A Study on the Construction of the Relationship between Form and Space in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture

Abstract

As the concept of sculpture in the context of contemporary art has been changing from a closed system to an open field, the focus of creation and research in ceramic sculpture has moved beyond a single focus on form and technique, now exploring how the formal language of ceramic sculpture interacts with space. This paper will investigate how to use form and space in the creation of contemporary ceramic sculptures. First, based on morphology, we will study how the extension and contraction of form, the cohesion and openness of structure, and the material expression of physical properties require and create spatial potential. Next, it will investigate how the three dimensions of physical space, virtual space and conceptual space are transformed and concretised in the formal language. Finally, it puts forward that there is an "intertextual construction mechanism" of form and space, and the two serve as anchor points and contexts for each other to achieve an ontological reconstruction of ceramic sculpture as a relational "event" in a state of dynamic equilibrium. The first is to build a general system of spatial relationships for the research on the form and aesthetic value of creativity in modern ceramic sculptures.