It may seem odd to tell you about an exhibition that has just finished but don't worry if you missed it - it's going on tour!
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Dreamer by Shao-Chaozong
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The Wilson, Cheltenham had just completed its stint of hosting the Ahead of
the Curve exhibition before it tours to its next venue, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and, following a showing there, onto to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
The exhibition tours to Bristol Museum & Art
Gallery from 13 December 2014 to 1 March 2015: for more details and images please click here.
Ahead of
the Curve is an exhibition of contemporary
Chinese ceramics and glass made by emerging and established artists. It has been
surprising and impressing visitors at The Wilson since it opened in October 2014.
The
exhibition shows work by many artists connected to the city of Jingdezhen in
Jiangxi province. Porcelain has been made there for over ten centuries; the
city housed the imperial kilns which produced thousands of the finest porcelain
wares for Chinese emperors and their households. More than half of the works in Ahead of the Curve: new china from China were made in Jingdezhen , renowned
for its high quality raw materials and the skills of local craftspeople.
The work in Ahead of the
Curve is a wonderful blend of traditional techniques, new techniques and
social commentary. The glass works in the exhibition offer an insight into a
relatively new discipline in Chinese art - studio glass has only recently
emerged since the early 2000s in Chinese universities.
Both staff and visitors at The
Wilson have enjoyed the exhibition, with the work resonating with people in very
different ways.
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| Lost by Han Xi 2010 |
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| The Drunk Pot Series no. 1 by Wu-Hao |
After Bristol it goes to The Potteries
Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent from 14 March to 31 May
2015.
