葡萄牙陶瓷展覽 2024 IAC Members’ Exhibition "Mediterranean Ceramics and their Global Influence”
2024 IAC （International Academy of Ceramics) Members’ Exhibition "Mediterranean Ceramics and their Global Influence”
Thank you for selecting my work: Moonlight in the water. (Handmade. Porcelain. Stoneware. Gold lustre. Japanese print paper.Aluminium plate. 36.5 x 50 x 14 cm. 2022.www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2022.html) for the 2024 IAC Members’ Exhibition "Mediterranean Ceramics and their Global Influence”
The exhibition - jointly curated by Alberto Guerreiro and José Antunes
lower ground floor, of the Armazém das Artes Art Centre in Alcobaça. Portugal
The opening of the exhibition： Monday 16 September 2024.
The exhibition from 16 September to 2 March 2025.
Artwork Title: Moonlight in the Water 鏡花水月
This artwork was created during my artist residency at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center in Italy in 2022 (https://www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2022-faenza-art-ceramic-center-italy.html).
This opportunity was delayed by three years due to COVID-19. During the residency, I continued to explore my research based on the concept of "in-betweenness": the space between life and death, between the East and the West, between my homeland Taiwan and my second home, Britain, and the various cultural shocks I experienced. I investigated cross-cultural identity through clay, allowing myself to address cross-cultural questions and issues.
Using the tips of my thumbs and forefingers, I created tiny, careful actions to represent my own small voice. This meditative movement, which balances pressing and pushing, inhaling and exhaling, reflects my cultural identity. Each small individual porcelain fingerprint is a reconstruction of who I am.
During the three years of COVID-19, I experienced many "real" and "unreal" events. I grappled with feelings of loss, as many people passed away, and I hadn't been home to Taiwan for four years to see my family. So many emotions were forced to hide, becoming an invisible language between the real and the unreal—like moonlight on water, which looks real but is actually an illusion. This reflects a philosophy of life, experiencing the many nuances between reality and illusion. The only tangible aspect for me is that clay offers me a space to express my emotions, and I am grateful to remain connected to this material. No matter what happens in this world, I strive to be resilient and respectful to myself and others.
During my residency, I was fortunate to meet sincerely kind people, such as David, the person in charge at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center, and his family. The artist Mirco Denicolò also kindly discussed my project with me. I initially wanted to use a mirror under my work, but he suggested using an aluminum plate to reflect the space between the real and the unreal, creating a surreal feeling.
In terms of materials, I used porcelain, stoneware, gold luster, and Japanese print paper (which I purchased during my residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan in 2018, https://www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2018-shigaraki-ceramic-cultural-park.html). This piece combines Taiwanese soul , Japanese elements, Italian materials, and British influences to explore cross-cultural identity—sometimes resembling the moonlight on water.
Moonlight in the Water
Handmade. Porcelain, stoneware, gold luster, Japanese print paper, aluminum plate.
Dimensions: 36.5 x 50 x 14 cm.
Year: 2022.
Happy to meet Curator: Alberto Guerreiro on the 12th December 2024. Also, I visited the Monastery of Alcobaca.
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Updated 21 January 2025
感謝西班牙的國際陶藝媒體：infoceramica 的報導
Thank you for sharing my work, Moonlight in the Water, in the online Spanish magazine Infoceramica, @infoceramica curated by Wladimir Vivas. I truly appreciate it. This is my first time presenting my work to a Spanish audience, and seeing it translated into Spanish is deeply touching.
I would also like to extend my gratitude to the curators, Alberto Guerreiro @al_guerreiro and José Antunes, @joma.antunes for selecting my work for the @internationalacademyofceramics International Academy of Ceramics members' exhibition, Mediterranean Ceramics and Their Global Influence, which will take place from 16 September 2024 to 2 March 2025 at Armazém das Artes in Alcobaça, @armazem_das_artes_alcobaca Portugal. I am delighted to be part of this exhibition, which was based on a competition open to IAC members, with 45 artists selected from 26 countries.
