Foshan Shiwan Ceramics Master's Works and Works Information

China arts and crafts master Zhuang Jia.

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193 1 was born in puning county, Guangdong province.

Since 1953, Liu Chuan has been engaged in the creation of ceramic art in Shiwan, and once served as the deputy director and workshop director of Shiwan Fine Ceramics Factory.

1988 was awarded the master of arts and crafts in China, and visited Poland, Hungary, the United States, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Australia and other places with the national artists delegation for many times. After retirement, he founded "Taohuayuan Ceramic Workshop" and continued to engage in ceramic creation.

Brief introduction: In the past 565,438+0 years, he has created many ceramic sculptures, such as Emperor Taizong, poet Du Fu, abandoning officials to find his mother, offering sweet wine to heaven, Tajik girls, the Silk Road, and the moon returning to Han and so on. Many works have won the National Art Exhibition Excellent Works Award, China Arts and Crafts Treasures Award and other awards, and have been collected by museums at home and abroad.

Life motto: Artists should keep people in mind, and dedication is the purpose of life.

Carry forward tradition and innovate.

Liu Menghan (Secretary-General of Shiwan Ceramic Collectors Association): Crops studied in the Fine Arts Department of Teachers College, and transferred to Shiwan from the Army Art Troupe. When they first appeared in the art world in the 1950s, their works were inevitably "foreign". In order to rescue and restore traditional folk art, the organization assigned him to worship Liu Chuan as a teacher. The crops did not bear the great trust, studied hard and eventually became a master. His extraordinary Tang Taizong and profound Du Fu are recognized as the classics of Shiwan pottery in the 20th century.

Crops firmly believe that "tradition is alive and developing." He is a pioneer in exploring the modern theme of Shiwan ceramic sculpture. Tajik girls created in 1960s, with simple and general shapes and high-tech crystalline glaze, have both the charm of Shiwan and the flavor of the times. In the 1970s, he became famous as an "experimental needle". Ballet poetry formed in his later years marks a new stage of artistic innovation.

"Think more, try more, get old and learn more." A crop master in his seventies, his works are as passionate and youthful as people.

China's 73-year-old master of arts and crafts cultivator has just finished his ceramic sculpture "Wei Lun Xing Bang" to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday, and has been working on the conception and creation of another giant system. "My wish is to accomplish what I want to do all my life and serve my country." Master Crops is fulfilling his promise with practical actions.

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Dedicate to society and let art return to the people.

A few days ago, the reporter came to Taohuayuan Ceramics Workshop in Bitang Township Industrial Zone, Shiwan Town, and visited the master of crops. This ceramic workshop, founded by retired masters, has no red walls and green tiles, no luxurious gardens, but a quiet and simple working environment, surrounded by ceramic sculptures of masters, inscriptions by famous painters and painters, and photos of masters and their families.

"After retirement, my greatest pleasure is to create, with the purpose of contributing to society and returning art to the people." The master said with deep feelings: "History is created by the people, and art should be owned by the people, but high-grade works of art cannot be bought by ordinary people." Valuable primitive pottery can only be bought by rich collectors, often hidden, and ordinary people have no chance to see it. For example, the works I created in the enterprise before were often taken away by collectors just before they came out of the kiln to take pictures. Therefore, the best way for art to return to the people is to put the works in museums for the masses to enjoy at any time. Therefore, after I retired from Shiwan Fine Arts Ceramics Factory on 1993, I founded Taohuayuan Ceramics Workshop and decided to donate some of my pottery sculptures to the museum for long-term preservation and exhibition. "

Ten years of hard work has yielded fruitful results. Master Crops told reporters that up to now, he has donated more than 200 exquisite pottery sculptures and original works to museums all over the country, all of which are masterpieces created after his retirement. Among them, 43 works such as Wen Xi Gui Han were donated to Guangzhou Art Museum; Donated 22 works such as Emperor Taizong to Shiwan Museum; Donated more than 40 works to the Crop Museum of Puning Art Museum in my hometown, with a value of 6,543.8+0,000 yuan.

Talking about this, the master of crops smiled happily. He told reporters that society has not forgotten his dedication. Last year, he had three happy events: he was awarded the highest award "Outstanding Contribution Award" by China Arts and Crafts Society and China Folk Art Committee; Won the "highest achievement award" issued by Foshan Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Won the highest award "Tieshan Orchid Award" issued by Puning Municipal Government.

