Zhou Guozhen's Evaluation of Zhou Guozhen's Art

Professor Zhou Guozhen is a famous modern ceramist in China. His works of modern ceramic art are not only numerous and collected all over the world, but also always lead the development trend of modern ceramic art in China and even the world, which is of great academic research value. Some people think that China's modern ceramic art was blown by the "west wind" in the mid-1980s, but anyone who knows something about Zhou Guozhen and his works will admit that as early as the 1950s, his ceramic works had basically possessed the characteristics of modern ceramic art. By the early 1980s, he had created a number of mature modern ceramic masterpieces represented by Snow Leopard. What's more commendable is that Professor Zhou Guozhen has never stopped thinking, developing and innovating modern ceramic art, and his modeling, materials, technology and realm have reached a very high level, and he has successively created four series of works with obvious style characteristics: hazy period, aesthetic period, antique period and new expression period. Today, when we face Professor Zhou Guozhen, a master who has created artistic character and academic status no less than a world-class modern ceramist, we can't help but sigh: Professor Zhou Guozhen is worthy of China and China's pride.

Professor Zhou Guozhen is also a famous ceramic educator in China. He has been teaching in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute for 2 1 year since 1976, and once served as the head of the fine arts department and the deputy director of the academic Committee. Today, it can be said that many people in China ceramic industry have direct or indirect academic relations and teacher-student relations with Professor Zhou Guozhen. In other words, his disciples and grandchildren have spread all over the world, and many people (such as Zhu and Zhu) have become academic leaders in the ceramic art world in China and even in the world. Meng, who won the gold medal in the 11th National Art Exhibition for his modern ceramic work Speed of Life and Death, is his disciple ... It is no exaggeration to describe Professor Zhou Guozhen's outstanding contribution and lofty position in ceramic art education with "peaches and plums all over the world".

Therefore, academics, critics and art circles regard Professor Zhou Guozhen as "a banner for the development of contemporary ceramic art in China", "a pioneer in the creation of modern ceramic art in China", "a master of modern ceramic art in China", "a world-class modern ceramic artist" and "truly the first in the world". In fact, judging from the development history of modern ceramic art in China and even the world, "Professor Zhou Guozhen is a modern ceramic artist with great significance in the history of modern ceramic art in China".