The Italian artist duo Bertozzi & Casoni (Giampaolo Bertozzi, Bologna 1957 and Stefano Dal Monte Casoni, Ravenna 1961) combine socially critical and philosophical themes with highly attractive figurative sculptures. Through their colour and material choices, their sculptures verge on kitsch. They developed a technique in the late nineties which enables them to create extremely large ceramic works. The colossal but fragile sculptures are overpowering and prompt observers to contemplate life and death, nature and culture, art and kitsch.
Bertozzi e Casoni. Timeless
The Italian artist duo Bertozzi & Casoni (Giampaolo Bertozzi, Bologna 1957 and Stefano Dal Monte Casoni, Ravenna 1961) combine socially critical and philosophical themes with highly attractive figurative sculptures. Through their colour and material choices, their sculptures verge on kitsch. They developed a technique in the late nineties which enables them to create extremely large ceramic works. The colossal but fragile sculptures are overpowering and prompt observers to contemplate life and death, nature and culture, art and kitsch.
So this is Christmas
May your time be filled with love and passion and creativity.
Among the cards I received I found a vey inspiring from Art Aura magazine:
- Preserve your optimism, every cloud has a silver lining,
- Pursue your goals resolutely because perseverance is the secret of success,
- Never abandon your ideals even if you can never fully attain them,
- Remain healthy – your good health largely depends on you and your lifestyle,
- Never allow yourself to become annoyed by things that you cannot change,
- Also follow suggestions that aren’t to your taste – they’re often the best ones,
- Stay open for newness, even though you’re already a year older.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
So this is Christmas
Jerome Galvin at Accro Terre
vernissage en présence de l'artiste le 27 nov. 15h-22h.
Accro Terre Galerie
11 rue Emile Lepeu, Paris, France
Great exhibition at Accro Terre Galerie in Paris, have a look at the images on the fb page
Jerome Galvin at Accro Terre
Ceramica Psichedelica
Video Psichedelico del Museo della ceramica di Montelupo Fiorentino
Bella idea !
Ceramica Psichedelica
JAPANESE CRAFT at Erskine, Hall & Coe
The exhibition is fully illustrated on the website.
Erskine, Hall & Coe Ltd, 15 Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4SP
+44 (0) 20 7491 1706 | mail@erskinehallcoe.com | www.erskinehallcoe.com
Open 10am - 6pm, Monday to Saturday until Friday 21st of December.
Exhibition continues in 2013 from 2nd of January until the 10th.
JAPANESE CRAFT at Erskine, Hall & Coe
Pizzi Cannella, Mic Faenza
Pizzi Cannella, Mic Faenza
Christmas's Events
Goldmark Gallery, 14 Orange Street, Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9SQ, UK
info@goldmarkart.com
Rue de L'Eau, 56a _1190 Forest Belgique
Tel: +32.495.28.71.74
Mail: info@galeriedelo.be
Site: http://www.galeriedelo.be
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Christmas's Events
Point of Departure, RCA, London
Point of Departure
Great Western Studios
Exhibition runs: 27th Nov - 4th Dec 2012
I have a weak spor for the RCA students, their work is never disappointing ...
Here is a great chance to see 2nd yr students from the ceramic and glass department, these are some images of Cristina Vezzini's works.
Point of Departure presents an opportunity to view work by second year master’s students from the Royal College of Art’s celebrated Ceramics and Glass programme at a pivotal point in development.
The programme itself has been described as a site for discursive practice, where cultural, social, personal, historical and aesthetic concerns intersect. An overarching belief that the skills of making and thinking can develop in tandem, and that the made object is a vehicle for expression that can engage with the individual and society, lies behind much of its students’ output.Helle Bjerregaard
The artists do not see ceramics and glass merely as a fixed set of media, instead prizing and celebrating diversity and breadth whilst embracing connections.
As work in progress, Point of Departure includes eighteen individual artists’ investigations taking form. It gives a rare insight into the thinking behind the works at this ‘point of departure’. The exhibition reflects recent discoveries within the students’ artistic journeys as they establish individual identities.
The work itself covers a wide spectrum – from design for manufacture, the unique art object to installation. Themes being dealt with range from the body, the domestic and the architectural, at the core of which is material understanding.
Rachel Hopkins
Sabina Stumberger
Kane Cali
Rosanna Martin
Ester Svensson
Kevin Callaghan
Enrique Perezalba Red
Luke Twigger
Eunghan Choi
Helena Plado
Cristina Vezzini
Olivia Fink
Shane Porter
Jonathan Wade
Lydia Hardwick
Mella Shaw
Yiru Wang
Great Western Studios
t. 020 7221 0100 fx. 020 7221 0200
info@greatwesternstudios.com
Point of Departure, RCA, London
Art Jewels, Milano
L’esibizione che sarà inaugurata giovedì 29 novembre alle ore 18.30 rimarrà aperta al pubblico fino al 18 gennaio 2013.
