The Visibility of Ceramics in Nigeria: A Review
by Enekwachi Agwu , May OkaforAppreciation of ceramics spans beyond the finished product; it also involves the process. The concepts of temporality and ephemerality becomes central to the art. Instances of materials that have been…
Chester Nealie: Etched in Fire.
Chester Nealie’s pots, selected from his six-decade long career of dedication to a unique wood-fired aesthetic, form the basis of this survey exhibition of his work, Etched in Fire. The exhibition doc…
Jane Perryman: Fixity and Flux − Meditations on / in Time
She returns to the same spot a little later to greet the rising sun as day breaks. She breathes in the fresh, chilled morning air, absorbs the scents and sounds as night turns to day and the sun makes…
The Nanjing Massacre Ceramic Shoes Exhibition: An interview with artist Wang Cheng
by Ren MinIn order to commemorate his compatriots killed by the Japanese army in the bloody massacre, Wang Cheng, a potter from Nanjing, designed and created ceramic shoes for the Qingming Festival. The 80 pair…
Flaming Fingers: An Exhibition of the Work of Trudy Chiddix
A passionate world traveler, Trudy Chiddix divulges, through the work in this exhibition, that her international experiences have irrefutably reconfigured her and will, potentially, reconfigure her vi…
Magdalene A.N. Odundo DBE at Salon 94, NYC
In her first New York solo show since 1991, Magdalene Odundo − born in Kenya, raised in India and long resident in England − had the appropriate good fortune of being presented in the second round of…