Ceramics Now

Fourfold Harmony: As They Became is on view at the Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju 📍 View the photo gallery & read more: https://lnkd.in/dSt2fz3v

We are delighted to announce the early release of Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 6 (January 2025), featuring the interdisciplinary work of Mai-Thu Perret on the cover. This issue brings together a collection of artist profiles, essays, reviews, exhibitions, and critical reflections on contemporary ceramics. 📙 Don't miss this issue! Read more, subscribe or get your copy today: https://lnkd.in/dSQRje2C

There are just a few days left to apply for the 63rd Faenza Prize - International Biennial of Contemporary Art Ceramics. The Faenza Prize is one of ceramic art's most important and long-lived competitions. Since 1938, it has seen the participation of the most important contemporary Italian and foreign artists who use ceramics as an expressive material. Several prizes will be awarded, including a €25,000 prize for artists over 35 and a €5,000 prize for artists under 35. 📍 Read more and apply at https://lnkd.in/d_fm5jiT

The 2025 Cheongju International Craft Competition outline has been announced. 📍 Read more about the event in Ceramics Now: https://lnkd.in/dDBtJCRC Cheongju City (Korea) and the Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee are hosting the competition to discover the finest contemporary craft artworks that reflect the current trends and future of world crafts. Submission period: March 24 - May 2, 2025.

En Iwamura: Glances and Echoes is on view at Almine Rech, Shanghai 📍 View the photo gallery & read more: https://lnkd.in/dQ-N6rsi

CONTENT is on view at Peach Corner, Copenhagen 📍 View the photo gallery & read more: https://lnkd.in/dpJhvRve

In the early months of the year, under the Oaxacan sun, Zapotec master potter and VAWAA artist Macrina, along with the women of San Marcos, gathers red clay to sculpt into forms that carry generations of tradition. This clay becomes the foundation for traditional tools like the comal—a flat, round pottery piece used to make tortillas, memelas, or quesadillas. For Macrina, the comal is more than a cooking tool; it is a bridge connecting the past, present, and future while reimagining her heritage. 📙 Read more about Macrina’s legacy and book a transformative 6-day Vacation With An Artist apprenticeship: https://lnkd.in/dsAK6vgu

Keiyona C. Stumpf is today's featured artist on Ceramics Now. 📍 View the artist's works: https://lnkd.in/dUK7P78v “In an organic/abstract vocabulary of forms, I endeavor to make the essence of being alive tangible. Order and chaos, as original principles of life, form a starting point for both form and content. Alien yet strangely familiar-seeming forms experience diverse metamorphoses in my sculptures and installations or find their subtle balance between stability and instability in round, flowing silhouettes.”

📙 Read Doug Navarra's thought-provoking review of Mai-Thu Perret's exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery, New York: https://cnow.site/perretny “From the outset, I found Mai-Thu Perret’s work in the exhibition titled “Underworld” at the David Kordansky Gallery in NYC to be deeply challenging, which immediately drew me to it. This challenge arises from multiple factors: the work is interdisciplinary and conceptual, departing from traditional notions of ceramics while also offering a fluidity of meaning that invites viewers to actively participate in shaping their artistic experience. If we consider content to be the catalyst that elevates the viewer beyond mere engagement with an artwork and into a deeper realm of contemplation, then this exhibition enriches that dialogue by presenting it as a dynamic and multifaceted experience.”

Felicity Aylieff: Expressions in Blue is on view at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, London 📍 View the photo gallery & read more: https://lnkd.in/gKt4EGHD