Out of The Mould: Contemporary Sculptural Ceramics in Vietnam Volume 2: Appendices Submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy by Ann R. Proctor University of Sydney March 2006 Table of Contents List of Figures ...........................................................................................................................1 Introduction............................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1................................................................................................................................2 Chapter 2................................................................................................................................9 Chapter 3..............................................................................................................................11 Chapter 4..............................................................................................................................23 Chapter 5..............................................................................................................................43 Chapter 6..............................................................................................................................54 Bibliography............................................................................................................................62 Exhibition Catalogues And Reviews ...................................................................................62 Art and Ceramics- Vietnam .................................................................................................65 Art and Ceramics - elsewhere in Southeast Asia.................................................................73 Art and Ceramics- elsewhere Asia.......................................................................................74 Art and Ceramics- elsewhere- Europe and USA .................................................................76 Theory..................................................................................................................................77 History .................................................................................................................................80 Dongson...............................................................................................................................84 Theses ..................................................................................................................................85 Literature..............................................................................................................................85 Electronic references............................................................................................................86 Appendices ..............................................................................................................................88 Appendix 1: Syllabus for the Industrial Fine Arts University, Ceramics course, 1998 .....88 Appendix 2: Exhibition review by Nguyễn Lương Hùng ..................................................99 Appendix 3: Exhibition Review by Phan Cảm Thượng ...................................................103 Appendix 4: Exhibition review by Nguyen Quan ............................................................105 List of Figures1 Introduction 0.1 Nguyễn Trọng Đoan, b.1942, Đên Vườn, Garden Lamp, 1994, ceramic, h. 70cm, Fine Arts Museum of Vietnam 0.2 Freedom Monument, Tương Đài Chiến Thắng, 1996, Nha Trang 1 Where no other source is given, the photograph is by the author. 1 Chapter 1 1.1 Dongson motifs source, Nguyen Ba Khoach, 'Phung Nguyen,' Asian Perspectives, vol. XXX111, no.1, 1980, pp. 46 & 47. 1.2 Ngọc Lũ Drum, Tympanum, Đông Sơn culture, bronze, d. 79 cm. National Museum of History, Hà Nội, source, M. Girard-Geslan (et.al.ed.), Art of Southeast Asia, 1998, p.32. 1.3 Nguyễn Trọng Đoan, Jar, 1999, stoneware, h.40 cms, collection of the artist. 1.4 Nguyễn Bảo Toàn, Installation, 1998, ceramics, wood and other media, source, Minh Ha et al., Heritage, Jan/Feb, 1999, p.7. 