Subversive ceramics / Claudia Clare.

By:

Clare, Claudia [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9781472528544
1472528549

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

738 CLA

Contents:

Introduction -- Part one: Subversion and satire: Definitions and history. Vice and folly -- Objection! A history of protest -- Part two: Breaking out: The influence of political and social movements on the studio potter and ceramicist -- The peasants\' revolt: Form and message -- Emancipation: New methods of production -- The campaigning trail -- Conclusion: Observations and recommendations.

Summary: Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire in contemporary ceramics is a rapidly evolving trend, with many artists subverting or otherwise rethinking familiar historic forms to make a political point. Claudia Clare examines the relationship between ceramics, social politics, and political movements and the way both organisations and individual artists have used pots - predominantly domestic objects - to agitate among the masses or simply express their ideas. Ninety colour illustrations of various subversive, satirical and campaigning works illustrate her arguments and enliven debate. Claudia Clare explores work by artists from twenty-one different countries, from 500 BC to the present day. These range from the French artist Honoré Daumier and the enslaved African-American potter David Drake to contemporary artists including Lubaina Himid, Virgil Ortiz and Shlomit Bauman, whose work and the means of its production has addressed or commented upon issues such as disputed homelands, identify, race, gender and colonialism.--Publisher\'s description.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	738 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002100626291

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2016 Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire in contemporary ceramics is a rapidly evolving trend, with many artists subverting or otherwise rethinking familiar historic forms to make a political point.Claudia Clare examines the relationship between ceramics, social politics, and political movements and the way both organisations and individual artists have used pots - predominantly domestic objects - to agitate among the masses or simply express their ideas. Ninety colour illustrations of various subversive, satirical and campaigning works illustrate her arguments and enliven debate.Claudia Clare explores work by artists from twenty-one different countries, from 500 BC to the present day. These range range from the French artist Honoré Daumier and the enslaved African-American potter David Drake to contemporary artists including Lubaina Himid, Virgil Ortiz and Shlomit Bauman,whose work and the means of its production has addressed or commented upon issues such as disputed homelands, identify, race, gender and colonialism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire in contemporary ceramics is a rapidly evolving trend, with many artists subverting or otherwise rethinking familiar historic forms to make a political point. Claudia Clare examines the relationship between ceramics, social politics, and political movements and the way both organisations and individual artists have used pots - predominantly domestic objects - to agitate among the masses or simply express their ideas. Ninety colour illustrations of various subversive, satirical and campaigning works illustrate her arguments and enliven debate. Claudia Clare explores work by artists from twenty-one different countries, from 500 BC to the present day. These range from the French artist Honoré Daumier and the enslaved African-American potter David Drake to contemporary artists including Lubaina Himid, Virgil Ortiz and Shlomit Bauman, whose work and the means of its production has addressed or commented upon issues such as disputed homelands, identify, race, gender and colonialism.--Publisher\'s description.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction
Part 1 Defining Subversion and Satire
Chapter 1 Vice and folly
Chapter 2 Establishing the role of subversion and satire in ceramics
Part 2 Subversion in Contemporary Ceramics
Chapter 3 Narrative subversion
Chapter 4 Material subversion
Chapter 5 Ceramics in society and politics
Conclusion
Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Claudia Clare is a ceramicist and writer based in London, UK. She contributes regularly to Ceramic Review and was a co-author, with Edmund de Waal, of The Pot Book (2011).