Contemporary British Studio Ceramics:

The Grainer Collection

1 October 2010-13 March 2011

Mint Museum of Craft + Design at

the Mint Museum Uptown

 

 

SYMPOSIUM ON BRITISH CERAMICS 10 March 2011 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts   Free with museum admission

 

Diane and Marc Grainer

photo by Roger Foley

American Style (April 2007)

 

Selected from the collection of Diane and Marc Grainer, this exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of contemporary British studio ceramics in the U.S. Comprised of functional and sculptural objects made between the 1980s and now, this show includes works by established "contemporary classic artists" as well as cutting edge artists. 

 

For general information on the artists in this exhibition, see the following sources and more in The Mint Museum Library:

• Carlano, Annie. Contemporary British Studio Ceramics. London: Yale University Press, 2010.
• The catalog is available now from The Mint Museum shops. 
• Jones, Jeffrey. Studio Pottery in Britain 1900-2005. London: A&C Black, 2007.
• Sassoon, Adrian. Contemporary British Ceramics. London. Adrian Sassoon, 2005.
• Whiting, David. Modern British Potters and their Studios. London. A&C Black, 2009.
• This book inspired an exhibition at Goldmark Gallery featuring work by all of the artists in the text including Neil Brownsword, Jim Malone, Ken Eastman and Annie Turner. This video provides a summary of the book and the show and includes interviews with the author, the photographer and featured artists discussing the text, the exhibition, and their work in general.

 

The Mint Museum Uptown Cell Phone Audio Tour is no longer available for this exhibition. (November 2015) 

• Look for the cell phone symbol.  
• Dial in to listen to Mint staff, volunteers, community leaders, and the artists themselves in a self-paced audio tour of the Mint Museum. 
• Enter the artwork number followed by the # sign. 

 Information regarding the Grainer Collection is available from the Cell Phone Audio Tour.  Just dial (704) 719-2598, then press 47 followed by the # sign. 

 

Artists in the Exhibition

 

Nicholas Arroyave-Portela 

 

 

Ian Auld

• Read Auld's obituary published in The Guardian
• Auld at Galerie Besson

 

Felicity Aylieff 

 

Gordon Baldwin

• Read a short profile from Aberystwyth University
• View an artist's statement and exhibition history.

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 48 followed by the # sign. 

 

Paul Barron

• Read a brief biography

 

Richard Batterham

• Read a quote from the artist along with a brief biography
• See examples of his work at the Godfrey & Watt gallery 

 

Svend Bayer

 

Peter Beard

 

Jenny Beavan

 

 

Anthony Bennett

• View Bennett's Craft Council listing which includes publications, exhibitions, awards and more.

 

Suzanne Bergne

 

Sebastian Blackie

 

Betty Blandino

• Read statements from the artist here and here

 

Clive Bowen

 

Alison Britton 

 

Bill Brown

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 56 followed by the # sign.

 

Christie Brown

 

Neil Brownsword

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 55 followed by the # sign.

 

Glenda Cahillane

 

Simon Carroll

 

Peter Clough

• View the artist's website
• Read a brief overview of Clough's life and work

 

Joanna Constantinidis

• Read Constantinidis's obituary published in The Guardian
• Constantinidis's profile at Aberystwyth University 

 

Robert Cooper

• Visit the artist's website

 

Waistel Cooper

• Read Cooper's obituary published in The Independent
• View a short profile and examples of his work at studiopottery.com

 

Claire Curneen

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 50 followed by the # sign.

 

Derek Davis

 

Stephen Dixon 

 

Ruth Duckworth 

 

Ken Eastman 

 

Geoffrey Eastop 

• View Eastop's artist statement at Oxford Ceramics
• Read a brief biography of the artist 

 

Philip Eglin

• View artist's profile at Barrett Marsden Gallery
• Read a short article on the artist by Alun Graves 

 

Robert Fournier 

 

Virginia Graham

• Visit the artist's website
• Read Graham's artist's statement

 

Ian Godfrey 

• Read Godfrey's obituary published in The Independent
• View the artist's profile at Galerie Besson 
• Read an article about the artist by David Whiting 

 

Morgen Hall 

 

Henry Hammond 

• Read an extensive article on the artist from the Crafts Study Centre
• View the artist's profile at VADS 

 

Peter Hayes

 

Ewen Henderson

 

Nicholas Homoky

• Read a brief biography from the Bircham Gallery 

 

Martin Kaldahl 

• Read a brief description of his work
• Read a brief biography of the artist 

 

Walter Keeler 

 

Dan Kelly

• Visit the artist's website
• View his profile and see examples of his work at studiopottery.co.uk

 

Julian King-Salter 

 

Gabriele Koch 

• View the artist's profile at Hidden Art London
• Read a review of a 2009 exhibition from Ceramic Art & Perception by Tony Birks 
• View her artist's statement and a list of exhibitions and collections 

 

Ryoji Koie 

 

Peter Lane 

• View the artist's website
• Read about Lane's history, past exhibitions, and publications

 

David Leach 

• Read Leach's obituary from The Independent
• Read a remembrance the artist that appeared in Ceramics Monthly in 2005

 

Janet Leach 

 

Jennifer Lee

 

Gillian Lowndes 

 

Jim Malone

 

 

 

Kate Malone

 

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 49 followed by the # sign.

