-landscapes.
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CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL
Foshan Ceramics Conference, China Exchange and travel, Oct. 16-Nov. 1, 2002.
EXPO SPECIAL 16 days, only $1,650 (subsidized by the Chinese government).
Limited to three artists, first come first serve).
Cities include Foshan, Shanghai, Yixing, Xi'an and Beijing.
Fee includes transportation, hotel rooms and three meals a day, excluded is
international airfare (about $700 from the US west coast to China, round
trip).
For more information on the China tour, visit our website
www.chineseclayart.com, and for information on the Foshan Ceramics Expo,
please visit www.2002taobo.com.
Contact: The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA
PO Box 1733, Cupertino, CA 95015 USA
Tel. 800-689-2529, 408-245-6271; Fax. 408-245-8756
Application deadline: September 15, 2002
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available now. For details, please visit our web www.chineseclayart.com.
The Web Store offers new patented plastic texture mats, Chinese hand made
bamboo and buffalo horn tools, and ceramic-related books.
For a free catalog, please send your mailing address before Nov. 1st, 2002
to: Chineseclayart@hotmail.com, or call: 800-689-2529, 408-245-6271, fax:
408-245-8756.
Show room: The Clayground, 1253 Kentwood Ave, San Jose,
CA 95129 (near highway 85 and De Anza Blvd.).
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WANTED
Yixing Ceramic Art Traveling Exhibition, USA-2003 (Curators wanted)
The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA and the Ceramic Art Branch of the Arts
and Crafts Association of Jiangsu Province, China are working together to
host “Yixing Ceramic Art Traveling Exhibition, USA-2003”. The contents of
the show will be about 20-30 pieces of smaller sizes done by the most
talented Chinese clay artists, and most of the art works will be Zisha
(un-glazed brownish stoneware) teapots.
We are looking for some art galleries and museums to work together to
display this exhibition in different areas in the United States.
For more information, please contact:
The Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA
P.O. Box 1733, Cupertino, CA 95015, USA
Tel. 408-245-6271, Fax. 408-245-8756
Email: editor@chineseclayart.com
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EXHIBITIONS
Between Tradition & Contemporary Expression, China Ceramics Today, 2002-2004
Organized by the Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, and the Guangdong Art
Museum, China
Sept/2002-Jan/2003, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Mar-Apr/2003, Danmark Keramik Museum, Grimmerhaus, Denmark
June-July/2003, the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sept-Oct/2003, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dec/2003-Jan/2004, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana,
California, USA
Jan-Mar/2004, Hawaii University, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Apr-June/2004, Hong Kong Science & Technology University, Hong Kong, China.
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An earlier newsletter is on the Web at:
http://www.chineseclayart.com/news.html
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