Bai Ming: Solo

BAI MING S O L O

BAI MING S O L O N O VEMBER 11- DECEMBER 2, 2017

PRIVATE VIEWING F riday November 10, 6:30pm OPENING RECEPTION S aturday November 11, 3-5pm A RT I S T TALK Sunday November 12 2:00pm Ar tist present at all events

I n t r o d u c i n g t h e c e lebrated Chinese ar tist Bai Ming to the USA f e a t u r i n g 5 0 porcelain works, paintings and drawings

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Vigor of Heaven and Earth porcelain, 20 x 16.5 in

Time porcelain, 14 x 10 in

Blue Charm porcelain, 5.5 x 7 in

Red Charm porcelain, 5.5 x 7 in

Red Lotus porcelain, 16.5 x 5.5 in

Blue Lotus porcelain, 34 x 9 in

Lines Flow to Mountains porcelain, 9 in dia.

Explore a Garden in the Snow porcelain, 24 in dia.

Brown Forest on the Riverside porcelain, 20.5 x 7.5 in

Between Ceramics and Stone porcelain, 13.75 x 5.5 in

Form and Process porcelain, 9.75 x 3 in

Dancing Red 2008 Endlessness 2010 Endlessness 2013

Hug 2016 Landscape Up and Down 2008 Line Water Zen 2011

Line Water Zen Linear Zen Red Soul Stone 2010

Blue Charm 2008 Blue Lotus 2011 Blue Skirts

Blue Soul Stone 2017 Brown Forest on the Riverside 2007 Brown Rhythm of Tai Ji

Charity of Blue Mountain 2014 Charity of Blue Mountain 2016 Clouds Curling Up and Down 2014

RESUME

BAI MING born 1965, Yugan, Jiangxi Province of China

Bai Ming has published 20 books regarding his own personal work and collections He also published 11 series of books for a total of 19 volumes

Director of the Department of Ceramic Art in the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University Executive Vice Director of the Art Museum in the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Secretary-General of the Ceramic Art Council of China Artists Association (CAA) Deputy Director of Ceramic Art Institute, China National Academy of Painting Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) of UNESCO Member of China Oil Painting Society (COPS) Executive Editor of Chinese Ceramist magazine Director of Shangyu Celadon Contemporary International Ceramic Art Center AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2016 Honorary Citizen of Jingdezhen and Shangyu 2004 Contribution to Promotion of the Contemporary Ceramic Art of China in the Great Hall of the People 2004 National Book Award for his book Jingdezhen Traditional Ceramic-Making Techniques. The book has also been translated into English and French, published in Europe 2000 Gold prize of The Invitational Exhibition of China Young Ceramic Artists 1998 The organizers of the Taipei International Art Fair held the joint exhibition of Bai Ming’s and Picasso’s ceramic works named “Vallauris in France & Jingdezhen in China” 1993 Gold prize of Boya Oil Painting competition

NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS 2017 2017 2016

2016 2015 2014

2013

2013

2010

Solo exhibition ”Bai Ming: Solo” Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA USA Solo exhibition “White and Blue | Bai Ming” at Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal Invited by NCECA (the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) and KCAC (the Kansas City Artists Coalition), for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of NCECA and the 40th Anniversary of KCAC, the solo exhibition “Bai Ming·Kansas City” holding in Marlin Gallery of Kansas City MO Solo exhibition “Bai Ming·Endlessness” was held at PICC Headquarters in Beijing, China “Bai Ming” solo exhibition in Seoul, South Korea held at the Asian Art Exhibition The special exhibition “Bai Ming” at the Museum Cernuschi was listed as a key project of “the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-France Diplomatic Relations” by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ministry of Culture and Chinese Culture Center Solo exhibition “Dialogue of Civilizations” projected by Denis Laming, (the French Great Master of Architecture) was held in Gue-Pean Chateau during the "European Heritage Day" Major exhibition “Bai Ming’s Metaphor: Mindfulness, Mystery, Philosophy” was held by Guangdong Art Museum to accompany the first international Asian Art Curator Forum At the invitation of IAC and Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, he held the “Oriental Ceramic Story—Bai Ming Ceramic Art Works Exhibition” in Paris, France This exhibition was the only one that represented China in “Foreign Culture Week” held by Paris government that year

ARTIST STATEMENT

I straddle many boundaries: between oil and ink painting, abstraction and decoration, vessels and sculpture, traditional styles and cutting-edge installations, image-making to language expressions, studies of world art history and traditional Chinese crafts.

Conventionally, these boundaries are difficult to cross, because an artist can hardly have multiple identities.

All these styles, media, ways of thinking and expressing, speak of a contemporary Chinese artist who reacts naturally to this time which is incredibly rich, diverse, and open. China indeed is changing very fast in this era, and we must adjust ourselves when facing fast-changing issues and challenges.

There is a certain degree of unfamiliarity when working with different materials and trying different expressions. My fundamental attitude toward art creation is to deepen the understanding of the self and to give the audience a sense of unfamiliarity.

The moment an artist faces a new medium is always a unique one, with its own feelings and settings. We don’t know what new desires, imaginations, and feelings one has at that moment. The most actual manifestation generated in that moment or space is most crucial to the creation of art. I am infatuated with experimenting with different media, to actually feel different expressions of different clays, papers, or paints. This is why even old works of mine still look refreshing today.

I had never thought about subverting anything when I created these works. Everything in me is a continuation of tradition. That includes the way I feel, the way I look, the way I touch, and the way I understand the malleability of clay. Not in terms of form, though. In forms, there is nothing traditional about my art. My sculptures, installations, and vessels are all based upon aesthetics of serenity. This serenity is not pure quietness, but one that is full of life.

This online catalogue is published on the occasion of the Lacoste Gallery exhibition of the work of Bai Ming. November 11December 3, 2017

Photography courtesy George Bouret and the artist

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