/PRCWT/Foshan, October 10, 2023 - On October 8, the final evaluation of the 2023 "Shiwan Cup" Youth Ceramic Art Competition, sponsored by the China Cultural Industry Association Ceramic Production Area Creative Industry Committee, China Ceramic Industry Association and Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum, was held at the Pottery Maker Hall in Shiwan Park, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province.
It is reported that the theme of this Grand Prix is "Outside the image · Interpretation of clay, multi-dimensional generation", inviting young ceramists at home and abroad, teachers and students of art colleges, ceramic artists, artists, designers and cross-boundary creators to participate in the creation. The entries are based on ceramic sculpture, and must be made of pottery or porcelain, which can be combined with other materials. Compared with the past, this Grand Prix breaks through the restrictions on the form of works, encourages creators with contemporary vision to explore ceramic art, advocates the inheritance and innovation of ceramic skills, and advocates the combination of works and multi-culture.
Significant international features
Adhering to the concept of "going out", this competition actively promotes international and regional cultural integration and issues invitations to ceramists from all over the world. The competition collected a total of 1519 entries/sets from home and abroad, with 1242 participating authors, the number of participants and the number of entries is the highest ever. Among them, there are young potters from more than 10 countries such as the United States, South Korea, Estonia, Denmark, Japan, Norway, Canada, etc., signed up for more than 100 pieces/sets of overseas entries, accounting for 7% of the total number of works.
PI Daojian, curator of the competition, said that this year's "Shiwan Cup" youth ceramic Art Grand Prix has quite a lot of works, which are highly consistent with the artistic trend, artistic orientation and aesthetic pursuit of contemporary international ceramics, and the overall level is very international. I hope "Shiwan Cup" can discover and select more talents, and become a new force in China's modern ceramic industry.
Continue to accumulate and gather strength
At the final evaluation site of the competition, the expert review team comprehensively scored the works around the dimensions of modeling effect, glaze color effect, process maturity, cultural connotation, and expression techniques. "This time our judges are all influential ceramists at home and abroad." Tan Hongyu, a professor and graduate tutor at the School of Arts and Crafts of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, said. "The works of this year's Shiwan Cup have highlights and new ideas in many aspects. "Shiwan Cup" after more than 10 years, slowly become a 'cultural brand', I hope it can get more attention and support."
Tobien Cowasbo, chairman of the UNESCO International Ceramic Society (IAC), said that Shiwan is a very traditional ceramic capital in southern China, and when it comes to participating in international competition, its value is that the tradition is not static, but has been evolving, self-innovation, and constantly emerging knowledge that we have never seen before, while maintaining traditional values It is that there is no future without traditional knowledge as a foundation, and this is very simple and important.
Through the works of this competition, we can see that artists naturally use various suitable materials when creating, drawing lessons from history and fully using modern and contemporary artistic language to express themselves. These Chinese sculptures containing Chinese tradition, Chinese language and Chinese characteristics show integration and individuality, and also have a strong international expression.
Exchange and learn from each other through ceramics
In the end, the competition selected a total of 6 first, second and third prizes, 10 new awards, 20 excellence awards, including 1 first prize, the author Ryan Matthew Mitchell with "Worry" won the prize, 180,000 yuan, a significant increase compared with the last.
"He is using a sense of image to show animals full of life, power and unspeakable tension," Luo Xiaoping, a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Shanghai University, said that the works of this year's competition give people a new feeling, showing a higher level, showing the overall strength and level of contemporary young ceramists.
"Whether it is' Shiwan Cup 'or' Meitaowan Cup ', these competitions set up a platform for young ceramists to display and stimulate their creative passion." The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum said that in addition to holding competitions, Meitao Bay is also constantly building rich carriers, actively introducing five categories of young makers, designers, artists, pottery masters and tourists at home and abroad, and strive to build a fertile soil for the growth of cultural and creative economy in the future Greater Bay Area.
Industry insiders believe that in the future, the authors and works participating in this competition around the world will meet again by another chance, talking about today's experience is a "sea memory friend, the end of the earth is near" story.
The picture shows the list of winners of the 2023 "Shiwan Cup" Youth Ceramic Art Grand Prix
"Shiwan Cup" Youth Ceramic Art Competition originated from the 2009 National College Students Ceramic Art Competition, is a global competition held for young ceramic art workers, held this year for the eleventh time. As a global event for the most creative youth groups, the theme of the collection of Shiwan Cup is actually full of the organizers' thinking and precipitation is full of The Times. From the youth pottery vessels in 2018, to the character theme in 2019, to the "Youth is like a song" in 2021, to the "Beauty and Beauty Together" in 2022, and then to this year's "Outside the Image · Interpretation of clay and multidimensional generation", the change of the theme is actually a specific answer to the eternal theme of the heritage and development of Shiwan pottery, and it is the majority of young ceramicists who are constantly touching and passing on While inheriting the profound traditional Chinese culture, it also continuously integrates into the exploration of contemporary cultural spirit.