I created Moonlight in the Water during my artist residency at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center @faenza_art_ceramic_center in Italy in 2022. I am grateful to ceramic artist Mirco Denicolò @mircodenicolo for discussing my work with me and to David for offering me this residency opportunity.
https://www.infoceramica.com/2025/01/21/wen-hsi-harman-luz-de-luna-sobre-el-agua/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFFl_FcN-71/?img_index=1
Thank you very much.❤️
Thank you for selecting my work: Moonlight in the water. (Handmade. Porcelain. Stoneware. Gold lustre. Japanese print paper.Aluminium plate. 36.5 x 50 x 14 cm. 2022.www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2022.html) for the 2024 IAC Members’ Exhibition "Mediterranean Ceramics and their Global Influence”
The exhibition - jointly curated by Alberto Guerreiro and José Antunes
lower ground floor, of the Armazém das Artes Art Centre in Alcobaça. Portugal
The opening of the exhibition： Monday 16 September 2024.
The exhibition from 16 September to 2 March 2025.
Artwork Title: Moonlight in the Water 鏡花水月
This artwork was created during my artist residency at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center in Italy in 2022 (https://www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2022-faenza-art-ceramic-center-italy.html).
This opportunity was delayed by three years due to COVID-19. During the residency, I continued to explore my research based on the concept of "in-betweenness": the space between life and death, between the East and the West, between my homeland Taiwan and my second home, Britain, and the various cultural shocks I experienced. I investigated cross-cultural identity through clay, allowing myself to address cross-cultural questions and issues.
Using the tips of my thumbs and forefingers, I created tiny, careful actions to represent my own small voice. This meditative movement, which balances pressing and pushing, inhaling and exhaling, reflects my cultural identity. Each small individual porcelain fingerprint is a reconstruction of who I am.
During the three years of COVID-19, I experienced many "real" and "unreal" events. I grappled with feelings of loss, as many people passed away, and I hadn't been home to Taiwan for four years to see my family. So many emotions were forced to hide, becoming an invisible language between the real and the unreal—like moonlight on water, which looks real but is actually an illusion. This reflects a philosophy of life, experiencing the many nuances between reality and illusion. The only tangible aspect for me is that clay offers me a space to express my emotions, and I am grateful to remain connected to this material. No matter what happens in this world, I strive to be resilient and respectful to myself and others.
During my residency, I was fortunate to meet sincerely kind people, such as David, the person in charge at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center, and his family. The artist Mirco Denicolò also kindly discussed my project with me. I initially wanted to use a mirror under my work, but he suggested using an aluminum plate to reflect the space between the real and the unreal, creating a surreal feeling.
In terms of materials, I used porcelain, stoneware, gold luster, and Japanese print paper (which I purchased during my residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan in 2018, https://www.wenhsichenceramics.com/2018-shigaraki-ceramic-cultural-park.html). This piece combines Taiwanese soul , Japanese elements, Italian materials, and British influences to explore cross-cultural identity—sometimes resembling the moonlight on water.
Moonlight in the Water
Handmade. Porcelain, stoneware, gold luster, Japanese print paper, aluminum plate.
Dimensions: 36.5 x 50 x 14 cm.
Year: 2022.
Happy to meet Curator: Alberto Guerreiro on the 12th December 2024. Also, I visited the Monastery of Alcobaca.
................................................................................
Updated 21 January 2025
感謝西班牙的國際陶藝媒體：infoceramica 的報導
Thank you for sharing my work, Moonlight in the Water, in the online Spanish magazine Infoceramica, @infoceramica curated by Wladimir Vivas. I truly appreciate it. This is my first time presenting my work to a Spanish audience, and seeing it translated into Spanish is deeply touching.
I would also like to extend my gratitude to the curators, Alberto Guerreiro @al_guerreiro and José Antunes, @joma.antunes for selecting my work for the @internationalacademyofceramics International Academy of Ceramics members' exhibition, Mediterranean Ceramics and Their Global Influence, which will take place from 16 September 2024 to 2 March 2025 at Armazém das Artes in Alcobaça, @armazem_das_artes_alcobaca Portugal. I am delighted to be part of this exhibition, which was based on a competition open to IAC members, with 45 artists selected from 26 countries.
I created Moonlight in the Water during my artist residency at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center @faenza_art_ceramic_center in Italy in 2022. I am grateful to ceramic artist Mirco Denicolò @mircodenicolo for discussing my work with me and to David for offering me this residency opportunity.
https://www.infoceramica.com/2025/01/21/wen-hsi-harman-luz-de-luna-sobre-el-agua/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFFl_FcN-71/?img_index=1
Thank you very much.❤️
