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.
| ISBN: | 9781032476421 |
| Publication date: | 21st January 2023 |
| Author: | Laura Gray |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 146 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
| Genres: |
Museology and heritage studies Sculpture History of art European history The arts: general topics |
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.
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Sculpture, Ceramic and glass technology, Materials science, European history, History of art, Museology and heritage studies, History and Archaeology, Mathematics and Science
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture was written by Laura Gray and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture has 146 pages
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