Starting Friday, May 17, 2019, at 10:00 am, at the Casino Urban Culture Center Cluj will open the international exhibition of conceptual-artistic ceramics – CAOLIN, within the festival of the same name, now in its sixth edition. The public in Cluj will have the opportunity to admire the work of internationally renowned artists such as Rafa Perez (Spain), Neil Hoffmann (Australia), Irina Razumovskaya (Russia), Debra Sloan (Canada), Chang Hyun Bang (South Korea) and Yoichiro Kamei (Japan).
On May 18, Museum Night, the Casino will be open until 00:00.
Originating from Europe, Australia, Asia and the Americas, the works on display are based on the idea of exercise and experimentation. Dealing with different subjects, the ceramist ingeniously explores multiple working techniques and media of expression in the creation of representative objects. “Clay – through its malleability and the transformations it undergoes, through its fragility and resilience, is both a fundamental means of expression and a diary of lived experience and culture. Its mysterious and sensual nature, as well as the fact that it is literally grounded, suggests a metaphor for human life,” explains ceramist Avital Sheffer.
The works come from the collections of the Cluj International Ceramics Biennial and the Ceramics Now organization. The event aims to increase the visibility of contemporary ceramics in Romania and facilitate contact between artists and the public. In addition to the international exhibition at the Casino, CAOLIN also organizes the Contemporary Ceramics Fair at the Tailors’ Tower, creative workshops and seminars at the Espresso Studio art café, a documentary screening at the Victoria Cinema and the exhibition of the Tatar Pottery from the “I Want to Believe” exhibition at the National Museum of Transylvanian History.
Since 2017 CAOLIN International Contemporary Ceramics Festival is organized under the High Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maria of Romania.