Contemporary Art Jewels - ceramica da indossare - presenta una selezione di gioielli di 15 artisti internazionali. Propone una raffinata ricerca di gioielli contemporanei in ceramica, oggetti resi unici dall’abilità e dal genio degli artisti. Forme, colori, dettagli che stupiscono per la varietà dei risultati. Veri e propri gioielli d’arte, ceramica da indossare e da regalare.
Art Jewels, Milano
Mirso Denicolò, La città verticale
Sabato 24 Novembre alle ore 19.00
Mirso Denicolò, La città verticale
Paolo Polloniato, Jeux de Corps
VERNISSAGE LE JEUDI 15 NOVEMBRE A PARTIR DE 18H
Paolo Polloniato, Jeux de Corps
Winter Programme, New Ashgate Gallery,
A must see Christmas show for all novice and expert collectors of art and craft. All work is handmade, making it unique and environmentally friendly. You are sure to find a perfect gift. "Absolutely excellent!!" Rob Swift
Known for selecting contemporary craft and fine art of the highest quality and skill, the gallery has selected many of our makers at major events such as Collect, Art in Clay, Art in Action, Rising Stars and the Festival of Crafts. The exh
Winter Programme, New Ashgate Gallery,
Cinzia Catena a Roma
La mostra rimarrà aperta sino al 30 novembre (dal martedì al sabato 10,30-13/16,30-20)
Per info: Cinzia Catena TERRACROMATA Studio d'Arte Ceramica : Via Tembien 9-13 Roma www.terracromata.it Tel.06 8607116 -3337970882
Cinzia Catena a Roma
Svend Bayer at Goldmark
"Born in Uganda in 1946 to Danish parents, Svend Bayer spent his childhood in Tanganyika. It was during his time at university that Bayer discovered pottery, and a gift from his girlfriend of Bernard Leach’s A Potters Book introduced him to the pots of Michael Cardew. On leaving university Bayer wrote to Cardew, and after being invited for an interview, was taken on. Bayer took inspiration from the village potteries in Southeast Asia, streamlining their practices and using his focus and determination to produce pots at high speed to fill his huge kiln. His work is held in major collections worldwide. He has received the John Ruskin award, held workshops all over the world and had residencies in America & Australia." Goldmark Gallery Goldmark Gallery, 14 Orange Street, Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9SQ, UK
Making Large Pots by Svend Bayer from goldmarkart.com on Vimeo.
Svend Bayer at Goldmark
Sara Flynn, Erskine Hall & Coe, London
14 November to 06 December
Erskine, Hall & Coe Ltd
SARA FLYNN BY SEBASTIAN BLACKIE
How artists locate themselves within a wider community of practice may bring insight to their inspiration as well as some of the imperatives that sustain them. Sara Flynn belongs to a generation of Irish ceramic artists who are confidently engaging with an international audience and whose work stylistically is far removed from the rustic traditional crafts, which are often closely associated with tourism and in Ireland are charged with a particularly powerful cultural/national identity. It is then surprising to learn that Flynn is not from the city but works in picturesque rural isolation on the very western edge of Europe. As many Irish have done she looks westward to the future, her work and life style being a measure of how heterogeneous craft practice has become. Her pots are not emblematic of a rural idyll nor in any conscious way are they influenced by the visual landscape in which she works. There is however a relationship between Flynn’s vessels and the place she chooses to make them. It is not a topographical relationship but the quality of solitude that supports focused reflection so necessary for some kinds of art practice.Flynn’s work reveals some of the characteristics of Hans Coper’s work; a potter she has greatly admired throughout her ceramic career. There is an obsessive passion for clay’s unique qualities, a sustaining fascination with the “thingness” of vessels as abstract forms largely unrelated to utilitarian pots which serve our bodily needs. Coper’s famous thought that he was: ”like a demented piano tuner seeking the perfect pitch” is an appropriate way to understand Flynn’s practice relaying as it does on just a few key element.
All Flynn’s work is thrown porcelain. With modernist concerns such as truth to material and process we are used to ‘read’ how things are made. We are familiar with the ‘vocabulary’ of construction with resistant materials and reductive processes such as carving or the results of casting with liquids. But the use of plastic or viscous material with its shifting identity is encountered less often in our daily lives and the aesthetics of displacement seem more mysterious, Flynn’s exploration of form is not confined by the wheel but develops often asymmetrically from the rhythms of throwing, the line of the rim often being particularly important. The soft clay forms are squeezed, indented or pinched to enhance fluidity and establish an individual identity. Flynn’s creativity is focused in the act of working with plastic clay; any subsequent work is at its service.
