Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts

The recent display Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts is the fruit of a four-year research and acquisition project generously funded by the Art Fund and numerous individual supporters. Building upon three generations of curatorial effort, the display brings together an array of ceramics, glass, lacquer, metalwork and textile objects from over 70 artists. It demonstrates the development of studio craft in China since the 1980s, revealing the many dimensions of artistic practice and how these ideas refer to China's longstanding craft tradition.

In this lecture, curator Dr Xiaoxin Li will take audiences behind the scenes of this ambitious project, from its inception to her extensive travels to production hubs and artist studios across China, including Beijing, Hangzhou, Jingdezhen, Nanjing, Yixing, Fuzhou and more, revealing some of the most exciting stories previously untold outside of China.

Supported by Tiān Foundation