“柴薪之烬”国际柴烧展

追求木灰烬与土的自然结合，不拘泥于形式美，拥有自然而无粉饰之气。火、土、灰三者相融，一种质朴、浑厚、古拙的美油然而生。将淳朴之美附着于万物之间，在不形而型的柴烧器中，方可触及灵魂。而这，也正是艺术家们为柴烧痴迷并投入身心去努力追求的原因之一。

本次展览共选取三位国际柴烧艺术家的作品进行展览，这种带着柴火的温度、艺术家手心的温暖以及内心的热情的烧制，让冰冷的泥土多了一份温暖，尽显当代国际柴烧之美。

【参展艺术家简介】

Marie Woo
玛丽·吴「美国」

Marie Woo groundbreaking personal work, including vessels, sculptures, installations, and the creation of her signature and sought after glazes “Woo Blue” and “Woo Yellow,” achieve the often-elusive aspiration that drives many visual artists – honoring tradition while simultaneously pushing a form forward. Her work as a scholar, preservationist, curator, and educator have further influenced, sustained, and connected the field of ceramics.

Woo’s ceramics are of such arresting beauty and intriguing form that the pieces both catch the eye and hold the attention of heart and mind. As she notes and elegantly accomplishes in her work, “If you just let the clay take over, then the viewer takes a journey, too.”

玛丽·吴个人作品的创造性表现在器皿、雕塑、装置，以及她标志性的和广受追捧的“吴·蓝”和“吴·黄”釉，非常难以捉摸，影响了许多视觉艺术家——既尊重传统，又推动一种艺术形式的发展。作为一名学者、保护主义者、策展人和教育家，她的作品深深影响、传承并将陶艺领域紧紧连在了一起。

吴的作品有着引人注目的优雅，有许多有趣的形式，既吸引眼球，又能抓住人心。正如她所说，她优雅地完成了她的作品，“如果你让陶土展现，那么观众也会开启一段旅程。”

Dan Murphy
丹·墨菲「美国」

I usually work in series, developing one body of work at a time. My goal is to make gestural vessels that reflect my presence in the finished form.?This results in families of pots that are inevitably related, yet each piece stands as a unique one-of-a-kind vessel. After the pieces are made most are fired without applied glazes to stoneware temperatures in wood-burning kilns.

Colors and textures on the ceramics result from the interaction of wood, fire and clay. My hope is that each successive generation produces a better piece. “ I feel a connection to contemporary as well as ancient ceramics, and strive to create objects that will withstand the test of time.”

我通常是创作系列作品，一次创作一个整体。目标是创作表现形态能反映出我在成品中的存在，这就产生了一系列不可避免的相互关联的陶瓷作品，然而每一件都是独一无二的。在制作完成后，大部分在柴窑里烧制。

作品上的颜色和纹理是木材、火和陶土相互作用的结果。我希望每一个连续的序列都能创造出更好的作品。“我感觉到当代陶艺和古代陶瓷是紧密相连的，努力创造出经得起时间考验的陶艺作品。”

Chris Baskin
克里斯·巴金斯「美国」

Working with the earth through geologic and ceramic processes, I draw from the wealth of things made, things learned, and things valued to create both intuitively and with intent, both in relation to tradition and to the “has not yet been”.

Sharing my heart and soul through what I make brings me joy. My work is only completed when it finds a home in other peoples lives; their hands, their hearts, the spaces and rituals they create. I'm not nostalgic for another time or place, rather I want to participate in investing today's world with the wealth and value of hand made, rich and vital objects. These pots offer an invitation ?to regularly experience the wonder of being human; tangible in touching, eating and drinking, seeing, breathing, and nourishing ourselves with beauty.

通过地质和制陶艺术，用陶土进行创作，我从众多的创造物、学到的东西和有价值的东西中汲取灵感，创作出既有直觉的，也有意图的，既有传统的，也有创造臆想的。

我通过作品分享我的心和灵魂，这样能给我带来快乐。我的工作只有在别人用他们的手，他们的心，他们创造的空间和仪式中找到家时才真正完成。我并不怀念一段时间或一个地方，而是想参与投入当今世界最有财富和价值手作中，制作出丰富而重要的陶艺作品。这些作品提供了一个“通道”，能够定期去体验人类的奇迹：触碰，使用，欣赏，用美滋养了自己”。