‘Dugong and Wallaby Story’ – Terry Platt, Australian (Kuuku Ya’u Lama Lama)- Cape York-2002 The art presented here is from a large collection of indigenous Australian art generously donated to the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH by Will Owen and Harvey Wagner. After seeing the 1988 exhibition ‘Dreamings: The Art of […]
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Vivienne Foley Vivienne Foley makes hand thrown, classical and abstract porcelain’s displaying clean lines and a multitude of shapes. “The excitement and challenge for me is to produce flowing forms from a process fraught with technical difficulties. I try to factor in all the variables knowing that during drying, glazing and […]
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Arteunok — Spain The arcane graffiti arts, involving late night freehand spray can forays on to vacant urban walls, is a thing of the past these days, due to it gaining acceptance and the creative evolution of many of its artists in this independent art culture.. The spirit of spontaneity still survives but the presentation […]
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Vintage 70’s Space Age Howard Miller eye clock Design convergence in the Mid Century Mid Century design from the post WW2 era possessed a bold and audacious aesthetic that grew from the fusion of many intrepid design concepts. It represented the critical mass of a merging of numerous design influences […]
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Wood and fungus – Land and Identity — Sally Cleary Sally Cleary likes to create mixed media landscapes that combine hand made organic forms with natural and man-made found objects transposed through mixed-media sculpture, art installations and photography. These range from large scale installations or more compact 3D collages . Her hybrid creations […]
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Sara Flynn pottery – Loewe Miami Location, lighting, composition, camera angles, exhibition concepts and use of props are some of the factors that can determine the successful creation of a marketing image for artwork display. Jonathan Anderson, the Artistic Director for the Spanish fashion house Loewe, used a bold curation concept for […]
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I recently visited the NGV Triennial to get some images of the art on display and couturier Guo Pei’s fascinating 2017 spring-summer Legend Collection was of particular interest. The low light ambience for her ornate costumes captured the mood of her designs although it presented a few photography (without flash) challenges and […]
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Jameson’s mamba snake by Mattias Klum , Cameroon National Geographic Ancient clay beaker with snake motif ca. 4000 BCE; excavated at Susa, Mesopotamia. Louvre Snakebite in the garden Like many people, I have found the snake to be a mysterious, exotic and unnerving creature to witness. My first serpent […]
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Two Corella cups, creamer and a sugar bowl – Peter Cooley ‘Black Cockatoo & Chinese Clouds’ vessel by Peter Cooley 2010 What a Flamin’ Galah! The innate Australian laid back “she’ll be right” attitude, infused with their easy going approach and original humor, is also reflected in some […]
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Contemporary, classic, ancient, vintage, inspirational and original ceramic art updated every few days. Emily Gardiner contemporary black and white sculpture Nature Lab Alain Ficho–Flat Crystalline Vase, France Yui Tsujimura – globular bottle vase Ceramic art of the Earth — Taoist perspective Pottery is basically […]
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Alex Mandli lidded saggar fired vessel Organic ethereal hues merged with pastel palettes and a matt surface characterize the appearance of saggar fired pottery. The responsiveness of natural clays to various combustion materials used in the saggar firing process is strikingly highlighted by the creative fury and fusion expressed in the random […]
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Japanese ceramic figural sculptural teapot Aesthetic of whimsy and the pleasingly distasteful In perplexing times, the tendency to gravitate towards objects of fun and frivolity increase exponentially, which might explain the proliferation of kitchy, novelty products at the moment. Cheesy, tacky, vulgarity in life and art has existed forever […]
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An eclectic collection of murals consisting of bas relief, high relief, frescoes, friezes and mosaics including classic frescoes from ancient Crete and Egypt and stone reliefs from Mesopotamia. A large body of Art Deco wall reliefs and Mid Century murals are also on display with a selection of new contemporary pieces. Fernand Legers’s ‘Femmes […]
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Uzbekistan tea shop – Photographer Max Penson maxpenson.com Born in Belarus in 1893, Max Penson moved to Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the 1920’s. He was initially employed as an an art teacher in Kokand but moved to photography after acquiring his first camera in the early 20’s. He eventually became a photojournalist noted […]
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‘To Life’ (chai) land art – Andrew Rogers Arava Desert, Israel The concept of Rhythms Of Life has evolved to become a global phenomenon, with many countries embracing the idea of a universal, life affirming symbol, expressed as a monumental land art sculpture. Andrew Rogers decision to extend the original sculptural form […]
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Claudia Beldent – ‘At the party’ Adapting images to the curvature of thrown forms introduces many challenges such as shifting perspectives, limited space and the myriad of decisions involved in deciding how to apply the paint to the surface of the clay. Here is a selection of curvy vessels chosen for their […]
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‘Propellors’ — Fernand Léger, 1918 Fernand Léger’s paintings of this period combined Cubism’s simplified, abstract forms with an interest in industrial machinery. The dynamic rhythm of this composition’s planes, cylinders and tubes alludes to mechanical motion. Embodying both solidity and the promise of speed, the propeller emerged as an emblem of modern technology for Léger […]
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Globular crackle glaze vessel – Alessandra Foletti Lencan pottery meets Alessandra Foletti Alessandra Foletti helped to establish training workshops in 1986 for female ceramicists in Honduras and organize production teams for creating traditional and contemporary Lencan pottery. The underlying theme of the project was to forge a creative fusion between anthropology and […]
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21st Les Journées de la Céramique 110 ceramic artists from France and internationally at the annual Parisian ceramic festival Thursday 28th June – Sunday 1st July 2018 Paris-Potier Association Days of Ceramics , Place Saint Sulpice, Paris 6 th — Thursday from 1 pm to 10 pm (with opening at night on the stands) […]
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Two ceramicists that use imaginative, evocative images and text to deliver poignant narratives to their decorative language. And the delightful minimalist black line images on porcelain by Louise Madzia, filled with subtle humor. Lucinda Mudge, ZA Lucinda Mudge – ‘Jungle Killers Alive’ Inspired by the overly dramatized poster art from old fashioned […]
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