Speech by Curator

    Ceramics have made great contributions to the history and contemporary of human society, and the history of ceramic culture has been brilliant. How to inherit and develop this great culture and art well tests the wisdom of our contemporary art and ceramics personnel. As the former President and current President Emeritus of IAC, I am deeply responsible.

    Founded in 2012, Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum is located in a palace in the center of Beijing, the capital of China. Over the past eight years, under the leadership of Mr. Zhang Shouzhi, a famous ceramic professor in China and the first curator of Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, it has been working hard to promote Chinese ceramics and international ceramic art works and academic exchanges with the idea of ceramic public welfare undertakings. It has been highly recognized by China and the world ceramic art circles, achieved extraordinary achievements and won honors.

    Since the first IAC member literature exhibition was undertaken by China National Ceramic Art Museum in 2015, IAC and Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum have started many times of cooperation and exchange, and became the group member of IAC in 2018. For a period of time, IAC leaders have had many exchanges and understanding with President Zheng of Yuanyang investment group, the organizer of Guozhong National Ceramic Art Museum. They have learned that Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum is striving to build it into a global international ceramic art museum with public welfare action, promote international exchange and cooperation of more ceramic artists, and do better for global ceramic art more contributions. This development concept is in line with IAC's development spirit. After research, IAC signed an agreement with Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum in 2019 and established a long-term strategic partnership with the aim of providing better services to more IAC members and ceramic artists in the world.

    Today, I was appointed the second curator of Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum. I am deeply honored. Under the principle of cooperation between IAC and Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, I will cooperate with the existing team of Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum and with more international ceramic experts, scholars and institutions to make the development of Guozhong ceramic art museum better. Make greater contribution to the world ceramic art circle!

    Thank you!

----  Jacques Kaufmann