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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > General
Ceramics and the Museum interrogates the relationship between
art-oriented ceramic practice and museum practice in Britain since
1970. Laura Breen examines the identity of ceramics as an art form,
drawing on examples of work by artist-makers such as Edmund de Waal
and Grayson Perry; addresses the impact of policy making on ceramic
practice; traces the shift from object to project in ceramic
practice and in the evolution of ceramic sculpture; explores how
museums facilitated multisensory engagement with ceramic material
and process, and analyses the exhibition as a text in itself.
Proposing the notion that 'gestures of showing,' such as
exhibitions and installation art, can be read as statements, she
examines what they tell us about the identity of ceramics at
particular moments in time. Highlighting the ways in which these
gestures have constructed ceramics as a category of artistic
practice, Breen argues that they reveal gaps between narrative and
practice, which in turn can be used to deconstruct the art.
'Vessel | Sculpture' refers to the direction studio pottery has
taken since the mid-20th century, developing from primarily
functional vessels to artistically designed vessels, ceramic
sculpture, installation and conceptual art. The aim is to trace the
history of how ceramics has evolved and developed into an
autonomous art medium, which is continually self-renewing. Focused
on the GRASSI Museum's collection of contemporary ceramic work
since 1946 when Germany was divided into East and West after the
World War II, this book provides a fascinating and instructive
overview of developments and trends in the two Germanys. Moreover,
a broad-ranging selection of works by ceramicists now active in
both the new and the old Federal German states is supplemented by
contemporary pieces from all over the world. The publication is
devoted to one-off pieces and limited editions from the past six
decades. Reproductions in large formats of approximately four
hundred selected objects are accompanied by biographies of as many
artists and their signatures.
A practical guide to all forms of decoration for pots and
sculpture. This step-by-step guide encourages you to explore the
full range of surface treatment techniques and teaches you how to
obtain a professional finish to your work by suggesting an
appropriate finish choice. Surface Decoration looks at all manner
of surface decoration techniques, at every stage of the ceramic
process and from a practical perspective explains how to achieve
these effects. The book explores a variety of innovative and
contemporary approaches to surface finish including sgrafitto,
resist methods, sprigging, trailing, glaze layering, lustre,
transfer, impressing, incising and textural methods amongst others.
This is the perfect guide for any ceramic artist interested in
exploring new surface decoration techniques.
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