In the late 17th century, during Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, a particularly rotund, plain white porcelain vessel rose to popularity. Nicknamed…
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From Porcelain Buttercream to Bruises, Jessica Stoller Examines the Gendered Body — Colossal
The early 1780s produced a medical training tool that today seems unusually macabre and unsettling: the Anatomical Venus. A waxen…
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Biological Cells and Chinese Ceramic Traditions Coalesce in Shiyuan Xu’s Porcelain Sculptures — Colossal
From seeds to the world’s smallest organisms, the inspiration for Shiyuan Xu’s porcelain sculptures (previously) originates in biology. Fascinated by…
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