Landon says that he enjoyed learning more about Taiwanese ceramic art.
“In Danish institutions, students are encouraged to work to a goal, and to not try too many things,” says Landon, “Based on what I’ve seen, experimentation is really alive here.”
Other works to watch out for at the Biennale include South Korean artist Lee Chun-bok’s Gold prize winner Hidden Space, a porcelain piece whose airiness, simplicity and graceful curves belies Chun’s technical mastery, and Without Title by Dutch artist Paula Bastiaansen, which resembles an unfurling nautilus shell. Spainard Xavier Monsalvatje’s Pulse, Press is a ironic pastiche of a Ming vase where a figure in a gas mask replaces traditional motifs, while Double Basin by American Jennifer Woodin calls attention to the quotidian elegance of the humble plumbing fixture.
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