Theaster Gates “Black Vessel” @ Gagosian Chelsea, New York
by Janet KoplosTheaster Gates first began to draw widespread attention for his transformation of a derelict block in South Chicago into a community-service center including a library, which might seem surprising for…
Drifting Dangerously: ‘Pharmacological Art’ and Simon Reece’s Flotsam and Jetsam
By drawing us into an encounter with the poison at the heart of human waste, Reece encourages us to expunge alienation and transform our relationship to it. From there we can then begin to work up a r…
Dead Dad Book
I had never considered making anything based on my dad or his heritage before; perhaps I hadn’t felt ready to tackle something as weighty or on that scale. But having decided to make a large body of w…
Claire Partington: Tea and Postcolonial Retribution
by Matthew KangasFor some time now, London-based ceramic sculptor Claire Partington has been examining the intersections between historical English and continental ceramic figures and the empires that loved them.
East-West Cultural Fusion
It was the first time China has held an international exhibition of contemporary ceramic art of such high profile. In the context of the blending and interaction of civilization, as globalization deep…
Kaneko
These works were part of what is the best exhibition of Kaneko’s ceramics I have seen. And I have seen plenty. Kaneko is one of the field’s most prolific exhibitors. He can maintain this pace because…