Beijing, China - Porcelain is not a widely used media in contemporary art, but its unique character shown in the art works of Ma Jun and Huang Min does make me believe that porcelain improves the variety of art greatly.  Porcelain has been a symbol of Chinese art for more than one thousand years.  On one hand, artists find porcelain a very important media because it carries the sense of history; on the other hand, it is a burden because of its great history.  So in spite of the power of porcelain, porcelain may play a very weak role in modern art because of the limitation of the artists. 

Ma Jun and Huang Min transformed the traditional taste of porcelain in their recent works.  In their works, porcelain is not only the form, but also the content. Form and function meet in their works.  When contemporary artists play with the ideas of Chinese traditional culture, past and present are connected. 

L.A. Gallery Beijing was founded by gallery owner Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt/Germany, Mr. Wei Wei, Beijing, and Mr. Pan Xiulong, Beijing, as a cultural joint venture that merges many and varied strands of experience.

Lothar has represented such renowned artists as Tracey Moffatt, Ken Lum, Naoya Hatakeyama, Oliver Boberg and John Hilliard.  In twelve years of progressive art mediation, the gallery has built a reputation for "discovering" new talents.  L.A. Gallery has been represented for many years at major international fairs such as ART BASEL, ART COLOGNE and the ARMORY SHOW NEW YORK.

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