Sara Flynn, Erskine Hall & Coe, London
Barry Krzywicki, Talavera de La Reina, Spain
Barry Krzywicki, Talavera de La Reina, Spain
In Bianco e Nero, Creativity Torino
Silvia Beccaria, Ana Hagopian, Pastore e Bovina, Luca Tripaldi e Maria Diana sono artisti che provengono dalle più disparate esperienze professionali - teatro, grafica, architettura e design - oltre che da luoghi geograficamente distanti come Buenos Aires, Torino e Bologna ma sono accomunati dalla ricerca del particolare, dalla ricchezza degli spunti creativi e dalla curiosità insaziabile che li porta ad esplorare nuovi percorsi legati al design e all’innovazione.
CreativityOggetti Via Mazzini, 29/e 10123 Torino (TO) ITALY
t.+39 011 8177864 - www.creativityoggetti.it- susanna@creativityoggetti.it
orari lun15.30-19.30 mar-sab10.00-13.00 15.30-19.30 gio10-19.30
In Bianco e Nero, Creativity Torino
Susan Beiner: Organic Dissolution
October 13 - November 21, 2012
VIEW EXHIBITION ONLINE
Clay Art Center, located in Port Chester, New York, presents Organic Dissolution, a solo exhibition of artist Susan Beiner.
The installation created by a mass of porcelain flowers emerges from the center of the room, this incredibly white garden refers to artificially manipulated nature and how we manipulate the natural world.
In conjunction with the exhibit, Susan Beiner will lead a one-day demonstration workshop on Saturday, October 13 from 10am-5pm entitled “Synthetic Reality: Altering Nature with Susan Beiner.”
Clay Art Center
40 Beech Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2047
mail@clayartcenter.org
Gallery/Office Hours:
Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm
Susan Beiner: Organic Dissolution
Keith Harrison residency at the Vand A
Just love it !
Victoria and Albert Museum
If you love ceramics and are interested in the transformative potential of clay, meet our Artist in Residence Keith Harrison this Saturday 3 November and see his work in progress. 13.00 – 16.00 http://bit.ly/XZKkeY
Keith Harrison residency at the Vand A
Jill Fanshawe Kato @ Talavera
Jill Fanshawe Kato is visiting the Escuela de Arte de Talavera in Spain, during the month of November she will be working within the walls of the school.
A conference is schedule for the 6th of November
Jill Fanshawe Kato @ Talavera
Edmund De Waal, 1000 hours
1000 thrown porcelain vessels, some glazed in celadon and white, some unglazed, within a pair of aluminium vitrines with transparent and translucent acrylic
He is subtle, quiet, calm while producing work that is powerful and grand (in a subtle kind of way), always the same and always different ...he is a naturally sophisticated potter (in an unpretenscious, subtle, quiet, calm kind of way )
WOW!
Edmund De Waal, 1000 hours
Masaki Hattori CV's 6
MH: Eredità, Congerie (mucchio di cose alla rinfusa) Impronta, Toccante,Rinascita
work n1 |
CV: Il tuo migliore e peggiore momento ceramico
MH: Quando sono stato in grado di vedere la bellezza. Il peggiore... non esiste.
Masaki's website
CV: Five words that describe your work
MH: Legacy, Clutter, Impression, Touching, Rebirth
CV: What is your favourite ceramic piece of all times ?
MH: Work n. 1
CV: Where do you get your inspiration from?
MH: All that exists outside of me. Sometimes small, sometimes large ones. and the inside of me, something that have been asleep.
2012.11.20-11.25
- Inheritance -
GALLERY MARONIEhttp://www.gallery-maronie.com/
It presents a simple shape created by 54 objects that looks like a container sealed.
The object is made by ceramics and the surface is covered with a mixture of clay and the alloy.
It melted and remained.
Masaki Hattori CV's 6
Contemporary Tableware , by Linda Bloomfield
Available from January 2013
Tableware has occupied a special place in our kitchens and dining rooms for thousands of years, and continues to enchant us today. Ranging from the purely functional to the fine and delicate, the evolution of domestic pots tells us much about our changing tastes and habits, and the wider art and cultural movements that have influenced their decoration and forms. In Contemporary Tableware, maker Linda Bloomfield looks at the history of the pots on our tables, from Sung Chinese and Medieval English ware to the revival of studio pottery and the influence of Scandinavian, American and Japanese design. She goes on to examine common forms in contemporary tableware, including teapots, bowls, cups, jugs and plates, and to explain the elements of form, function and beauty in each. Lavishly illustrated with examples from contemporary studio pottery and industry, as well as making images from working potters, this book is the essential guide to modern tableware for potters, designers and buyers
http://www.lindabloomfield.co.uk/info.html
Contemporary Tableware , by Linda Bloomfield
When I Woke, ceramics in Wales
Sophie Woodrow |
Taking its title from the evocative poem by Dylan Thomas, ‘When I Woke’ explores the human condition. Curated by Claire Curneen and Lowri Davies ‘When I woke’ will feature work by Sam Bakewell, Audrius Janušonis, James Page, Lina Peterson, Tamsin Van Essen and Sophie Woodrow and examine the themes of life, death, sorrow and myth as seen through the eyes of these international makers.until the 17th of November
Dylan Thomas once claimed "I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression"
We are delighted to present these artists of national and international standing at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre and hope that When I Woke will challenge the viewer to engage with an idea that can stimulate passionate conversation and debate.