1.5 Đông Sơn Bell, Đông Sơn culture, bronze, h. 24cm. Musée National des Arts Asiatiques, Guimet, Paris, source, M. Girard-Geslan, Art of Southeast Asia,1998, p.35 2 1.6 Nguyễn Khấc Quân, Stoneware in his studio, 1999 1.7 Hữu Chung drum, Đông sơn, bronze, d.82, h.67, Culture Department, Hải Hưng, source, Phạm Huy Thông, Dongson Drums in Vietnam, 1990, p.154 1.8 Tree worship in Hà Nội 3 1.9 Melon shaped ewer with cover,15th century, stoneware, h.17cm, private collection, source, Bùi Minh Trí & Kerry Nguyễn-Long, Gốm Hoa Lam Việt Nam: Vietnamese Blue and White ceramics, 2001, p.322, plate 121 1.10 Bodhi Leaf on ridge tile, 13th-14th century, terracotta, h.19cm, private collection, source, Nguyễn Đinh Chiến (et.al. eds.) Cỏ Vật Việt Nam: Vietnamese Antiquities, 2003, p. 343. fig. 406 1.11 Nguyễn Khắc Quân, Trees, 2002, stoneware, collection of the artist 1.12a & b Lotus motifs 13th century, source, Le Trung ed., Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Vietnamese History Ho Chi Minh City,1998, p.101 1.12a Square ceramic tile with lotus motif 1.12b Terracotta tile with lotus motif 4 1.13 Nguyễn Trọng Đoan, Lotus, 1997, stoneware, h. approx 1 metre, private collection 1.14 Vietnamese stoneware plate, lotus decoration in underglaze blue, 16th century, d. 40.5 cm, Seung-In Ra Collection, source, Stevenson and J. Guy, (eds),Vietnamese Ceramics A Separate Tradition J. 1997, p. 327, fig. 272 1.15 Ceramics from the 11th-13th Centuries, source, Le Trung (ed.), Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Vietnamese History Ho Chi Minh City, 1998, p.156 1.16 Ceramics from the 14th and 16th Centuries, source, Le Trung (ed.), Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Vietnamese History Ho Chi Minh City, 1998, p.158 & p. 167 5 1.17 Nguyễn Trọng Đoan, Lotus, detail, 1997, stoneware, private collection 1.18 (a)'Moorish ivory casket from Spain', p. 281, fig. 175 and (b)'Moorish Ivory casket from Spain, dated AD 965', p. 280, fig. 174, source, A Riegl, Problems of Style, 1992 1.19 Green glaze bowl, d.16.9 cm., collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, source, D. Richards, South-East Asian Ceramics: Thai, Vietnamese, and Khmer, 1995, p.142, fig. 97 1.20 Transverse section Đình Bảng, source, Hà Văn Tấn and Nguyễn Văn Kự, Dinh Vietnam, 1998, p.229 1.21 Đình Bảng, ca.1700, source, Há Văn Tấn and Nguyễn Văn Kự, Dinh Vietnam, 1998, p.229 6 1.22 Bathing in a Lotus Pond, 17th century, wooden sculpture from Đình Đông Viên, collection of the Fine Arts Museum, Hà Nội 1.23 Amusement of boys and girls, 1897, wooden sculpture, collection of the Fine Arts Museum, Hà Nội 7 1.24 Nguyễn Khắc Quan, Giant Teacups,1999, stoneware and rattan stools, h. approx.1m. collection of the artist 8 Chapter 2 2.1 Ernest Chaplet, (1835-1909) Vase, (1884-88), porcelain, h. 28 cms, Musée Nationale de Céramique, Sèvres, source, P.Greenhalgh (ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914, 2000, p. 197 2.2 Jean ( Joseph- Marie) Carries, (1856-1894), Le Faune endormi, 1885, Stoneware, salt glazed, private collection, source, P.Greenhalgh (ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914, 2000, p.194 2.3 Late 19thc. Japanese Ceramics from the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2.4 The Martin Brothers, source, E.de Waal, 20th century ceramics, 2003, p.35 2.5 Bernard Leach, Bottle. c.1959, Stoneware with temmoku glaze, h.36.30 cm. d. 29.70 cm, Victoria & Albert Museum, source, E. Cooper, Concept and Form: Bernard Leach, exh. cat., n.d., no 107 2.6 William Staite Murray at work in his studio, source, E.de Waal, 20th century ceramics, 2003, p.101, no.86 2.7 Paul Gauguin, (1848-1903) Jug, Stoneware, Danish Museum of Decorative Art, source, P.Greenhalgh (ed.), Art Nouveau:1890-1914, 2000, p.196 9 2.8 Nguyên Khai, b.1940, Plate, 1974, stoneware, approx, 24 cm d., Bennett collection, photograph courtesy Boi Tran Huynh 2.9 Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Rocking Pot, 1956, stoneware and colemanite wash, 35 x 53.5 x 44.5 cm, Renwick Gallery source http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/images/Rocking_Pot_lg.jpg 2.10 Peter Voulkos, (1924-2003), Gallas Rock, 1960, stoneware, iron slip glazed, h. 96 inches, UCLA, source, Rose Slivka, Peter Voulkos: A Dialogue with Clay, 1978, p.46, pl.9 10 Chapter 3 3.1 Female bust, ca.200 BCE, hard earthenware, h.11.5 cm, Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin, source, Jochen May, Hidden Treasures, 2000, p.28, pl. 6 3.2 A group of Terracotta Figures, private collection, Bắc Ninh 3.3 Ewer, 6th-7th century, stoneware with ivory glaze, h. 20.5 cm, National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi, source, Nguyễn Đinh Chiến (et al. eds.) Cỏ Vật Việt Nam: Vietnamese Antiquities, 2003, p.190, pl. 17 11 3.4 Lady Donor, 19th century, clay, 105 x 65 x 45cm, Chùa Bút Tháp (But Thap Pagoda) 3.5 Statue of a Royal son-in-law of King Lê, 15th century, stoneware, 9 x 17 cms, private collection, source, Nguyễn Đinh Chiến (et.al. eds.) Cỏ Vật Việt Nam: Vietnamese Antiquities, 2003. p. 213, pl. 75 3.6 Inkstone in the form of a crab, n.d. w.17cm, Art Gallery of South Australia, source, Dick Richards, South-East Asian Ceramics: Thai, Vietnamese, and Khmer, 1995, p. 46, fig. 29 12 3.7 Monumental Guardian, clay, Chùa Thây (Thay Pagoda) 3.8 Top of an incense burner in the shape of a toad, Tran 13th-14th centuries, h.17.1 cm, stoneware, May collection, source, Jochen May, Hidden Treasures, 2000, p. 93, pl. 43 3.9 Aristocratic Lady, 15th century, stoneware, 38.5 cm, National History Museum, Hà Nội,