Fuping 11

Fuping is a city in China, near Xi’an, known among other things for its famous terracotta army. The region has been breathing ceramics of all kinds for many centuries: tiles and building bricks, roof tiles and barrels, pots and statues.  A few years ago, Fuping opened its world-renowned ceramics
museum, the FLICAM (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum), led by Dr I Chi Hsu. Various ceramicists from all over the world have been invited to create new work on-site that will later become part of the museum’s art
collection. During the summer of 2008, eleven Belgian ceramicists travelled to China for six weeks. For one month, they worked in the Fuping Pottery Art Village. The works created there found a new, permanent home in the FLICAM’s brand-new Belgian pavilion.

The Fuping Eleven, Ceramic Unica once more brings together nine of the eleven ceramicists. The group is headed by Piet Stockmans, who was the initial contact for the FLICAM project. The photographer Lydia De Bock
will offer the visitor a view behind the scenes of the Belgian participation of the FLICAM project. Cultural Centre ’t Vondel in Halle asked Hugo Meert,
himself a ceramist, to create the concept. Each designer was asked to design two rare objects which reflect their experience with the Chinese culture and whose forms express contradictions in principles or concepts.

The fuping eleven :
- Emile Desmedt
- Tjok Dessauvage
- Nathalie Doyen
- Mieke Everaet
- Marieke Pauwels
- Patrick Piccarelle
- Stefan Serneels
- Gerda Steegmans
- Rik Vandewege
- Johan Van Geert
- Bruno Vermeiren
+ Piet Stockmans
+ Lydia De Bock (photography)

2 APRIL – 22 MAY 2010
DESIGN FLANDERS GALLERY
Kanselarijstraat 19, B-1000 BRUSSELS (near Sint-Michiels Cathedral)
Opening times: Tuesdays - Fridays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays & Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Mondays and public holidays (4 April and 1, 13 & 23 May 2010).