Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture

Monuments, Multiples, Destruction and Display

AvLaura Gray

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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This book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the 'higher' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-21
Mått:174 x 246 x 12 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Antal sidor:146
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032476421

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Laura Gray has a PhD in Art History from Cardiff Metropolitan University and is a freelance curator, writer and researcher specializing in contemporary art and craft, and twentieth-century sculpture.

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'This is an essential read for the student of contemporary ceramics, providing a fresh perspective on "post-studio" ceramic practice.' Stephen Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter OneBecoming Partners?Creative Tension: Defining ceramicsSculpture: A category in danger of collapseThe Art and Craft DivideAn Overview of the BookChapter TwoMonumental MattersMonuments and the Collective MemoryTwo Approaches: The logical and the abstracted monument Ceramics in Civic SpaceWheel of Fortune: Monumentalizing Stoke-on-Trent Making it Big: The monumental styleChapter ThreeThe Numbers Game: Multi-part compositionsDo Numbers Matter?Plane Thinking: Horizonal groupsHigh Rise: Stack, build, repeatThe Expressive Possibility of Repetition Clare Twomey: Master assemblerChapter FourThe Art of Destruction: Ceramics, Sculpture and IconoclasmWhat is Iconoclasm?Iconoclasm and ArtVases and VandalismOut of the Ordinary: Destroying domestic wareClay in CommonPast Imperfect: The art of transformative repairDestruction as Cultural CritiquePlease Do Not Touch: Destruction in the vitrineBiting the hand that feeds? Iconoclasm as institutional critiqueChapter FiveEncounters: Ceramics on ShowThinking About ExhibitionsClay as an Authentic Material for Sculpture: The Raw and the CookedCeramics and Minimalism: The New WhiteCeramics Under Threat: A Secret History of ClayPost-Studio Practice: Possibilities and LossesCeramics for the HomeThe Separation of Art and the HomeHome Coming: Contemporary ceramics in domestic spaceDomesticating the White CubeConclusionRadical PlasticityA Single MaterialWorkmanshipThe VesselThe Current of InfluenceThe Future