Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily (Reporter Song Haibo) news: On July 29, 2025, a contemporary ceramic art exhibition featuring works from Jingdezhen -- a city in Jiangxi Province kicked off at the Xinjiang Art Museum in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Themed around "skillful craftsmanship," "beauty in form and color," and "modern imagery," the exhibition showcases 88 pieces (sets) of contemporary ceramic artworks from Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. These works include traditional porcelain, porcelain slab paintings, sculptures, and various decorative materials, highlighting the inheritance and innovation of Jingdezhen's ceramic art and offering a feast of ceramic culture for the audience in Xinjiang.
Photo shows visitors watch the process of making porcelain paintings at Xinjiang Art Museum in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Song Haibo)
Jingdezhen, known as the "Millennium Porcelain Capital," is renowned for representing the pinnacle of traditional Chinese craftsmanship. It is also an integral part of China's excellent traditional culture. Interestingly, the word "China" in English refers to both the country and porcelain, and Jingdezhen's ceramics are highly representative of this connection.
This exhibition brings together works from Jingdezhen's ceramic masters, intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and international "Jingdezhen drifters" (artists). It showcases both the exquisite skills of traditional glazes and the innovative expressions that blend with modern aesthetics, vividly presenting the contemporary style of Jingdezhen's ceramic art.
Photo shows a partial view of a porcelain plate painting made with high-temperature colored glaze exhibited at Xinjiang Art Museum in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Song Haibo)
At the exhibition, visitors can admire classic porcelains like blue and white and famille-rose, as well as get up close to the delicate porcelain slab paintings and the three-dimensional tension of ceramic sculptures. Some works incorporate Xinjiang's cultural and natural elements, featuring familiar scenes like Silk Road, the patterns of the Atlas silk, and the ancient city of Kashi. These scenes are reinterpreted through ceramic art, making them both familiar and refreshing to the audience.
Photo shows visitors watch the exhibition at Xinjiang Art Museum in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Song Haibo)
A visitor, Li Jingya, stood in front of a porcelain slab painting depicting the Tianshan Mountains under snow for a long time. "The gradual change in glaze color perfectly captures the layers of the snow-capped mountains. The details are amazing. It completely changed my understanding of ceramic art," she said.
Yue Jun, director of the Jingdezhen Art Museum, noted that both Xinjiang's pottery and Jingdezhen's porcelain are important branches of ceramic culture. Despite the distance between the two places, they are closely connected through the Silk Road. He hopes that this exhibition will serve as a bridge to promote more artistic exchanges and cultural tourism cooperation.
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