Although the crop master who is over 70 years old is in poor health, he will enter the realm of selflessness as soon as he puts himself into artistic creation. Guan Jianer, a lover and writer who lives with him day and night, told reporters that the master's life is not only a "doll", but also a "doll". He doesn't belong to himself, his family or me, but only to art. For decades, he has created hundreds of pottery sculptures, but he seldom pays attention to common sense in daily life, which often leads to jokes. For example, if he uses an electric fan and can't adjust the speed, he has to unplug the electric plug to turn off the fan. Remembering phone numbers is afraid of long numbers, and I am afraid of using mobile phones.

Master Crops does not have high requirements for life, but he is very strict with creation. In order to break through the tradition of "attaching importance to the top and neglecting the bottom", he found the best supporting point through many practical experiments on 10, and successfully created a new work "Poetry of Ballet" which showed the independence of girls' toes and danced gracefully in Swan Lake, creating a precedent for Shiwan characters to rely on one foot to support their whole bodies.

When talking about future plans, Master Crops said with deep affection: "Art belongs to the country and the people. I hope that through continuous exploration and practice, I will innovate on the basis of inheriting tradition and dedicate my life to the development of Shiwan pottery! "

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Both art and literature are making progress and achieving fruitful results.

In the past 5 1 year, master cultivators have made great strides in art and literature, not only creating many famous ceramic treasures at home and abroad, but also participating in exhibitions in more than 40 countries and regions; Moreover, he has written a lot and published many academic papers, such as "It is better to start than to stop, and it is better to hide than to reveal". Due to his outstanding artistic achievements, the Ministry of Light Industry awarded him the honorary title of "China Master of Arts and Crafts" from 65438 to 0988.

"Cultural knowledge is the mother of art. Only when cultural knowledge is solid can artists sublimate art and make a breakthrough in creation." Talking about his achievements, the crop master said with deep understanding.

Crops were born in Puning County, Guangdong Province, and they like painting since childhood. 1949 After graduating from normal school in autumn, he joined the revolution and engaged in military art activities and stage art work. 1953, in order to restore and develop the ceramic art in Shiwan, Crops was sent to Shiwan to worship the famous folk artist Liu Chuan as a teacher, shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the national heritage, and began his ceramic art creation career. Under the guidance of famous ceramists, he fell in love with "Shiwan Doll", from the exquisite works of Pan Yushu, Liu Chuan, Chen, Pan Diekui and other ceramists to the rough and provocative works of unknown artists, which became the objects of his copying and pondering. These spirits from folk art entered his heart and were engraved in his mind, which stimulated his creative enthusiasm and soon revealed his artistic talent. 1954, his ceramic sculpture "Seven Fairys" was sent to Moscow to participate in the "World Youth Art Exhibition", which was well received by the international art world. 1960, he and Liu Chuan were invited to give lectures at Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts and boarded the platform of the highest institution of higher learning. He is only 29 years old this year.

However, his first appearance in ceramic art creation did not make the crops complacent. He feels that his works are still unsatisfactory and not very appealing, because his sources of life are not rich and his artistic accomplishment is insufficient. Therefore, he actively went deep into life, read literary masterpieces, articles and works of painters and sculptors at home and abroad, and greedily absorbed cultural and artistic nutrition.

"Walking Wan Li Road and Reading thousands of books" broadened his horizons, sublimated his art, and formed his own artistic characteristics such as extensive materials, profound meaning, elegance and vividness, and excellent ceramics and sculptures came out one after another. Among them, the work "Emperor Taizong" won the Excellent Works Award of the Sixth National Art Exhibition and was collected by China Art Museum; Du Fu, a poet sage, and his mother, a deserted official, participated in the national arts and crafts exhibition and were awarded as China art treasures, which were collected in China Arts and Crafts Treasures Museum. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Sheng Pingle were collected by the Chinese History Museum. 1In March, 997, CCTV introduced his artistic achievements in the special program "Son of the East".

Deep cultural knowledge has improved the master's theoretical level, and his works of art have been published frequently. From 65438 to 0997, the relevant state departments entrusted crops with the task of compiling the Complete Works of Modern Fine Arts in China and the Monograph of Ceramic Sculpture in China in the 20th Century. This monograph covers the historical origin of China ceramic sculpture, its development and artistic achievements in the past hundred years, as well as the styles and artistic features of major ceramic producing areas. It has a wide range of knowledge and is difficult to write. The learned master of crops temporarily put down his ceramic art creation, collected and sorted out information day and night, and devoted himself to writing. After a year and a half, he successfully completed a monograph of more than 10,000 words, which truly and accurately summarized the development history of China ceramic sculpture and was widely praised. "This is the most exhausting, longest and unforgettable writing experience in my life." Talking about this proud work, the master of crops smiled brightly.