Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters

“Eb” by Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters:

Brussels gallery Kavan Ronsey is exhibiting the works of Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters, an artistic team from The Netherlands. The exhibition is entitled Eb (“low tide”) and is about the aesthetics of natural water and its traces in the landscape. Elements of raw nature of the Dutch Wadden Sea area are “trapped” in various items, including ceramics, organic fabrics and polyester panels.
In search of the character of the Wadden Sea, Maarten and Guus projected the natural behavior of the sea onto the production process of porcelain. They say, “The tidal behavior of the sea is comparable to the production of ceramics; it’s a flow of clay and water repeating its process every 12 hours.”

The Vloed (“high tide”) plates reflect the aesthetics of the instability of life. The artists state, “Walking along the coast and through the mud we found the darker side of sea life: Drifting seaweeds and rotting fish and birds. . . In the end all will flow and disappear in the sea again.” The plates have different types of oxides and glaze, such as copper and cobalt. By preparing the glazes on top of the actual plate, the image partially washes itself away.

The Modder (“mud”) cups are inspired by the artists’ very dirty boots after visiting the Wadden Sea. The cups are decorated by colored porcelain dust made with various oxides.

Avifauna combines nature and textile in a series of abstract birds, where the plumage is replaced by a translation in fabric.


The Herbaria pieces are inspired by seaweeds that the duo found drifting and flowing through the Wadden Sea. Here, they aimed to “catch this moment and bring it home,” using polyester and pigments.

The Vis (“fish”), have been woven with two types of yarns that have very different characteristics: one transports water very well, and the other transports water very badly. By letting the print spread, the weave of the cloth becomes very visible and accentuates the colors of the ink.

The linen Visserij (“fishery”) cloths are printed with a graphic pattern determined by a computer program that converted water pictures into design. The satin weave causes the horizontal flowing of ink, an effect reminiscent of an ikat textile.
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Harumi Nakashima

Harumi Nakashima: ceramics:
















The Gallery Nilsson and Chiglien exposes currently the creations of l’artiste Japanese Harumi Nakashima. Traversed ceramics of blue points, statuesque, organic and tortured, monstrous and poetic forms at once.

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Chris Mitton

Chris Mitton: Revalue:

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“revalue: to change the value of something or to consider it again.”

Revalue is the name of this series of sculptures by British artist Chris Mitton. By reinterpreting cultural objects in a contrasting material — in this case, handcarved carrara marble — Mitton’s work emphasizes the subjective nature of their value. From a crushed can to a grenade, Mitton’s “monuments to the mundane” are, for the most part, life size. A few large-scale exceptions above shown with the actual size can in the photo.

With skill and humor Chris Mitton makes us rethink the transitory.

There’s a similar thinking with Vlad Berte.

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Sasha Petrov

Fantastic porcelain dolls made by artist Sasha Petrov:














These are fantastic porcelain dolls made by artist Sasha Petrov. Extravagant and romantic, modern and charming, these ladies are the picture of society. Their eyes communicate with us, but more with themselves. They ask questions, but give answers too, and penetrate to the secret that we have to discover.

Via: pondly.com

Phillips McLean

Mosaic Artworks by Phillips McLean:
Phillips McLean is a scothis artist, that gets his inspiration from artists like Gaudi, Picasso and Dali. He creates astonishing ceramic mosaic artworks, that can be seen in exhibitions and galleries all over the world.

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Kate Mcdowell

Kate Macdowell creates stunning works out of porcelain. Kate’s work is aesthetically beautiful, but also has a lot of depth, as her pieces explore the interaction of humanity and nature.

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Rebecca Wilson

Porcelain Turned On Its Head by Rebecca Wilson: "

Where kitsch collides with the irreverent and sometimes gruesome, you find sculptor Rebecca Wilson.



Her newest work challenges our typical conceptions of lighting, figurine sculpture, and makes porcelain look like paper. Check out more of her work here.

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Katsuyo Aoki

Katsuyo Aoki: "

Predictive Dream

Katsuyo Aoki was born in 1972 in Tokyo, JAPAN, he work principally with ceramics, incorporating various decorative styles, patterns, and symbolic forms.

Predictive Dream XV, 2010

Labylinrh, 2005.

Predictive Dream XXIV, 2011.

Predictive Dream

maniera Ⅰ, 2009

Predictive Dream

ARTIST STATEMENT

Currently, I use ceramics as my material in my method of expression, incorporating various decorative styles, patterns, and symbolic forms as my principal axis in creating my works.

The decorative styles and forms I allude to and incorporate in my works each contain a story based on historical backgrounds and ideas, myths, and allegories.　Their existence in the present age makes us feel many things,; adoration, some sort of romantic emotions, a sense of unfruitfulness and languor from their excessiveness and vulgarity.

And on the other hand, they make us feel tranquility and awe that can almost be described as religious, as well as an image as an object of worship.

By citing such images, I feel I am able to express an - atmosphere- that is a part of the complex world in this age.

In fact, the several decorative styles and forms I cite simultaneously hold divine and vulgar meaning in the present age, having an irrational quality that contradict each other, which I feel express an important aspect in the contemporary age in which we live.

Also, the technique of ceramics has a tradition that has been a part of the history of decoration over a long time, and I feel the delicateness and fragile tension of the substantial material well express my concept.

Source
Katsuyo Aoki \ Claudio's scrapbook

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