Lemon
Yellow Triangular Cross-Section Reassembled Ring Teapot
15" tall x 12" wide x 5" deep
This teapot was chosen for the “First World Ceramic Biennale
2001 Korea International Competition,” which was on display
at the Ichon, Korea, Ceramic Center from August 10 to October 28,
2001. This exhibition included 305 fired clay artworks selected
from 4206 entries submitted by 2019 ceramic artists from 69 countries
around the world.
The international jurors for this competition were Kimpei Nakamura,
Tokyo, Japan; Tony Franks, Edinburgh, Scotland; Ron Kuchta, New
York, NY, USA. Jurors from Korea were Chung Yang-Mo, and Lee
Kyung-Sun.
The “First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International
Competition” was one of 15 exhibitions held at 3 sites: Ichon,
Yoju, and Kwangju in Kyonggi Province, and was the premier attraction
of the WORLD CERAMIC EXPOSITION 2001 KOREA, a multi-event celebration
of historical and contemporary ceramic art from around the world.
This highly successful series of events attracted 6,060,865 visitors,
including 210,815 attendees from outside of Korea. The Korean Government
and private sponsors spent approximately US$100 million to establish
and promote this prestigious World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea.
This teapot is held in a private collection in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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