‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at Hayward Gallery, London

‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at Hayward Gallery, London

Large-scale installations by Shahpour Pouyan (b. 1979) and Salvatore Arancio (b. 1974) are featured in an ongoing major survey exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London. Curated by Dr Cliff Lauson, ‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ presents large-scale and immersive sculptural works by twenty-three multi-generational and international artists working across recent decades. Contributing to the expanding dialogue between art and craft, the presentation proposes new perspectives and insights beyond the kiln as it inquires about the possibilities of ceramics as an inventive medium. It explores thinking through production and addresses meaningful conversations from architecture, the body, the domestic and organic,...

Reverie’s Sogno 5: Icaro at Fondazione Morra, Naples

Reverie’s Sogno 5: Icaro at Fondazione Morra, Naples

On Friday, 30 September 2022, the Italian artist Reverie carried out her performance Sogno 5: Icaro in the courtyard of Casa Morra in Naples. The event was curated by Isabella Morra and was accompanied by a text by Piero Tomassoni. Reverie (b. 1994, Vinci, Italy) is an Italian artist based in Milan. Recent exhibitions and performances include: Il corpo dei sogni (2022, Basilica di San Celso, Milan); Sogno 4: alba lunare (2021, Festa della Ceramica, Montelupo); Sogno 3: la camera degli specchi (2021, FOG, Triennale, Milan); Sogno 2: The Sleeping Muse (2020, Palazzina Liberty, Milan, in collaboration with Fondazione Mudima,...

Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Geometry, the site of form and function, may resist its innate rules to offer a sense of liberation, allowing elaboration, ornamentation and re-engagement with the curve, without gesture’s touch. The breadth of geometry, crossing all boundaries and civilisations, can embrace illusion with decorative connotations but may equally demand severity. I have no need for invention. – Vanessa Jackson, from the book Murmurations, Copy Press, 2022. We are delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition, Vanessa Jackson. Spin off, viewable by appointment in London from 11 October 2022. Born in Peaslake, Surrey, in 1953, Vanessa Jackson RA has been a prominent figure...

Curator Tour: Andy Warhol. Photographs 1970 – 1986.

In this new walkthrough series created with Custorian, Piero Tomassoni and Nico Epstein discuss the exhibition, Andy Warhol. Photographs 1970 – 1986. From a young age Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame, celebrity and fashion. Collecting autographs of film stars and reading fashion magazines provided an escape from life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was born and raised. Later, as he himself reached an iconic level of celebrity status and mingled with some of the biggest stars of his time, he turned the camera on his now friends and acquaintances. From Mick Jagger to Tina Turner, the photographs give us...

Meditations on Andy Warhol’s Fright Wig

Meditations on Andy Warhol’s Fright Wig

In his early 20s, Andy Warhol began wearing a wig. At first, it was to disguise his hair loss. However, as the years went on, the unique silver wig contributed to his avant-garde mystery, and the wig, a means of concealment, became a recognisable feature of the public figure of the artist.