“PORCELAIN TRANSFORMED BY A ROBOT”

The exhibition “Porcelain Transformed by a Robot”.

Chinese and European porcelain not only fascinates consumers, but also encourages artists to be in search of novelties in 21st century. The exhibition "Porcelain Transformed by a Robot" features historical European and Asian porcelain from the collections of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art and interpretations of historical vase shapes by Dr Rokas Dovydėnas. French porcelain, made in Limoges and fired at 1250 degrees Celsius was used for the works. Following the blanc-de-Chine tradition, the articles are white and coated with a transparent glaze. The creation process has been based on modern computer modelling software and the works were printed by means of 3D clay printers.

The artist Rokas Dovydėnas says: “When I started a two-year project, I aimed to find out how the discovery of porcelain had influenced vessel forms in Europe, to realize transformations and innovations. The result of this research was truly unexpected. Following the work of the inventor of porcelain, Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682-1719), I travelled through Germany, Poland and Lithuania. My investigation in museums involved a study of the forms of vessels dating back to three hundred years and a wonderful material of which they had been made. I looked for the origins of the manufacture of porcelain and the repetition of forms”.

Organizers: M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art and Phd. Rokas Dovydėnas
Architect – Ūla Žebrauskaitė-Malinauskė
Designer – Jurgita Dovydėnaitė
The project has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania