Ceramics and the museum 1st ed.

Author

• Breen, Laura

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020

Language

English

ISBN

9781350047877

Series

Subject(s)

• ART MUSEUMS--SOCIAL ASPECTS
• POTTERY--SOCIAL ASPECTS

Notes

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Abstract

Ceramics and the Museum interrogates the relationship between art-oriented ceramic practice and museum practice in Britain since 1970.

Laura Breen examines the identity of ceramics as an art form, drawing on examples of work by artist-makers such as Edmund de Waal and Grayson Perry; addresses the impact of policy making on ceramic practice; traces the shift from object to project in ceramic practice and in the evolution of ceramic sculpture; explores how museums facilitated multisensory engagement with ceramic material and process, and analyses the exhibition as a text in itself.

Proposing the notion that ‘gestures of showing,’ such as exhibitions and installation art, can be read as statements, she examines what they tell us about the identity of ceramics at particular moments in time. Highlighting the ways in which these gestures have constructed ceramics as a category of artistic practice, Breen argues that they reveal gaps between narrative and practice, which in turn can be used to deconstruct the art.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xii, 226 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
Introduction 1–10
1. Showing Ceramics 11–36
2. Societal Shifters 37–62
3. Defining Exhibitions 63–90
4. Ceramic Practice and the Collection 91–126
5. Space and Place 127–172
6. Material and Process 173–208
Conclusion 209–213
Back matter

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00261/21	701.03 Bre C	Online !	Available