第四届“后彩陶时代”2019年夏季作品交流展

左义林

Keaton Wynn   Artist’s Statement 2019

艺术家基顿·韦恩2019声明

四年前，随着左义林院长对“后彩陶”的提出和确定，甘肃产生出来一种新的彩陶理念。今年夏天我们接待了两位艺术家;Shauna Merriman和Harriet Caslin。后彩陶是一种当地生活文化的未来，它非常重要，它能够创造出新的原创作品，发出甘肃文化自己的声音，而不是简单地模仿传统或呼应当代全球文化。该项目试图通过使用当地材料制作艺术品来培植这种可能性。

有生命的文化在哪里可以发展出新的表达方式? 在与逐渐消亡斗争的民间文化传统中，这个村庄是生存文化的最后栖息地，在一个现代化的世界里。也许在河流、农场、花园和山丘的乡村节奏中，一种新的重新配置的当地文化能够发展起来，满足人类生存的基本需求。考虑到这一点，我们的项目正在与刘小虎教授所在的青城古镇合作，反思这个地方的自然美景和资源，以及它可能为那些决定来参观的人有什么好处。在老师和同学们的共同努力下，这些作品已经在兰州城市学院工作室制作完成。请阅读所有参加者的标签。

青城是一个与过去的生活文化相联系的村镇，它与自然和生活构成平衡、相联系。这里的河流、山丘、农场和广阔的天空把人们带回到我们作为人类的本质生活，这是一个你可以重新找到平衡和恢复健康的地方、可以重新与产生生命的泥土相联系，倾听河流，漫步山间，品尝花园的果实，甚至倾听你自己的心声。这会使你变得更强大、更健康，并将扎根于滋养人类生命的土壤中。像原始人一样，新的创造将会像呼吸一样简单。这些作品都是基于对这个村庄的想法而创作的。所有这些都是村里提供的，而且一直都在提供，它被当代人认为是当下美好生活的必要条件。

当代甘肃陶瓷材料的测试，是从兰州城市学院陶瓷项目开始的，我们尽可能使用当地的材料。

甘肃拥有优良的陶瓷原料，这些与起初当地的粘土结合形成独特的品质，它既有丰富的表面效果，又有广泛的燃烧温度范围。学生和教师还收集了当地加工的粘土，并对其有效性进行了测试。

2017年夏天，伊恩·韦恩从甘肃各地采集了30个样本，随后在美国佐治亚州阿梅里克斯的佐治亚西南州立大学实验室进行了分析。其中13个样品用x射线衍射分析，通过x射线衍射可以发现某些矿物的晶体结构的饱满度。这显示了这些粘土成为有用的釉料是由什么成分构成的。该项目的预期成果将展示出当地材料的经济潜力。其中氧化铝是最具工业潜力的材料。

今年夏天，学生们又收集了25种粘土，这些粘土经过加工，并进行了釉料在陶瓷生产中的应用测试。这些粘土来自兰州、青城和敦煌各地。

                                                        基顿·韦恩

                                                      2019年7月9日

Post Painted Pottery IV 2019

Four years ago with Dean Zuo Yi Lin’s identification and designation of “Post-Painted Pottery”, a new idea developed in Gansu Province.  This summer we hosted 2 artists; Shauna Merriman and Harriet Caslin. Post-Painted Pottery is the hope for a local living culture vital enough to create new original work that speaks with its own voice not simply imitating tradition or echoing contemporary global culture.  This project attempts to nurture this possibility by engaging local material for the production of works of art.  Where could a living culture develop new expressions?  The village is where living culture last resided in the traditions of folk culture that struggled against extinction in a modernizing world.  Maybe in the rural rhythms of the rivers and farms, gardens and hills a new reconfigured local culture can develop servicing the fundamental needs of human existence.  With this in mind our project is working with Professor Liu Xiao Hu and Qing Cheng village reflecting on the natural beauty and resources of this location and what benefits it might have for those who choose to visit.

  Thanks to the efforts of faculty and students, these works have been produced in the LZCU studios. Please read the labels which identify all who have participated.  

Thank you!

Keaton Wynn

Qing Cheng

The village is a place connected to the living culture of the past connected to nature and the natural balance of life.  The river, the hills, the farms and big sky bring people back to who we are as human beings.  It is a place where one can find balance again and regain one’s health.  One can reconnected with the clay from which we come, listen to the river, walk the hills, eat the fruits of its gardens and listen to your heart.  You will get stronger, healthier and rooted in the soil that nurtures human life.  Like original man new creation will be as simple as breathing.

These pieces were produced with this idea of the village in mind.  All these things the village offers and has always offered, now recognized by contemporary people as essential to a good life.

Gansu Province Ceramic Materials Testing

Since the origin of the ceramics program at LZCU it has been our practice to use local materials when possible.  The materials of Gansu Province is excellent for ceramic production.  It begins with a local clay that has the unique qualities of both richness of surface and a wide range of firing temperatures.

Students and faculty have also gathered local clay processed and tested it for its usefulness.

In the summer of 2017, Ian Wynn collected 30 samples from various locations in Gansu that were later analyzed in the laboratory at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus Georgia USA.  Of these samples 13 were analyzed with x-ray diffraction, a process by which abundance of certain minerals’ crystal structures can be found. This shows what minerals cause these clays to act as such useful glazes. The intended outcome of this project is to show the economic potential of the local materials.  Of these elements Aluminum Oxide was the most common material with industrial potential.

This summer students collected 25 more clays which have been process and tested for the use of glaze in ceramic production.  These clay come from various locations around Lanzhou, Qing Cheng and Dunhuang.

                                                    Keaton Wynn 

                                                    9 July 2019

               

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