MARKING THE LINE: CERAMICS AND ARCHITECTURE LOCATION | Sir John Soane’s Museum, London DATE | 8 March – 27 April 2013 Artists celebrate the classical and the contemporary at Sir John Soane’s Museum In an exciting project, four leading ceramic artists have created works inspired by Sir John Soane’s house and collections, which challenge where […]
Ceramics Research Centre – UK
History
The Ceramics Research Centre (CRC-UK) is a leader in the debates surrounding international contemporary ceramic practice and critical discussion is essential to the development of the discipline. Members of the Centre are committed to exhibiting and publishing, as well as hosting and participating in conferences, symposia and dialogues. Developing from their original focus on ceramic […]
Past PhD Researcher: Philip Lee
Philip Lee lives in the UK and has been performing with clay since 2003. He has a BA in Ceramics from the University of Westminster (2001) and an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins (2007). Philip Lee is a performance artist whose essential material is his own naked body and earth materials. His […]
Past PhD Researcher: Zahed Tajeddin
BIOGRAPHY Zahed Tajeddin was born in Syria; he presently lives and works in London. He studied chemistry, fine arts and ceramics and in 2006 obtained a Masters Degree in Artefact Studies from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. Currently he is working on his PhD in the School of Media, Arts and Design […]
Past PhD Researcher: Laura Breen
BIOGRAPHY Laura Breen’s PhD Re-modelling Clay: Ceramic Practice and the Museum in Britain (1970-2014) was part of the Ceramics in the Expanded Field project. She also has a BA in History of Art and Design (first class) from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from The University of Manchester. This is […]
PhD Research
Freud Museum Symposium – Interpreting Collections: Idea, Object, Site
LOCATION | The Freud Museum DATE | 26 January 2013 INTERPRETING COLLECTIONS: IDEA, OBJECT, SITE This one-day symposium was timed to accompany the exhibition DreamWork by artist and researcher Christie Brown. It considered the relationship between ceramic art practice and museum collections within the broader context of contemporary visual culture. The symposium addressed key areas […]
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Somerset House Symposium: Matters of Life & Death
Somerset House Symposium: Matters of Life & Death LOCATION | Somerset House DATE | 10 December 2013 A one-day symposium held in association with Julian Stair’s exhibition Julian Stair: Quietus, the Vessel, Death and the Human Body. An interdisciplinary panel discussed themes arising from the exhibition including rituals surrounding death, historical cremation and burial practices, […]
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V&A Symposium: The Museum, the Artist and Intervention
The Museum, the Artist and Intervention LOCATION | V&A Museum DATE | 10 January 2012 THE MUSEUM, THE ARTIST AND INTERVENTION Keynote speakers Alun Graves (Curator of Ceramics V&A), Professor Jorunn Veiteberg (Professor of Curatorial Studies and Craft Curator) and James Putnam (Freelance Curator) were invited to address the subject of collections, how museums can […]
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Conference: Ceramics in the Expanded Field
LOCATION | University of Westminster DATE | 17-19 July 2014 The AHRC funded project Ceramics in the Expanded Field; Behind the Scenes at the Museum culminated in an international 3-day conference and accompanying exhibition hosted by CREAM researchers Christie Brown, Julian Stair and Clare Twomey at the University’s Marylebone site from 17–19th July 2014. The […]