YU Yong, DENG Heqing

(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China )

Abstract: In this paper, the development of Chinese modern ceramic art in 1980s and 1990s is reviewed using the theories of cultural and art criticism. If the 1980s was known as a decade of “breakthroughs”, the subsequent 1990s was a period of “construction”. In these two decades,original and expressive pieces still dominated modern ceramic artworks, new generations of artists born in the 70s and 80s were emerging,and massive ceramic art biennial exhibitions and invitational exhibitions were organized in the late 1990s, which significantly promoted modern ceramic art.

Key words: modern ceramic art; breakthrough; construction; originality