European Triennial of Ceramics and Glass
2nd edition of the European Triennial of Ceramics and Glass. Two European countries are invited by the WCC-BF, this time Great Britain and Spain, for a dialogue between their best ceramic artists and glassmakers and their Belgian counterparts. Around thirty selected artists will present their works, both unique pieces and installations.
The principle o.f this European Triennial of Ceramics and Glass, as for our European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery, held for the first time in 2002, is to invite to each edition artists from two European countries for a dialogue with Belgian designers, so that the
public can get a general picture of current trends in these fields in the three respective countries.
Thanks to the WCC-Europe network, we are able to find partner associations with whom we collaborate in organising the event. In each country concerned, a commissaire is invited to draw up a shortlist of designers based on their technical,
aesthetic, conceptual and innovative qualities. The college of commissaires then meets to make the final selection of participants.
At the opening of the exhibition, a European jury composed of experts is invited to choose, from among the exhibited works, the winner of the Wallonia-Brussels French Community Prize.
This exhibition will be accompanied by conference days where the speakers will include exhibiting artists, art critics, journalists, authors of works related to the disciplines in question and directors of artistic training programmes from different European countries.
The purpose of this exhibition is both to familiarise the general public with artistic forms that are perhaps more accessible on account of the materials used, and to serve as a meeting place for professionals, experts and collectors from all countries.
The exhibited works will give an idea of how narrow, if not undetectable, the frontier between fine art and applied art has now
become. To be sure, the materials and disciplines featured in this exhibition relate to arts previously referred to as "minor", however the quest that drives their creators defies all classification and their work is a direct descendant of contemporary art.
This exhibition is the brainchild of the Belgian and Francophone branch of the World Crafts Council, in partnership with the city of Mons, WCC-Europe and Design Vlaanderen. The European Triennial of Ceramics and Glass is being held in the
magnificently renovated premises of the former Mons abattoirs, built in 1884 by the architect Sury.