FIRE WORKS: A group exhibition of contemporary ceramic art at Gallery S O
This exhibition includes the work of contemporary artists who embrace the human scale and surreal tradition of figurative ceramics.
The show was inspired by the domestic atmosphere of Gallery S O and by the presence of a fireplace. Fire transforms clay into ceramics and, by making its surroundings warmer, facilitates the gathering and the exchange of stories between people. Within the domestic space, intimacy allows these narratives to become a little more playful, absurd, and even sinister. The ambivalence of fire, the subtle line between coziness and danger, pervades the symbolic dimension of the domestic.
The mimetic value of ceramics - their ability to reference tools, anthropomorphic or biomorphic forms that often transcend their direct purpose - is here declined in a subversive and cartoonish way by objects that are too inept to carry on any function.
The works in the show, both melancholic and amusing, are like characters of a forgotten story whose new plot threads are entirely up to the imagination of the viewer.
The exhibition includes works by:
Phoebe Cummings (GB), Laura Ford (GB), Kiko Gianocca (CH), Christian Gonzenbach (CH), Tony Hayward (GB), Malene Hartmann Rasmussen (DK), Aneta Regel (PL), Anders Ruhwald (DK), Bernhard Schobinger (CH), Richard Slee (GB), Hans Stofer (GB), Manon van Kouswijk (NL).
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Richard Slee, Red Melted Brush, 2015. Bannister Brush, heat treated bristles and model trees, 30 x 6 x 9 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Hales Gallery. Photo: Gallery S O
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Anders Ruhwald
Smolder-fired Earthenware Bowl, Cracked and Mended, 2015
Earthenware with gold-leaf inlay
20.3 × 62.2 × 26.7 cm
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Aneta Regel
Installation View
Fire Works, 2016
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Aneta Regel
Strupek, 2016
Volcanic rock minerals, porcelain, crank clay, feldspar, stains, galazes
34 cm high
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Christian Gonzenbach
Hanabi, 2016
Ceramic, cast aluminum
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Christian Gonzenbach
Hanabi, 2016
Ceramic, cast aluminum
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Christian Gonzenbach
Hanabi, 2016
Ceramic, cast aluminum
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Christian Gonzenbach
Hanabi, 2016
Ceramic, cast aluminum
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Laura Ford
Burning Log
Glazed Ceramic
27 x 41 x 15 cm
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Malene Hartmann Rasmussen
Key, 2015
Glazed ceramic
16 x 46 x 3 cm
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Malene Hartmann Rasmussen
Fire Walk With Me, 2010
Glazed ceramic
35 x 50 x 100 cm
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Phoebe Cummings
Dream Home, 2016
Ceramic
39 x 27 cm
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Richard Slee
Fire Bucket, 2016
Ceramic, metal, sand
Bucket 44 x 27 cm diam
Braket 24 x 3 x 20 cm
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Richard Slee
Fire Bell, 2016
Ceramic, metal
30 x 24 cm diam
Rope - 23 x 3 x 3 cm (4 pieces)
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Tony Hayward
The Landed Gentry, 2003 /2016
Mixed Media
133 x 125 x 15 cm
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Manon van KouswijkLady Grey, 2004Porcelain7 x 5 x 4.5 cmUnlimited Edition
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Manon van KouswijkMountain Chain, 2012PorcelainEdition of 10
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Manon van KouswijkNo Milk Today, 2005Porcelain8 x 8 x 10 cmUnlimited Edition
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Hans Stofer
HisStory, 2016
Porcelain, Ash
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Hans StoferBlue Jasmine, 2010Ceramic, Steel
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Kiko GianoccaGetting There, 2012Porcelain, Found Object19cm x 10cm x 9cm