The three pillars of China's artistic triumvirate are porcelain, calligraphy and painting.  FitzGerald Fine Arts gallery in SoHo is showcasing the works ranging from over-sized pots to wall panels from four of China's renowned ceramicists.  Reaching back thousands of years, entombed with emperors, lauded by scholars and hoarded by European nobility, porcelain has enjoyed a regal status as one of the most significant forms of Chinese art for over a millennium.  Loved for their airy translucence, the porcelain from Jingdezhen in the Jiangxi province continues to fascinate connoisseurs and collectors around the world.  In bringing these artists’ works together for the first time, FitzGerald Fine Arts is pleased to support and present the next chapter in a 1700-year artistic tradition.

Widely copied by European and Japanese craftsmen, the monochromatic, under-glaze and enameled wares of the ‘Porcelain Capitol’ have fed an artistic passion touching all four corners of the globe. Drawing from this opulent heritage, the four contemporary artists—Zhu Di, Gan Daofu, Zhang Goujun, Jared FitzGerald--represented at FitzGerald Fine Arts at 41 Greene Street in SoHo, continue to marry artistic with technological innovation. From their studios in Jingdezhen, each endeavors to raise the bar of artistic genius while respecting the context of an ancient past.

The kiln fires of Jingdezhen have produced most of China’s porcelain for over one thousand years. From its beginning, the city’s success owed much to an abundance of raw materials and proximity to key transportation routes. Situated in Northeast Jiangxi province, just off the waterways of the Yangtze River, the ceramic industry of the former Tang dynasty district of Fuliang has benefited from large forests, flowing streams, and uncommonly pure porcelain stone deposits. Synonymous with the hard, snow-white ceramic, Jingdezhen has unceasingly produced China’s finest quality ceramics for domestic, international and officially sanctioned consumption to this day.

 More than any other art form in its long repertoire, porcelain has served to link China to a globalized network— procuring and inspiring creative influence from Africa to Indonesia. Its dual role as a technological marvel and a stage for individual expression has made it one the most fertile mediums for artistic innovation today. Enduring in the footsteps of antiquity, Jingdezhen porcelain has not only profoundly informed art within China, but has entwined itself within the greater narrative of world history. FitzGerald Fine Arts is proud to be a part of Jingdezhen’s contemporary narrative, securing a platform for these valued artists and their techniques.    

 With locations in New York, Beijing and Jingdezhen, FitzGerald Fine Arts is proud to be one of the world’s leading galleries in the presentation of contemporary Chinese porcelain and ink painting. Since its establishment in 2007, the gallery has endeavored to showcase the talents of master contemporary artists working in traditional mediums. Particular emphasis is placed on artists who highlight the incorporation of techniques dating back thousands of years with the arrival of a contemporary sensibility. www.fitzgeraldfinearts.com