Author: GRAINER, MARC. GRAINER, DIANE. CARLANO, ANNIE
Title: Contemporary British studio ceramics : the Grainer collection / edited by Annie Carlano ; with contributions from Tanya Harrod, Glenn Adamson, and Michelle Mickey
Description: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press in association with the Mint Museum of Craft + Design 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 215 pages; Physical description; 215 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. 'Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Mint Museum. Charlotte. N.C. Oct. 1. 2010-Mar. 13. 2011'--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The everyday and the numinous : British studio pottery 1980-2009 / Tanya Harrod -- Selected works with artist biographies / Michelle Mickey -- In their own words : an interview with Diane and Marc Grainer / Annie Carlano --.and into the fire : post-studio ceramics in Britain / Glenn Adamson. Summary; In Britain today the output of excellent ceramics seems more eclectic than elsewhere. This stylish and wide-ranging survey comprises examples of clay art by one hundred major artists. covering the period from the late 1980s through 2009. Drawn from the Diane and Marc Grainer Collection. it includes works by Allison Britton. Edmund de Waal. Kate Malone. Grayson Perry. Julian Stair. Steve Dixon. and Nick Arroyave-Portela. among others. The selection balances functional objects and sculpture; hand-built. thrown. and molded techniques; varieties of scale and color; and cerebral and emotional content. All the ceramics here are rooted in the materiality of clay. The properties of the raw material. from its soft. malleable texture to the alchemy of slips and glazes. are at the core of the artists' passion. And. as the text reveals. the younger generation is moving into new directions of art practice. Biography; Annie Carlano. director of Craft + Design at the Mint Museum of Art. is former senior curator at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. and department head and curator of textiles at the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. Subjects; Grainer. Marc - Art collections - Exhbitions. Grainer. Diane - Art collections - Exhbitions. Grainer. Marc - Art collections - Exhibitions. Grainer. Diane - Art collections - Exhibitions. Art pottery. British - 20th century - Exhibitions. Art pottery. British - 21st century - Exhibitions. Art pottery - Private collections - United States - Exhibitions.Weight in Kg appr.:

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