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The beauty of a rustic, thick, and clumsy porcelain has always attracted wood-fired potters all over the world.
The surging news learned that the "Fourth Shanghai International Ceramic Firewood Burning Art Festival and International Ceramic Firewood Burning Works Exhibition" with the theme of "Firewood Burning, Tracing Origins and Chengqi" opened yesterday at the Shanghai Qingkong Habitat Art Museum in Songjiang, exhibiting original wood-fired works by wood-fired artists from China, the United States, France, Germany and other countries and regions, presenting a rustic beauty different from traditional firewood-burning. The organizers selected 2 gold medals and 5 silver medals from nearly 210 sets of original wood-fired works by wood-fired artists from more than 20 countries and regions, including Shen Jae-sen 'Korea's' "Handmade Pottery 'Duck'" and Qiu Yifeng's (China's) "Roots" series.
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China's porcelain history has been thousands of years, and the inheritance and development of successive generations has also made people's requirements for ceramic quality higher and higher. Wood firing is an ancient firing method, wood is the most important fuel of the kiln, when firing pottery cover the porcelain tire, the wood ash is separated from the fire, avoid direct contact with it, so that the glaze color of the product is consistent, the glaze falls on the glaze or the traces of fire on the carcass, which is not appreciated in the orthodox porcelain standards of ancient Chinese society in the case of technology permitting, and is considered to be "flawed". However, under the conditions of the extremely successful modern porcelain making and firing technology, a modern ceramic creation "firing concept" that is completely different from the traditional wood burning aesthetic is prevailing, and the modern wood burning technique pursues the natural combination of wood ashes and soil. Contemporary wood-fired is largely reflected in the fact that the use of covers when wood-fired works are no longer used, which means the recognition of the "ills" produced in the firing process. It is characterized by making the ash and flame produced by wood combustion directly into the kiln, unlike the general beautiful glaze water, the ash in the kiln naturally adheres to the body, and forms a warm and smooth, rich layered natural gray glaze under high temperature baking; melted or unmelted wood ash, forming a smooth or rough texture on its surface, and various color changes, leaving traces of fire that has stopped, natural and without whitewashing, it will not be repeated and it is difficult to predict the results of its kiln.
A rustic, thick, and clumsy beauty emerges, which is why wood-fired potters are obsessed with it and devote themselves to pursuing it. Tradition focuses on technology, while contemporary times are more inclined to the emphasis on ideas and the pursuit of human freedom. Contemporary ceramic sculpture creators at this time are not focused on the design of clear shapes and decorations, but more on the atmosphere of kiln firing, the type of clay and the influence of firewood as fuel, the time of firing, the control of temperature, etc. on the final form of a work, so the details of the work present more accidental characteristics, and the character of the work is also presented because of these accidental details.
As an important part of the 4th Shanghai International Ceramic Firewood Burning Art Festival, the "4th Shanghai International Ceramic Firewood Burning Art Festival & International Ceramic Firewood Burning Art Exhibition" is sponsored by the China Arts and Crafts Society and the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, jointly organized by the Fashion Design College of Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts and Qingkong Habitat, and co-organized by the Shanghai Chinese Ceramic Artists Association, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Industry Association, the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Society, and the Shanghai Industrial Art Design Association. It has received academic support from more than 40 domestic and foreign universities and ceramic research institutes such as Tsinghua University.
It is reported that the members of the expert review committee of the Shanghai International Ceramic Wood Burning Art Festival are composed of Li Youyu, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Zhang Fuye, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Li Zheng'an, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Lin Lecheng, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Hang Jian, general director of the Art Museum of China Academy of Art and vice president of the China Arts and Crafts Society, and Li Ziyuan, executive chairman of the International Association of Ceramic Artists. After the evaluation of 13 expert judges, nearly 210 sets of original firewood works from more than 20 countries and regions such as China, the United States, France, Germany and other countries and regions were finally selected, 2 gold awards, 5 silver awards, 10 bronze awards, 30 excellence awards and 36 inheritance awards were finally selected.
Among them, the gold awards include Shen Jae-chien (Korea)'s "Handmade Pottery "Duck", Qiu Yifeng's (China's) "Roots" series; the silver awards include Li Lihong (China) "Currency War", YuShi Shuji (Japan) "Tsuyoshi Ware", Sun Bo (China) "Dry", Yang Fan (China) "Qiu Chun", Lee Madman (USA) "Handmade Pottery "Sunflower""; bronze awards include Zhang Qijun (China) "Xiang", Li Xinyi (China) "Xiangyun", Lee Jong-chang (South Korea) "Unglazed Jar", etc.
On the afternoon of the same day, in the Qingkong Habitat Lecture Hall, the "Fourth Shanghai International Firewood Burning Art Festival Expert Forum" was also held. Wen Changqing, master of Chinese arts and crafts and director of the Yueyao Secret Color Porcelain Research Institute, with "Wood Burning Secret Color Kiln", Korean ceramicist and doctoral tutor of Yuanguang University Professor Zheng Dongxun with "Chinese Wood Burning and World Ceramics", Chinese Arts and Crafts Master, Vice Dean of the School of Fashion Design of Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Advocate of Hanguang Porcelain, and Chief Planner of Shanghai International Wood Burning Art Session Professor Li Youyu to "Promote Oriental Aesthetics and Carry Forward the Art of Wood Burning", Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Doctoral Tutor Li Zheng'an with "Cool Music and Wood Burning", Chen Guanghui, director of the Ceramics Studio of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, gave a wonderful speech and art sharing on the theme of "The Value of Firewood Burning in the Context of Environmental Protection". Subsequently, the participating experts and artists made free speeches and discussions on the art of firewood burning.
According to the organizers, the rich activities of the 4th Shanghai International Ceramic Wood Burning Art Festival provide a professional exchange platform for ceramic artists at home and abroad with an international perspective. It is hoped that through the exchange of art festivals and festivals, we can trace back to the origin and re-discover, protect and promote the traditional skill of firewood that has been with human beings for a long time. China is a big country of pottery, in this vast land of China, there are so many folk pottery techniques scattered in all corners, but the fast-forward button of the times has turned many traditional skills into intangible cultural heritage items that need to be rescued. Today's China, has gone through the era of solving the problem of food and clothing for the whole people to run a well-off, the rhythm of urban development, the pursuit of a better life has entered a vigorous era that can support our traditional culture to be awakened, returned, and consumed, and the city has the responsibility to help rural revitalization, which is the value and significance of the keyword "traceability" of the International Wood Burning Art Festival. The organizers hope that through the International Wood Fired Ceramic Art Festival, a platform for communication and exchange, not only can the world's art be blended and mutually learned, but also more endangered "national treasures on earth" can be rejuvenated. This is the responsibility of ceramic artists in the city, and it is also the original intention of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts to host this event.
The opening scene of the exhibition
"Exchanges and mutual learning are for better 'enlightenment'. On this platform of international exchange, we have seen more and more young ceramic artists participating in the inheritance and protection of traditional wood-fired art culture and craftsmanship; we have also seen the collision between traditional Chinese wood-burning craftsmanship and contemporary international ceramic cultural ideas, and the world's multiculturalism, vision, wonders and thinking inspire every participant, further promoting the innovative development of Chinese wood-burning art and craftsmanship. Li Youyu introduced.
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