Hand-painted porcelain panels
YE Xingqian｜Porcelain Screens
When porcelain becomes a screen, space is reimagined.
YE Xingqian's porcelain screens are contemporary works between art object, spatial presence, and Eastern cultural memory. They may structure a space, create a visual separation, or become a decorative presence, yet they remain first and foremost independent artworks.
Porcelain screen positioning
YE Xingqian's porcelain screens should first be understood as contemporary artworks. They may participate in spatial division, visual screening, and interior presentation, but their primary identity is not furniture. This series transforms the screen into a new spatial form: an object with presence, a painted surface, a ceramic material carrying time, and a memory of Eastern spatial culture.
About YE Xingqian
YE Xingqian is a Franco-Chinese contemporary artist born into a family of wood sculptors in Wenzhou, China. He moved to France in 1983 and now lives and works in Montreuil, near Paris. His practice extends from ink, paper and painting to sculpture, porcelain and spatial works. It combines contemporary abstraction with Eastern sensibility, light, rhythm and memory. Several of his works are held in public collections in France and China, including the Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, the Musée Cernuschi and collection references linked to the Musée Georges-Labit in Toulouse. The porcelain screen marks a new stage in this artistic exploration. It brings together porcelain, painting, metal structure and an Eastern sense of space to create a contemporary work between art object, spatial presence and living aesthetics.
Selected public collections
- 01Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris
- 02Musée Cernuschi, Paris
- 03Musée Paul-Dupuy / Musée Georges-Labit, Toulouse
- 04Musée Liu Haisu, Shanghai
- 05Tianjin Museum of Fine Arts
- 06Fujian, Putian and Guilin museum collections
From painting to porcelain, from image to space
YE Xingqian’s porcelain screens do not begin with furniture design, but with painting. Throughout his practice, line, ink, light and rhythm have remained central languages. The porcelain screen transfers this pictorial language onto porcelain panels and into space: the work is no longer only hung on a wall, but becomes a presence to be seen, approached and lived with.
Why porcelain screens?
Porcelain is one of the most emblematic materials of Chinese civilization. It has long existed through vessels, sculptures, panels, murals and decorative objects. The screen, meanwhile, belongs to the history of Eastern spatial culture: it separates without enclosing, creates distance while allowing the space to breathe. By bringing porcelain and the screen together, YE Xingqian does not reproduce a traditional piece of furniture. He transforms the screen into a contemporary spatial artwork - a visual presence, a painted surface, and a collectible object.
Artwork features
Fired at approximately 1300 °C
Metal structure
Each piece conceived as an independent artwork
Possible compositions of 3, 4, 5 panels or more
Approximate height: 1.70 m
A contemporary artwork with spatial function
For spaces
The porcelain screens may be integrated into private residences, collection spaces, hotel suites and lobbies, private salons, corporate reception areas, cultural institutions, galleries and high-end interior design projects. They can become either a visual focal point or a soft spatial boundary.
"I would like the first reaction to be surprise: porcelain can also become a screen."
Grey and black porcelain screen with gold lines in a spatial setting
Gallery
Private viewing and project inquiry
Works are available for viewing by appointment. Collectors, art advisors, interior designers, hotels, institutions and cultural spaces are welcome to contact us to discuss available works, commissioned pieces and site-specific projects.
- Atelier
- Atelier YE Xingqian
- Project coordination:
- Dan JIN
- Email:
- art@sherp.fr
- Location:
- Montreuil, France
- Viewing
- Private viewing by appointment only.
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