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- For Richer For Poorer: Weddings Unveiled
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- Designing the 20th Century: Life and Work of Abram Games
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The Jewish Experience of the First World War - Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait
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10 November 2016 - 26 February 2017
Past exhibition
Shaping Ceramics: From Lucie Rie to Edmund de Waal
10 November 2016 - 26 February 2017
Critics' Choice "a delightful small exhibition"
Financial Times
Financial Times
Discover the story of how Jewish ceramicists transformed British studio pottery and influenced successive generations of ceramic artists.
In the mid 20th century Jewish émigré ceramicists revolutionised British studio pottery, importing modernist ideas from central Europe and creating work that was sleek, sophisticated and cosmopolitan. Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Ruth Duckworth and Grete Marks produced simple and imaginative designs that were avant-garde for their time.
Shaping Ceramics explores the work of these pioneering ceramicists and traces their influence on subsequent generations of ceramic artists whose Jewish heritage has shaped their work.
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the work of 13 ceramicists in an exhibition spanning over 80 years of ceramic art.
This exhibition is generously supported by:
Acacia Charitable Trust
Eric and Ginny Campus
David Berg Foundation
The Headley Trust
The Moss Family Charitable Trust
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