QIN Xilin

(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute)

Abstract: Contemporary Folk "blue and white" art and contemporary ceramic art are the art of fire and clay. They are bold. unrestrained,, simple and natural. The former not only inherits the traditional folk "blue and white" but also absorbs the achievements from ceramic science and technology as well as contemporary culture and art. It is a new folk "blue. and white" art. rich in oontemporary aesthetic connotations. The latter is a contemporary art developed from the， traditional ceramic art. It is purely expressive and has a particular aesthetic connotation. Just like any other art,contemporary ceramic. art possesses its ovm ethnic and regional features, thus embodying the artistic smopolitanism.

Keywords: "blue and white"，contempordry ceramic art, folk art