Currently based in London, Xanthe Somers (b. 1992) is a Zimbabwean ceramicist whose work is a critical reading of extraction economies and notions of domesticity within post-colonial contexts, with a particular lens focused on the country of her birth.
From Wikipedia: Yin Xiuzhen (Chinese: 尹秀珍; born 1963 in Beijing)[1] is a Chinese sculpture and installation artist. She incorporates used textiles and keepsakes from her childhood in Beijing to show the connection between memory and cultural identity. She has also employed pots and pans, wooden chests, suitcases and cement in her work.[2] She studied oil painting in the Fine Arts Department of Capital Normal University, then called Beijing Normal Academy, in Beijing from 1985 to 1989.[3] After graduation, Yin taught at the high school attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, until her exhibition schedule became too demanding.[4] Her work has been described by Phyllis Teo as “possessing human warmth, intimacy, and a sense of nostalgia which propels introspection of one’s self—traditions, emotions, and beliefs. Thus, creating of a sense of community and belonging within the audience (Teo 2016, 205).”[5]
Matthew lives and works in Norwich. His work has been shown in both gallery and museum spaces including Transition, Outpost, New Craftsman, Kingston Museum and The Beaney. His work in illustration includes projects with the V&A, the British Library and the Poetry Society.”
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Getting back to collecting images for #mondaymorningeyecandy is likely my favorite part of this blog, no lie. It’s basically as though I were creating the largest, dreamiest exhibition of ceramic ever, and considering who and why to include work. Coming back to the blog after so many years I wasn’t sure where to begin. So I did a random thing. I picked a time in the archives and opened the links and the first random monday morning eye candy I found was this one about the artist Roberta Massuch.
I was thinking it’s be fun to do a sort of then and now post. Anyone from past monday morning eye candy posts you’d like to see again? Were you an artist that was previous featured? Drop me a line. Till then enjoy these pieces by Roberta.
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“Influenced heavily by the architecture of her surroundings, Roberta Massuch (Philadelphia, PA) creates functional pottery, sculpture, and 2d artworks. Massuch received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois University and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Teaching positions include The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA), Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Community College of Philadelphia. She has participated in residencies at The Clay Studio, The Wharton Esherick Museum (Malvern, Pennsylvania) Tyler School of Art, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Arquetopia Foundation (Puebla, MX). Her work has been exhibited at universities, institutions, galleries, and museums across the United States.” (via her website)
“Matthew Richardson uses collage and assemblage and works in clay, paper, paint and pixels. He is interested in the ways that objects and images survive or break down through the effects of time. He explores this by combining physical, symbolic and narrative fragments. The objects and images that emerge are like signs or relics in a half-remembered language or story. They hover between the contemporary and the archaic, and the magical and mundane.