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Blue and white porcelain reimagined by 14 contemporary artists

Expect the unexpected when 14 Asian Australian ceramic artists come together to reinvent the classic blue and white piece of porcelain.

25 Jul 2024 12:22

Celina Lei

Six Asian artists stand or sit next to the products of their ceramic practice.

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14 Asian Australian artists have been given the prompt to reimagine blue and white porcelain. L-R top row: Casey Chen, Nani Puspasari, Zhu Ohmu. L-R bottom row: Yang Qi, E J Son and Jayanto Tan. Photos: Supplied.

Many people will be familiar with blue and white porcelain, its popularity sustained throughout history across Asian, Middle Eastern and Western cultures.

But its proliferation – from royal palaces to pop culture (some may know the Chinese song called ‘Blue and White Porcelain 青花瓷’ by Jay Chou, “King of Mandopop”) – also comes with certain stereotypes associating it with tradition and antiquity.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_