Otherworldly Vessels
KennedyTing are delighted to support Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels at the Hepworth Wakefield.
​A survey exhibition of one of Britain’s foremost ceramicists, Elizabeth Fritsch (b.1940).
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The exhibition will bring together over 100 works made between the 1970s and 2013 drawn largely from the artist’s own rarely-seen private collection. It will explore Fritsch’s extraordinary forms, techniques and influences across four decades of her career. Initially trained as a classical musician, in 1966 Fritsch taught herself to make hand-built pots before enrolling at the Royal College of Art to study ceramics under Hans Coper, Eduardo Paolozzi and Lucie Rie.
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Fritsch was one of several graduates associated with the ‘New Ceramics’ group whose radical and decorative approach challenged studio pottery traditions and ushered in a new era of British ceramics in the 1980s and 1990s. Fritsch’s unique forms work in harmony with the colourful geometric hand-painted patterns on the vessel’s surface which often create optical illusions. The exhibition explores her diverse influences from classical and jazz music, mathematics, Surrealist literature, metaphysics, and architecture.
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Fritsch’s work has continued to challenge the possibilities of pottery, sculpture and art in the 21st century, earning her global recognition with works in collections around the world.
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The exhibition is in collaboration with Adrian Sassoon, London.
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