Edmund de Waal
dal 25/5/2007 al 21/6/2007
Segnalato da
25/5/2007
Edmund de Waal
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
As a potter, and as a writer about ceramics, de Waal has long reflected on how pots have been presented and perceived, from the mass produced teapot to the studio crafted object, and their relationship to the buildings they inhabit.
Solo show
This summer Kettle's Yard is presenting an exhibition of the work of the
leading British potter of his generation, Edmund de Waal. His work is
characterised by the repetition of the simplest, cylindrical, porcelain
forms, each distorted by the hand and in their firing.
For de Waal, who read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the mid Œ80s,
the exhibition is a homecoming. Since student days Kettle's Yard has been a
constant source of inspiration.
As a potter, and as a writer about ceramics, Edmund de Waal has long
reflected on how pots have been presented and perceived, from the mass
produced teapot to the studio crafted object, and their relationship to the
buildings they inhabit.
Using the variety of spaces in the gallery at Kettle¹s Yard and extending
into the house with its permanent collection, de Waal has created a series
of installations. The first, A Change in the Weather, offers the visitor a
pot for each day of the year. Further on, there are pots in a skylight, on
shelves and in boxes, and running along the street-front window sill. In
the last space, we are invited to glimpse into a room a wunderkammer
lined and stacked with 342 plates. In the house, smaller installations
replace the normal pots and find their way into bookshelves and cupboards.
The exhibition is organised in association with the newly opened mima in
Middlesbrough where the same pieces will explore quite different
surroundings. The exhibition is accompanied by a book including photographs
by Hélène Binet of the installations at Kettle's Yard and mima, as well as
other pieces at Chatsworth and elsewhere.
On Saturday 23 June there will be a symposium discussing the sculptural
reading of architecture with architects Deborah Saunt and David Hills,
artists Keith Wilson and Richard Woods, Hélène Binet and Edmund de Waal,
plus new and ancient music.
Edmund de Waal, A change in the weather (detail), 2007
photo: Hélène Binet
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street - Cambridge