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Contem’Plate
As part of our Ceramics Season 2024, Messums presents a contrasting yet complimentary exhibition of historical and contemporary plates with the aim to examine the history of plates and their decorative and functional roles, culminating in a celebration of their contemporary space as an alternative canvas for mark-making, installation, and communication of meaning.
Throughout the ceramic continuum the plate has become increasingly commonplace, artistic developments in Europe manifested in numerous important ceramic styles, including Italian Maiolica, Dutch Deltware and Sèvres wares in France. The industrial revolution, with assembly line mass production, transfer printing and mould forms, made the ceramic plate abundant in our homes. Through time, seminal artists of paintbrush and canvas have turned their attention to artistic expression on the plate, such as Pablo Picasso, Jeff Koons, Judy Chicago, Cindy Sherman, and Ed Ruscha.
This exhibition acknowledges the ubiquity of the plate within our daily lives, both as a functional object as part of our everyday eating habits or personal ritual habits, and as a decorative or ceremonial object that adorned walls and china cabinets and populated personal ceramic collections.
Exhibited artists will include Martin Smith, Stephen Dixon, Paul Scott (pictured top), Makoto Kagoshima, Charlotte Hodes, Bouke De Vries, Abigail Schama, Kitty Shepherd and Sandy Brown (pictured right), as well as historic works from ceramic history.
The exhibition will include a showcase of works selected from our ‘Plates for Purpose’ call-out from our creative community, with 40% of proceeds divided equally between the David Nott Foundation and Hope and Homes for Children charities.
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As part of our Ceramics Season 2024, Messums presents a contrasting yet complimentary exhibition of historical and contemporary plates with the aim to examine the history of plates and their decorative and functional roles, culminating in a celebration of their contemporary space as an alternative canvas for mark-making, installation, and communication of meaning.
Throughout the ceramic continuum the plate has become increasingly commonplace, artistic developments in Europe manifested in numerous important ceramic styles, including Italian Maiolica, Dutch Deltware and Sèvres wares in France. The industrial revolution, with assembly line mass production, transfer printing and mould forms, made the ceramic plate abundant in our homes. Through time, seminal artists of paintbrush and canvas have turned their attention to artistic expression on the plate, such as Pablo Picasso, Jeff Koons, Judy Chicago, Cindy Sherman, and Ed Ruscha.
This exhibition acknowledges the ubiquity of the plate within our daily lives, both as a functional object as part of our everyday eating habits or personal ritual habits, and as a decorative or ceremonial object that adorned walls and china cabinets and populated personal ceramic collections.
Exhibited artists will include Martin Smith, Stephen Dixon, Paul Scott (pictured top), Makoto Kagoshima, Charlotte Hodes, Bouke De Vries, Abigail Schama, Kitty Shepherd and Sandy Brown (pictured right), as well as historic works from ceramic history.
The exhibition will include a showcase of works selected from our ‘Plates for Purpose’ call-out from our creative community, with 40% of proceeds divided equally between the David Nott Foundation and Hope and Homes for Children charities.
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