"Wan Yu" is a monochrome glaze fine art brand that has attracted much attention in Jingdezhen in recent years. The founder, Jiang Xin, was born in a three-generation porcelain family, graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute with a bachelor's degree, and studied for a master's degree in art management at Sotheby's Institute of Art in 2015. The brand "Wan Yu" specializes in the relationship between traditional Chinese craftsmanship and contemporary life, recalling the elegant lifestyle of the past, combining it with contemporary design language, and constantly exploring and passing it on, from the drawing of the embryo to the firing of the purely handmade, each cup and marble, from the hands of the old craftsmen in Jingdezhen. Based on the exquisite traditional porcelain making techniques, "Wan Yu" strives to present more elegant and delicate Chinese porcelain by fusing its creations with those of designers.
It is reported that this "not like spring light" artifacts exhibition will display "Wan Yu" brand *** more than a hundred pieces of monochrome glaze exhibits, including tea, flowers, tableware, scholar's room ware, etc. August 25 "not like spring light" artifacts exhibition was officially opened, the exhibition lasts until September 4, "not like spring light" artifacts exhibition. The exhibition lasts until September 4th.
The curator of "Not Like Spring Light", Chen Jiawen, is a well-known contemporary tea person and the founder of Shanghai Hejing Tea Cultivation Center, who has curated and organized joint exhibitions of Taiwanese ceramic masters Chen Zhengchuan, Wu Weicheng, and Li Yawen, as well as exhibitions of Japanese ceramicist Masanobu Ando, and Nitsuko from Japan. It has created the Yamashita Studio, one of the most famous tea rooms in Shanghai. This Chinese aesthetic and cultural space uses Ming Dynasty furniture as a presentation vehicle, outlining a sense of layered lines through mahogany, while incorporating a minimalist contemporary style. With her expertise in tea, highly aesthetic vessels and ability to create objects, Ms. Chen Jiawen is unique in the field of tea culture, pushing contemporary Chinese tea aesthetics to new heights, and is regarded by the industry as a leader of the new generation of tea people.
At the same time, this artifact exhibition invited Ms. Hong Yanping, a floral artisan, as the vase flower display design, Ms. Hong Yanping studied under the Japanese professor of Kusatsuki Ryuhana Ribori, and studied the oriental Zen floral path, through the Chinese vase flower art to restore the monochromatic glaze artifacts of the life scene, trying to let the viewer enter the world of traditional aesthetics of the elegance of the flower through a pot.
According to the curator Ms. Chen Jiawen, monochrome glaze, also known as color glaze, removes carving and decoration, with little artificial craftsmanship, and wins by the pure and true glaze color.
Monochrome glaze has a long history. Since the Song Dynasty, the five official kilns are elegant and pure glaze color famous world, the mainstream that monochrome glaze. To the Yuan Dynasty, Jingdezhen porcelain industry rose to prominence, the Ming and Qing dynasties has become the center of the national porcelain production, and there is an imperial kiln factory specializing in burning the palace imperial porcelain. Among them, monochrome glaze porcelain by the Qing dynasty royal favorite, many varieties for court use only, folk shall not see.
The Qing Dynasty was a strong country, porcelain craftsmanship advanced. During the Kangxi period, the imperial kiln potters have created a rich variety of monochrome glaze wares: copper oxide as a coloring agent cowpea red, red, red, red, iron oxide as a coloring agent for the celestial blue, winter green, powder green glaze, cobalt oxide as a coloring agent for the sky blue glaze, as well as low-temperature yellow glazes, green glazes and so on, have reached the level of glaze color purity, tonal stability. Because of its glaze formula, glazing techniques, firing conditions and other requirements are extremely high, non-skilled people can not be. Meet the requirements of the royal artifacts, often one in a thousand.
And up to the Yongzheng dynasty, because the emperor exposes the palace collection of ancient treasures, extensive knowledge, artistic aesthetic vision, and even personally involved in the porcelain painting and style design, contributing to the dynasty's porcelain production technology has soared, creating a number of great beauty and elegance.
From the few surviving small pieces, you can see the Yongzheng official kilns of the beautiful and dignified, graceful. Craftsmanship and aesthetic level of high, still breathtaking.
Nowadays, we eliminate the difference between inferiority and superiority, monochrome glazed porcelain fly into the common people's homes, used in tea sets, dining sets, literary utensils and other humanistic home areas. Improve the traditional form, so that the lines simple, appropriate scale, more in line with the habits of modern life.
According to curator Ms. Chen Jiawen, elegant and subtle glaze over the daily use of the ware, the choice of color, often associated with personal style and the creation of the visual environment: summer heat, with glistening clean green and white, feel cool; festive reunion, always bright red to appear lively and joyful ...... ware and glaze color, The combination of artifacts and the environment can not only bring a rich sensory experience, but also convey the user's aesthetic interest.
From the glaze color glitter, reflecting the corner of the elegant life of the ancients, but also continue to nourish the life of modern urbanites.
The monochrome glaze works of "Wan Yu" in this exhibition are all of high quality. The founder of Wanyu has inherited the porcelain making skills from three generations of his family, looking up to the elegance of the Yongzheng kilns in the Qing Dynasty, and has studied its color and pursued its spirit, launching a variety of monochromatic glaze products in conjunction with the crafts of form, glaze, and coloring. Monochrome, but not monotonous, to carmine red of soft and elegant, lemon yellow of elegant and delicate, apple green of fresh and bright, aubergine purple of soft and glistening, a multitude of colors.
The curator, Ms. Chen Jiawen, expects this exhibition to provoke thoughts from the artifacts, and to show the oriental aesthetics of life rich in the spirit of the times by observing the objects from the heart and viewing them from the mind. Looking back to the old days, the objects used by the imperial court have been interpreted as the objects used in daily life. As time and circumstances change, the attitude of being in love with things and enjoying oneself with them is suitable for both ancient and modern times. At the same time, Ms. Chen Jiawen also hopes that through this exhibition, she will rethink the aesthetic significance of the beauty of artifacts in contemporary life, and share with everyone the splendor of objects that have lasted for thousands of years.
Exhibition Information:
Duration: August 25 - September 4, 2018
Venue: 888 Jianhe Road, Changning District, Shanghai (Tianyuan Villa 21)