The Palace of Shattered Vessels
The extraordinary project of The Palace of Shattered Vessels: Chinese Porcelain and Contemporary Jewelry brings together East and West, classic art and contemporary jewelry. Forty leading international artists were given each a shard (or shards) of ancient Chinese porcelain vessels, with which to create their own unique jewel. The result is breathtaking: one hundred and forty art works that express the style and thought of individual artists even as they all relate to the great tradition of Chinese ceramic ware.
The ceramic pieces chosen for this project originated in the renowned kilns of Jingdezhen, the most celebrated center of Chinese porcelain production. They date from the golden age of Chinese ceramic ware (the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries) and they come in all colors and styles from the Underglaze Red and Famille Rose to the most renowned Blue and White porcelain. The best and most innovative contemporary jewelers were selected for this project. They were chosen to reflect the great diversity and dynamism of global jewelry: from Europe to America, from Japan to Israel. All in all, no fewer than forty artists from four continents and thirteen countries are represented in the project.
The project was organized by FROOTS and Nogart, which operates galleries in Shanghai and Beijing as well as a ceramic studio in Jingdezhen. The antique porcelain pieces were donated by one of the brand’s founders, Ms. Angela Lu. This remarkable exhibition showcases the mingling of diverse artistic traditions. It expresses emotions spurred by the encounter with the past, and it reveals the fruits of intercultural dialogue.
Following the Munich “Frame” at Handwerk & Design Fair, The Palace of Shattered Vessels headed on a global tour, beginning at the FROOTS and Nogart Gallery in Shanghai. It is expected to stir wide-ranging interest among Chinese and Western audiences, artists, and art-critics.
[Text above reproduced from: The Munich Jewelry Week: https://www.munichjewelleryweek.com/event/the-palace-of-shattered-vessels-chinese-porcelain-and-contemporary-jewellery/]
Project links
https://klimt02.net/forum/articles/palace-shattered-vessels-mjw2019-exhibition-review-yuxi-sun
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hogzYvMFA_WdGvnCIFEAxA
Collaborators, makers, curators
Project initiator: Angela Lu (CN)
Project curators: Florence Xia (CN), Noga Zhang Shahar (IL&CN)
Project Organizer: FROOTS & NOGART, Beijing / Shanghai
Artists
Ela Bauer (NL), Doris Betz (DE), Kim Buck (DK), Sigurd Bronger (NO), Bifei Cao (CN & US), Frank Chai (CN), Attai Chen(IL & DE), Trinidad Contreras (ES), Nirit Dekel (IL), Georg Dobler (DE), Karl Fritsch (DE & NZ), Dana Hakim (IL), Noga Harel (IL), Peter Hoogeboom (NL), Jun Hu (CN), Mari Ishikawa (JP & DE), Koen Jacobs (NL), Margit Jäschke (DE), Vered Kaminski (IL), Amitai Kav (IL), Junghoo Kim (KR), Esther Knobel (IL), Hadas Levin (IL), Bruce Metcalf (US), Xian’ou Ni (CN), Xiaoli Ning (CN), Mengnan Qu (CN & CA), Yi Shen (CN), Deganit Stern Schocken (IL), Coco Sung (KR &DE), Takayoshi Terajima (JP), Terhi Tolvanen (FI & FR), Myung Urso (KR & US), Felieke van der Leest (NO & NL), Edda Vardimon Gudnason (IL & DK), Tanel Veenre (EE), Yasmin Vinograd (IL), Andrea Wagner (NL), Lisa Walker (NZ), Taidi Wang (CN)
Links to FROOTS Gallery in Shanghai:
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.
Image from FROOTS exhibition.