Title: Traditional Handicrafts and Contemporary Social Spaces

Speaker: Zhu Legeng

Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 14:00-16:00 (Entry at 13:30, half an hour in advance)

Venue: Sunrise Concert Hall, Xueyuan Road Campus

Organizer: Aesthetic Education Center, Beihang University

Registration: 

Students may register via the Boya platform:

https://bykc.buaa.edu.cn

Abstract:

Ceramic art is one of humanity's earliest forms of art. From primitive pottery and painted pottery, to pottery in Shang and Zhou dynasties, ceramics in Han dynasty, glazed pottery in Tang dynasty...the ceramic art of each era has undergone changes, reflecting the spirit of the times. Contemporary Chinese ceramic art, influenced by modern design and modern art, especially in today's era of globalization, faces the crucial task of inheriting and leveraging our strengths as a traditional Chinese ceramic art, focusing on the future development of society, and achieving a localized contemporary transformation.

This lecture will share insights around the following three core topics:

1. The Integration of Ceramic Art with Contemporary Environmental Spaces

2. Creating through Inheritance: Form, Performance, and Artistic Settings

3. Blossoming in Life—Zhu Legeng's Special Exhibition of Environmental Ceramic Art

About the Speaker:

Zhu Legeng is the Honorary Director, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the Department of Literature and Arts at the Chinese National Academy of Arts. He is a Chinese Ceramic Art Master, Vice President of the China Cultural Industry Association, President of the Creative Industry Committee for Ceramic Production Areas, a member of the Expert Committee of the China National Arts and Crafts Society, and entitled to special government allowances from the State Council.

In 2012, he received the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Award" from the Ministry of Culture. In 2013, he was honored with the "Chinese Art and Literature Award" by the Chinese National Academy of Arts. He has participated in numerous contemporary ceramic art exhibitions both domestically and internationally and has held solo ceramic art exhibitions in countries such as China, Singapore, South Korea, the United States, France, and Germany. Over the years, he has delved deeply into contemporary ceramic art creation with Chinese philosophical connotations, particularly excelling in contemporary environmental ceramic art. Many of his large-scale ceramic artworks have been placed in significant buildings and public spaces in cities such as Seoul and Jeju Island in South Korea, as well as Shanghai, Tianjin, and Jiujiang in China, becoming well-known cultural landscapes in these cities.