ceramic vision: royal college of art

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.
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.

Helle Bjerregaard
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

65 Alfred Road London W2 5EU
t. 020 7221 0100 fx. 020 7221 0200
info@greatwesternstudios.com

A Confusing Welcome, Matthew Raw, 30 x 50 x 30 cm, Terracotta

Il 28 Maggio ha la sede di Kensignton Gore ha aperto le porte del postgraduated final show, l'esposizione degli studenti a conclusione del master. Gli studenti del Royal College of Art, benemerita istituzione londinese e sicuramente uno dei posti migliori dove frequentare corsi post laurea, si cimentano in diverse discipline e devo riconoscere che i risultati sono quasi sempre eccellenti. Il dipartimento di Ceramic and Glass riesce a sfornare artisti molto professionali e allo stesso tempo nuovi ed interessanti. Molto è dovuto all'approccio poco dogmatico delle università inglesi dove generi e tecniche si incrociano e contaminano sena snobbismi. C'è chi lavora al tornio, chi disegna per l'industria, chi si cimenta con le tecniche e l'estetica più contemporanea, con la massima serietà e la massima flessibilità. Ecco lo Show 2010:

The Royal College of Art in London has opened the door of the postgraduated final show, the RCA is a fantastic place where you can breath professionalism and innovation. The are five departments and the Ceramic and Glass one never failed to amazed me. The teaching is very fluid, making space for fruitful exchanges and uniqueness. Is definitely one of the best place. Here are the results: