厚土生花：绞胎瓷的风雅颂

“厚土生花：绞胎瓷的风雅颂”是一次对乡土的回归，这也是国内首个专注探讨绞胎瓷艺术的展览。作为当阳峪窑最具特色的陶瓷种类之一，绞胎瓷于唐代诞生，在宋金时期工艺发展达到鼎盛。它是从泥土里生出的花，是修武土生土长的“艺”。 

绞胎技艺的复杂困难不必赘述，对每位执着于绞胎瓷创作的陶艺家而言，更困难的是在这种风格极为强烈的工艺面前获得新语言，向自然造化撷取灵感，跳出技艺的限制，让它成为个人创作语言的载体，这才是从“技”上升为“艺”的核心。“厚土生花：绞胎瓷的风雅颂”单元除了展示来自中外陶艺家的绞胎创作，也以茶空间为特定场景，将一组组中国年轻创作者的绞胎器物展现于观者眼前。 

期待这朵初绽于唐代的花再次盛放，这花是属于修武的。

顾青

Gem of Xiuwu: Ode to the Agateware

"Gem of Xiuwu: Ode to the Agateware" is a return of local crafts, as well as the first exhibition focusing on agateware art in China. As one of the most special porcelain from the Dangyangyu Kiln, agateware was born in Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in Song and Jin dynasties. Xiuwu is the home to agateware, a gem that forever belongs to this land. 

The complexity and difficulty of marbling need no further elaboration. However, for ceramic artists who devote themselves to this craft, the greater challenge is to express themselves in front of this strong style, because the road from craft to art is to take inspiration from the nature, get rid of the constraint of techniques, and turn it into a carrier of individual creation. The section not only showcases the marbling creations from Chinese and foreign ceramic artists but presents a series of agateware created by a group of young Chinese creators.

The exhibition sets a stage for the return of agateware, an art once thrived in Tang Dynasty, and a gem forever belongs to Xiuwu.

Gu Qing