Hybrid figures combining human and animal forms are a strong and current theme in contemporary visual arts and particularly in the field of ceramics.
Ceramics and the human figure.
Ceramics and the human figure features the works of a range of international ceramic artists all practicing within the fields of installation and sculpture.
Representation of the human form through artistic expression has always existed in clay form and it continues to evolve today.
Artists are working with the figure in new ways playing with materials and forms and making use of new technologies to produce challenging and unconventional work from the intact whole figure to the fragmented hybrid and abstract ceramics and the human figure profiles an international range of.
Ceramics and the human figure profiles an artists are working with the figure in new ways playing with materials and forms and making use of new technologies to produce challenging and unconventional work from the intact whole figure to the fragmented hybrid and abstract.
The text also explores the role of figurative ceramics through history and in contemporary contexts.
Divided by broad themes each chapter explores a variety of expressive works.
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From exploring the whole figure through fragmentation to the use of the body as a means to create artists today are working with clay and the human form in very unconventional ways across the globe.
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