ENCOUNTERING BEAUTY THROUGH THE MATERIAL WORLD
Our 2021 programme invites you to uncover and explore the history of art through the world of materials.
Join our guest speakers for podcasts, videos, panel discussions and more, as they focus on a different material each month and unravel its varied interpretations across time, cultures and disciplines.
Curated in response to the limitations of the past year, the programme provides a welcome reminder of the inherent joy that comes from direct connection with works of art.
Through the Eyes of the Maker: Merete Rasmussen
Artist Merete Rasmussen discusses the perpetual draw of working with clay and the mindfulness of her practice. Merete Rasmussen is represented by Pangolin London.
Encountering Beauty: Ceramic
Today we’ll be hearing about the ancient and enduring craft of ceramics – from the elemental forming and firing of clay that has been advanced by so many civilisations to the ‘white gold’ of porcelain, and the potters and patrons who have dedicated themselves to its mysteries.
I’m delighted to be joined by two London-based specialists in the field: Adrian Sassoon, expert in 18th-century French porcelain and contemporary works of art in ceramic, and by Errol Manners of E. and H. Manners Cera
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Object of the Month: A rabbit as big as life
Selected by Meredith Chilton, C.M., Curator Emerita, Gardiner Museum, Toronto.
Rabbit Tureen
England, Chelsea, c. 1755–1756
Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels (L: 14 in; W: 9 ½ in; H: 9 in)
Mark: Anchor and 20 in red enamel
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada. G94.2.1. Purchased with a gift from Dr. Walter S. Bloom and Carol Bloom Koffler in memory of their mother, Adele S. Bloom, a collector and connoisseur of English porcelain; with a grant from the Government of Canada, Ministry of Com
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Object of the month: Fired Up: Large dish with painted fish, Iran c. 1300
Selected by Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Fritware coated in white glaze painted in lustre and brown paint
12 cm (h) x 45.7 cm (w)
Bequeathed by Oscar C. Raphael in 1946.
Currently on public display in Gallery 33 of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Fired Up. As we emerge from this time of emergency, a global pandemic and the almost miraculously rapid production of vaccines, I’ve been pondering what other, more unexpected, more benign factors in our lives spurs scientific
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