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Corvi-Mora: Simon Carroll, Walter Keeler, Janet Leach, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Julian Stair - 11 Jan 2013 to 2 Mar 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Simon Carroll: Untitled, 2004
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Simon Carroll, Walter Keeler, Janet Leach, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Julian Stair. 11th January – 2nd March 2013 Opening: Friday, 11th January 2013 6:30 - 8:30 pm Tommaso Corvi-Mora is pleased to present an exhibition of work by five renowned British Studio Potters: Simon Carroll, Walter Keleer, Janet Leach, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie and Julian Stair. Over recent years many contemporary artists have shown a renewed interest in clay as a medium. This has sparked a debate in the ceramics world, touching upon several issues: the boundary between art and craft, the relationship between skill and creativity and the relevance of specific traditions in a certain creative realm. The aim of this exhibition is to turn the tables on this lively debate by presenting a group of works by studio potters within the context of a contemporary art gallery. The makers selected for the exhibition give shape to a very partial history of studio pottery, from Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie (1895-1984), one of the first students of Bernard Leach, the founder of the studio pottery movement; to Janet Leach (1918-1997), a potter steeped in the Japanese tradition; Simon Carroll (1964-2009), an extremely original and talented artist who died prematurely at the age of 45 and Walter Keeler and Julian Stair, both still practicing today. The exhibition aims to showcase a small section of a very lively and exciting area of creative production that is often overlooked within the context of fine art, at a time when the teaching of ceramics is being curtailed in most art colleges (Goldsmiths MA Ceramics closed in 1993; Manchester Metropolitan University contemporary applied arts BA closed in 2007; Glasgow School of Art Ceramics Department closed in 2008; Westminster University Ceramics Department at Harrow closed 2010; Edinburgh College of Art Ceramic Department closed 2008; Camberwell College of Arts BA Ceramics Course closing in 2012 and so on). The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm. For further information or photographic material please call 020 7840 9111. Corvi-Mora 1a Kempsford Road London SE11 4NU Tel. 020 7840 9111 Fax 020 7840 9112 www.corvi-mora.com |
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