Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence
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02.11.2018 — 05.01.2019
Mao Jihong
Arts Foundation

Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence

Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence Mao Jihong Arts Foundation in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China curated by Kathryn Weir November 2, 2018–January 6, 2019 Yasmin Smith – Flooded Rose Red Basin, 2018 During October/November 2018, Yasmin Smith undertook a seven-week residency in Sichuan province in southwest China to produce a major new ceramics installation, Flooded Rose Red Basin, for Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, curated by Kathryn Weir (with associate curator Ilaria Conti and assistant curator Zhang Hanlu). It is the second major exhibition associated with the biennial Cosmopolis platform which was launched by the Centre Pompidou, Paris,...
detail of ceramic Eucalyptus branches: Yong Chuan slip with flooded gum wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of ceramic Eucalyptus branches: Yong Chuan slip with flooded gum wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of ceramic bamboo poles: Yong Chuan slip with Jiajiang bamboo ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
installation view Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of pinch cups: Meishan Tudi red clay and Jingdezhen porcelain with Sichuan green tea wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of pinch cups: Meishan Tudi red clay and Jingdezhen porcelain with Sichuan green tea wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of ceramic Eucalyptus branches: Yong Chuan slip with flooded gum wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
installation view Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
detail of pinch cups: Meishan Tudi red clay and Jingdezhen porcelain with Sichuan green tea wood ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence
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detail of ceramic bamboo poles: Yong Chuan slip with Jiajiang bamboo ash glaze | Yasmin Smith - Flooded Rose Red Basin | installation view Cosmopolis #1.5 - Enlarged Intelligence, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China
Production shelves in Jinhui Ceramic Sanitary Ware Factory near Wuchangzhen, Sichuan Province, China
Collecting green tea for glaze-making, Sichuan Province, China
Factory workers making pinch cups for Flooded Rose Red Basin - Jinhui Ceramic Sanitary Ware Factory near Wuchangzhen, Sichuan Province, China
Eucalyptus branches and green tea farm in front of factory - Sichuan Province, China
Bamboo pole moulds - Jinhui Ceramic Sanitary Ware Factory near Wuchangzhen, Sichuan Province, China
Burning green tea for glaze making - Sichuan Province, China
Factory workers making pinch cups for Flooded Rose Red Basin - Jinhui Ceramic Sanitary Ware Factory near Wuchangzhen, Sichuan Province, China
Factory workers watching green tea branches burn, Sichuan Province, China
Meishan Tudi red clay pan - Sichuan Province, China
Meishan Tudi red clay pan - workers' house - Sichuan Province, China
Bamboo from Shiyan Village, Sichuan Province
Factory worker checking bamboo casts for Flooded Rose Red Basin - Jinhui Ceramic Sanitary Ware Factory near Wuchangzhen, Sichuan Province, China

Artworks

Yasmin Smith, Flooded Rose Red Basin, 2018
Yasmin Smith, Flooded Rose Red Basin (bamboo), 2018
Yasmin Smith, Flooded Rose Red Basin (Flooded Gum), 2018
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