When I Woke, ceramics in Wales
Beth Cavener Stichter at La Meridiana
Presenterà immagini delle sue opere e ne illustrerà l'evoluzione dal punto di vista concettuale, tecnico e psicologico.
l'artista sarà lieta di esporre e parlare dell'opera su cui sta lavorando attualmente
nel suo soggiorno come artista in residenza.
10.30 - 12.30 Conferenza a Certaldo Alto - Chiesa di San Tommaso
14.30 - 16.30 Studio aperto a La Meridiana, località Bagnano 135 - Certaldo
Per informazioni: info@lameridiana.fi.it - Tel +39 0571 660084
La Meridiana
Loc. Bagnano, 135 - 50052 Certaldo (Italy) - Telefono/Fax +39 0571 660084 - info@lameridiana.fi.it
Beth Cavener Stichter at La Meridiana
Maude Schneider
Rue de L'Eau, 56a _1190 Forest Belgique
Tel: +32.495.28.71.74
Mail: info@galeriedelo.be
Maude Schneider
Ceramics and Painting, London
CERAMICS & PAINTINGS
11 October - 8 November, 2012
EWEN HENDERSON
KEVIN CONNOR, STEVEN HARVEY,
ALLAN MITELMAN, AIDA TOMESCU, KARL WIEBKE
In association with Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
invite you to the exhibition preview:
Thursday 11 October,
from 6-8pm
at Erskine, Hall & Coe, 15 Royal Arcade, Albermarle Street, London, W1S 4SP
Ceramics and Painting, London
Helsinki Fat Clay in Milan
Officine Saffi Ceramic Arts Gallery in the year of Helsinki design capital, opens the new season celebrating finnish art and design and dedicates an exhibition to the artists group Helsinki Fat Clay.
The exhibition Helsinki Fat Clay coming from the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, will be inaugurated on october 4th and remain on display until november 3rd at Officine Saffi spaces.
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Information:
Exhibition: Helsinki Fat Clay
Where: Officine Saffi Ceramic Art Gallery | via A. Saffi, 7 | Milano
When: thursday october 4th – november 3rd 2012
Opening: thursday october 4th 2012, 6.30 p.m.
Officine Saffi Ceramic Arts Gallery
via Aurelio Saffi, 7 - 20123 Milano
Tel. +39 02 36685696
Fax +39 02 36597444
info@officinesaffi.com
www.officinesaffi.com
Visit hours
From monday to friday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Free entrance
Helsinki Fat Clay in Milan
Courses at Vallauris
Stage Masterclass avec Alistair DANHIEUX
Du 29 Octobre au 2 novembre + 3 novembre 2012
« Harmonie de la forme et du décor dans le Raku Nu »
Le stage portera sur l’initiation ou le perfectionnement du Raku Nu, avec une technique particulière de graphisme.
Masterclass workshop with Alistair DANHIEUX
October 29th to november 2d + november 3rd 2012
« Harmony of shapes and design in Naked Raku firing »
The workshop will focus on the initiation and development of the Naked Raku, with a special graphism technique.
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Stages pour enfants - vacances Toussaint - 5-6-7 novembre 2012
Children workshops - Toussaint holidays - 5-6-7 november 2012
Nous
vous proposons 2 stages pour enfants (à partir de 4 ans) – sur le thème
de l’imaginaire et des créatures fantastiques réalisées en terre.
We propose 2 different fun and creative workshops for kids (Ages 4 and up)
Come to V.I.A. and create some spooky Halloween characters in clay!
Stages ludiques et créatifs encadrés par : Sandrine Rousseau, (céramiste et sculptrice), Marc ALBERGHINA (Artiste plasticien et tourneur), Chloé (animatrice BAFA)
With instructors: Sandrine Rousseau, (ceramist and sculptor), Marc Alberghina (ceramic artist) and Chloé
> Stage modelage / Modeling in clay (Max 12 enfants / children)
Au choix / choose your time slot: 9h30-12h ou/or 14h00-16h30
> Stage tournage / Wheel throwing (Max 4 enfants / children)
14h30 à 16h30
Coût 90€ (3 matinées ou 3 après-midi) + adhésion 10€
Cost 90€ (3 mornings or 3 afternoons) + 10€ membership fees
Cuisson, matériel, matériaux compris dans le prix
Photos non contractuelles
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Courses at Vallauris