 

John Maltby

 

Victor Margrie

  

William Marshall

• Read Marshall's obituary published in The Guardian

• View Marshall's profile from studiopottery.com

 

Carol McNicoll

 

Jonathan Middlemiss

• Visit the artist's website

• View the artist's profile at Oakwood Ceramics

 

Craig Mitchell

• Visit the artist's website

• View Mitchell's profile at the Scottish Arts Council 

• Read a brief article describing Mitchell's 2006 exhibit at the Scottish Gallery

 

Aki Moriuchi 

• Read the artist's statement 

• Read briefly about Moriuchi's life and technique for creating 

 

Elspeth Owen 

 

Lawson Oyekan

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 51 followed by the # sign. 

 

Colin Pearson

• Pearson featured at Hart Gallery

• Pearson featured at Galerie Besson

• Read Pearson's obituary from The Times, London

 

Grayson Perry 

 

John Pollex

• Visit the artist's website

• View Pollex's profile on studiopotter.co.uk

• View Pollex's profile at The Bircham Gallery

 

Jacqueline Poncelet 

• Visit the artist's website

• View Poncelet's profile at Aberystwyth University

 

Nicholas Rena 

• Visit the artist's website
• View Rena's profile at the Barrett Marsden Gallery

 

Lucie Rie 

 

 

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 54 followed by the # sign.

 

David Roberts

• Visit the artist's website

• View Roberts's profile at the Hart Gallery 

 

Phil Rogers 

 

Bernard Rooke

• Visit the artist's website
• View Rooke's profile on studiopottery.com 

 

Duncan Ross 

• Visit the artist's website

• View Ross's profile on studiopottery.co.uk

 

Antonia Salmon 

 

Patrick Sargent

• View Sargent's profile at Aberystwyth University

• Read Sargent's obituary in The Independent 

 

Vicky Shaw

• Visit Shaw's profile at Prifysgol-Aberystwyth University

• Read her artist's statement from Contemporary Applied Arts

• Watch Shaw discuss her joint installation with Gwen Heeney entitled "Connectivity" for the 2009 British Ceramics Biennial

 

Laurance Simon

• Visit the artist's website

• Read his artist's statement from the Ceramic Art London website 

 

Richard Slee 

 

Martin Smith

• View Smith's profile at the Barrett Marsden Gallery

• View Smith's Royal College of Art faculty profile 

• Smith featured in the British Council collection

 

Rupert Spira

 

Julian Stair 

• Visit the artist's website

• View his staff profile from Camberwell College of Arts

• View Stair's profile from Oxford Ceramics

 

Angus Suttie

• View Suttie's profile from the British Council

• Read Suttie's obituary in The Independent

 

Geoffrey Swindell

 

Helen Talbot

 

Sutton Taylor

• View Taylor's profile from Hart Gallery

• Read a short review of Taylor's latest exhibit at Hart Gallery

 

Janice Tchalenko

 

Byron Temple

 

Joslyn Tilson

• View Tilson's exhibition catalogue from Galerie Besson (Note: large PDF)

 

Ruthanne Tudball

 

Annie Turner 

     Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 57 followed by the # sign. 

 

Prue Venables

 

Edmund de Waal

 

John Ward

• Visit Ward's featured profiles and see examples of his work from The Stour Gallery and Courcoux

 

Sasha Wardell

• Visit the artist's website

• View Wardell's profile from studiopottery.co.uk

 

Robert Johnson Washington

 

Jason Wason

• Visit the artist's website

• View Wason's profile on studiopottery.co.uk

• Read an article featuring Wason from BBC Cornwall

 

Robin Welch

 

Lucy Whiting

• Visit the artist's website

 

Bethan Lloyd Worthington

• Visit the artist's website
• Learn more about the artist's studio group Manifold

 

• In The Mint Museum Library: Klanten, Robert, Sven Ehmann, Sabrina Grill, and Sonja Commentz. Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics. Berlin: Gestalten, 2008. 

 Cell Phone Audio Tour (704) 719-2598.  Artwork number 53 followed by the # sign.

 

Takeshi Yasuda

 

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Created by Madelyn Riggs. Intern for The Mint Museum Library

Updated by Megan Westmoreland.  Intern for the Mint Museum Library.