Pu Xiaoyue 浦潇月

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  2. Hey Grandpa, Talk To Me Please
  3. Replay, Re-Plate
  4. Typography of Body
  5. Otherwise, I Would Bury Myself There
  6. Rice
  7. Pomegranate
  8. Maybe, Berries
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  10. So Close And Beautiful
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Replay, Re-Plate


重新摆盘
2025




New Neckline Onion Pattern
Dinner Plate Ø 28 cm

289,00 €

Decor: onion pattern Designer
Artist: Johann Joachim Kaendler
Year of creation: 1745

Photo:
https://www.meissen.com/de/
Decolonize Pomegrante, Liberate Onion
Artist’s Plate Ø 28 cm

289,00 €

Decor: colonial plants in Chemnitz originally from China
Artist: Pu Xiaoyue
Year of creation: 2025

All money collected from the plate sale will be donated to the local art space Klub Solitaer, promoting sustainable cultural exchange.





Re-Plate: To Replay the History
A response, a reaction and a reexamination
Ceramics
28x28x3cm

Three ceramic patterns (left to right):
01. Colonial plants motifs including golden rain tree, Chinese lantern, ginkgo, peach, chrysanthemum
02. Chinese characters written “Decolonize Pomegrantes, Liberate Onions”
03. English characters “Women Plants Mother Earth” surrounded by “We are women. We are plants. We have one mother and one Earth.”





In the summer of 2025, supported by the Goethe-Institut China and the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, I completed a three-month research-focused residency in Germany. My project traced plants within colonial histories to explore historical connections between Germany and China and reflect on contemporary issues. Research centered on Chemnitz, a former industrial hub of textiles and mining, ultimately converging on the Meissen porcelain factory, supplier to the Kingdom of Saxony since the 18th century. Its signature “onion pattern” plate—a copy of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain(青花瓷)—ironically replaced the original Chinese pomegranate motif, a symbol of fertility and fortune, with an onion due to artisans’ unfamiliarity and ignorance, exemplifying cultural appropriation and colonial flattening.

In response, I collaborated with local porcelain artisans to recreate a Meissen-style plate, replacing the motif with Chinese plants that were planted in Chemnitz today and historically looted by colonial botanical hunters, identified in archival research at Leipzig University’s oldest botanical garden. The plate became a platform where food, two cultures, and shared history intersect. At the exhibition, it was used for a signature fusion dish, a pomegranate-and-onion salad, not displayed as a luxury object. The plate was also sold for €289—the current Meissen price—with proceeds donated to the local art space Klub Solitaer, promoting sustainable cultural exchange.




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