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Installation view, OF THE EARTH, The Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge
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Sand-grained bowl. Lee, Jennifer (British, b.1956). Buff, pale brown, and dark brown hand-built stoneware with a sandy surface, height, whole, 19.3 cm, diameter, whole, 30 cm. 2002. Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund. © Jennifer Lee.
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Wide Bowl. Abbaro, Mo (b. Sudan, 1935-2016). Porcelain and ‘T material’, thrown, painted with coloured slips, and decorated with sgraffito. Height 17 cm, diameter 39 cm, 1985. © The estate of Mo Abbaro.
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Cobalt Blue Agate Geode. Jarman, Angela (British, b. 1971). Lead crystal, cast and polished, with mixed blue murrini insert. Height, whole, 12.5 cm, diameter, 20 cm, 2017. Acquisition Credit: Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund. © Angela Jarman.
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Yellow Painting, Spate I. Wynter, Bryan (British, b.1915). Oil on canvas, height (canvas) 142.3 cm, width (canvas) 111.8 cm, depth (canvas) 2.5 cm, 1964. © The estate of Bryan Wynter/DACS, All Rights Reserved 2021.
Exhibition
OF THE EARTH: Contemporary Ceramics and Glass from The Fitzwilliam Museum
25 Jun 2021 – 10 Oct 2021
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 17:00
Address
- The Heong Gallery
- Downing College
- Cambridge
England - CB2 1DQ
- United Kingdom
Since the early twentieth century, studio ceramics and glass have enjoyed great popularity in Britain. This exhibition showcases some of the most interesting work being produced in Britain today.
About
Clay, sand, metal oxides, fire, and the maker’s touch have created vessels of utility and beauty for over thirty millennia. The basic processes of making ceramics and glass – the judicious application of high temperatures to clay and sand – are driven by physics, but the boundaries of what is technologically and artistically possible continue to be pushed by today’s artists. Artists working in ceramics and glass are no different from those working in other media; mastery over their materials is simply the first step towards releasing expression. Since the early twentieth century, studio ceramics and glass have enjoyed great popularity in Britain. This exhibition showcases some of the most interesting work being produced in Britain today.
Over the years, The Fitzwilliam Museum has built a reputation for European ceramics and glass. Since 1997, gifts from Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund have expanded the contemporary collection, creating the foundations of one of the best museum collections of contemporary ceramics, glass, and other applied arts in Britain.
OF THE EARTH celebrates the natural materials and forms that inspire Britain's leading makers today. In addition to ceramics and glass, the exhibition includes British abstract paintings inspired by landscapes from the collection of Downing alumnus Sir Alan Bowness (Modern Languages, 1950), given to The Fitzwilliam Museum in 2007. The Cornish landscapes that inspired the paintings are rich in the soils and metals that are used in the making of both ceramics and glass.
Artists: Mo Abbaro, Regina Heinz, Angela Jarman, Jennifer Lee, Liz Lowe, Jim Malone, Junko Mori, Emma O'Dare, Ceri Richards, William Scott, Amanda Simmons, Pauline Solven, Robin Welch, Bryan Wynter
