New Export China: Translations across Time and Place in Contemporary Chinese Porcelain Art

Contemporary Chinese artists use porcelain in their work to highlight China's role in global trade, explore the medium's function as a vessel for the transmission of Chinese art, culture, and ideas, and move between the global and the intimate, the mass-produced and the handmade, and the foreign and the domestic.

Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 20 June 2023
Publisher: University of California Press

In his captivating book, "New Export China," Alex Burchmore delves into a distinctive realm of ceramic art, offering a comprehensive framework for a broader artistic practice. Focusing on the works of four influential artists from the 1990s to the 2010s—Liu Jianhua, Ai Weiwei, Ah Xian, and Sin-ying Ho—Burchmore unveils how the materiality of ceramics has been harnessed to emphasize China's pivotal role in global trade and explore the medium's potential as a conduit for the transmission of Chinese art, culture, and ideas.

From its rich historical heritage and cross-cultural significance to its captivating materiality and anthropomorphic resonance, porcelain presents artists with a unique avenue to navigate between the global and the intimate, the mass-produced and the handcrafted, and the foreign and the domestic. By examining both the legacy of porcelain export and the evolving networks of exchange, Burchmore compellingly demonstrates why this ceramic practice holds immense importance in understanding the evolution of Chinese contemporary art.

The book "New Export China" by Alex Burchmore is a captivating exploration of a unique genre of ceramic art, offering a comprehensive framework for a broader artistic practice. Through the lens of four influential artists from the 1990s to the 2010s—Liu Jianhua, Ai Weiwei, Ah Xian, and Sin-ying Ho—Burchmore unveils how the materiality of ceramics has been leveraged to highlight China's significant role in global trade and explore the medium's potential as a conduit for the transmission of Chinese art, culture, and ideas.

From its rich historical heritage and cross-cultural significance to its captivating materiality and anthropomorphic resonance, porcelain presents artists with a unique avenue to navigate between the global and the intimate, the mass-produced and the handcrafted, and the foreign and the domestic. By examining both the legacy of porcelain export and the evolving networks of exchange, Burchmore compellingly demonstrates why this ceramic practice holds immense importance in understanding the evolution of Chinese contemporary art.

The book "New Export China" by Alex Burchmore is a captivating exploration of a unique genre of ceramic art, offering a comprehensive framework for a broader artistic practice. Through the lens of four influential artists from the 1990s to the 2010s—Liu Jianhua, Ai Weiwei, Ah Xian, and Sin-ying Ho—Burchmore unveils how the materiality of ceramics has been leveraged to highlight China's significant role in global trade and explore the medium's potential as a conduit for the transmission of Chinese art, culture, and ideas.

From its rich historical heritage and cross-cultural significance to its captivating materiality and anthropomorphic resonance, porcelain presents artists with a unique avenue to navigate between the global and the intimate, the mass-produced and the handcrafted, and the foreign and the domestic. By examining both the legacy of porcelain export and the evolving networks of exchange, Burchmore compellingly demonstrates why this ceramic practice holds immense importance in understanding the evolution of Chinese contemporary art.

Weight: 884g
Dimension: 188 x 265 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520390010