Art Without Heroes: Mingei
23rd March–22nd September
William Morris Gallery, London |
:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Raku ware
bowl with a
pattern of a
nightingale and
plum blossoms,
by Tomimoto
Kenkichi. 1912.
Earthenware
with clear
glaze over
enamel colours,
diameter 19 cm.
(Victoria and
Albert Museum,
London; exh.
William Morris
Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
30. Installation
view of Art
Without Heroes:
Mingei at the
William Morris
Gallery, London,
2024. (Courtesy
William Morris
Gallery, London;
photograph
Nicola Tree).
Attributed works:
31. Hamada Shōji
demonstrating
how to throw a
pot at Scripps
College,
Claremont,
California.
1953. (Crafts
Study Centre,
University for
the Creative
Arts, Farnham).
Shōji Hamada: A Japanese Potter
in Ditchling
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
22nd October 2022–16th April 2023 |
:
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Charger,
by Shōji
Hamada. c.1923.
Stoneware
with slip trailed
decoration,
10.9 by 41 cm.
(Potteries
Museum and
Art Gallery,
Stoke-on-Trent;
exh. Ditchling
Museum of Art +
Craft).
Attributed works:
15. Teapot, by Shōji
Hamada. 1920–23.
Stoneware
with scratched
decoration with
iron tenmoku and
khaki glaze, 12 by
20 cm. (School
of Art Museum
and Galleries,
Aberystwyth
University; exh.
Ditchling Museum
of Art + Craft).
Attributed works:
16. Bottle, by
Shōji Hamada.
1923. Stoneware
with sgraffito
decoration
through cream
slip, 21.9 by 7.8 cm.
(Potteries Museum
and Art Gallery,
Stoke-on-Trent;
exh. Ditchling
Museum of Art +
Craft).
Exhibition Review
Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
20. Leaning blue and white pot, by Alison Britton. 1987. Handbuilt, high-fired earthenware, painted with slip and underglaze pigment under a clear matt glaze. 48 by 35.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
21. Moon jar, by Akiko Hirai. 2016. Stoneware, porcelain slip, paper fibre, wood ash, and white glaze, 52 by 46 cm. (Collection of Akiko Hirai, London; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
22. In praise of shadows, by Grayson Perry. 2005. Coiled stoneware, stencilled and inlaid slip, transparent glaze, handdrawn and photographic transfers, gold lustre, 80 by 50 cm. (Private collection; exh. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Bottle, by Bernard Leach. c.1959. 36.3 by 29.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
Detail of Self-portrait, by Bernard Leach. 1903. 30.3 by 40 cm. (Philip Leach collection; exh. National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
Large dish, by Bernard Leach. 1923. Earthenware, diam. 42 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
Two beakers, by Bernard Leach. 1930-35. Each 9 by 8.6 cm. (Crafts Study Centre, Farnham; National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff).
Short Notice
Justification and Means: The Early Acquisition of Studio Pots in the Victoria and Albert Museum
91. Cutsided Cotagonal Bottle. Korea, Yi Dynasty. Eighteenth Century. Porcelain with White Glaze; Height 24.2 cm. (Bernard Leach Collection, Holburne Museum, Bath).
Non-western art unattributed:
92. Decorated Vase. Korean, Yi Dynasty. Eighteenth Century. Stoneware, with Brush Decoration in Iron; Height 21.5 cm. (Bernard Leach Collection, Holburne Museum, Bath).
Non-western art unattributed:
93. Cutsided Lidded Pickle Jar. Korean, Yi Dynasty. Eighteenth-Nineteenth Century. Stoneware with 'ame' Glaze; Height 21.6 cm. (Bernard Leach Collection, Holburne Museum, Bath).
Western art unattributed:
90. Pot with Handle. English, Probably Fourteenth Century. Earthenware, Splashed with Green Glaze; Height 22 cm. (Bernard Leach Collection, Holburne Museum, Bath).