News tag: ceramics

"white", a project by Edmund de Waal

white
a project by Edmund de Waal
26 September 2015 — 3 January 2016

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Edmund de Waal featured in 'Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector' at the Barbican Centre until 25 May

As part of  the Barbican’s major new exhibition on artists as collectors (Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector), former Daiwa Scholar,  Edmund de Waal is showing the first collection he ever made as a child, containing shells, fossils and architectural fragments, alongside sixty-five Japanese netsuke from the collection given to him by his Uncle Iggie. To draw these historical collections together, Edmund is also exhibiting a work he made in 2011, from the collection of a private man, a biographical work of fifty-seven porcelain vessels held within a vitrine. All three collections will be on public view for the first time.  The show is on until 25 May 2015.

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Edmund de Waal's 'Atmosphere' is showing at Turner Contemporary until 8 March 2015

Former Daiwa Scholar Edmund de Waal has transformed Turner Contemporary’s Sunley Gallery with his new work, Atmosphere. The work, overlooking the North Sea, has been created in response to the changing landscape and clouds viewed from the gallery and the architecture of the space. Vessels are suspended in the gallery, capturing the changing light.

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Gold: All That Glisters - Japanese Gold Decoration - Exhibition at the Embassy of Japan in London until 26 August 2014

How many objects do you own which are made of gold?

Gold isn’t just an exciting element on the periodic table. It has also been used for many different purposes and often has been used as an indicator of social status as well.

In this exhibition at the Embassy of Japan in London, Gold: All That Glisters – Japanese Gold Decoration, visitors can see a variety of Japanese gold-related products from different periods.

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Fukushima Kimonos by Yuki Yamaguchi, on display at UCL, June 18 & 19 2014

An exhibition of the provocative and critically acclaimed Fukushima Kimonos–a triptique of ceramic sculptures first produced by the Japanese artist Yuki Yamaguchi in response to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan– will be held in the South Cloisters of UCL in conjunction with the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference on June 18-19.

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Edmund de Waal, 'On White: Porcelain Stories from the Fitzwilliam' until 23 February 2014

Renowned potter, author and former Daiwa Scholar, Edmund de Waal is showcasing his work at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from Friday, 29 November 2013 to Sunday, 23 February 2014.

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Natural Flux at Brick Lane Gallery (Annexe), 6-11 November 2013

The exhibition NATURAL FLUX is a unique exploration of nature as contemporary art, through the medium of bonsai and will be showing at Brick Lane Gallery Annexe (93-95 Sclater Street)  6th-11th November. NATURAL FLUX was initiated by professional bonsai specialist Peter Warren and is the continuation of an idea which dates back over 150 years in Japanese

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Tea ceremony demonstration & gallery talk at the Embassy of Japan on 6 November 2013

A tea ceremony demonstration and gallery talk will be held at the Embassy of Japan in London on Wednesday, 6 November at 3 p.m.  The tea ceremony and gallery talk are being held to coincide with the Embassy of Japan’s current exhibition,  Insight into Beauty: Chawan –  Teabowls inspired by Japan, made in the UK.

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Art Exhibition Reviews: Rothko, Sugimoto and de Waal, London/Japan: Adventures in Monochrome Autumn 2012

Here is a review of two current Japan-related exhibitions.  As these shows are in their last week(s) in London, I urge you to make the time to see them.

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New Ceramics Exhibition by Ex-Daiwa Scholar Edmund de Waal

a thousand hours, Alan Cristea Gallery , Saturday 6 October to Saturday 10 November 2012, 31 Cork Street, London The ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal OBE is currently exhibiting at Alan Cristea gallery until 10 November. This exhibition takes its central concept of vitrines from a theme in the artist’s award winning family memoir  The Hare with Amber Eyes which was published in

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