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.
Ceramics and the human figure.
Representation of the human form through artistic expression has always existed in clay form and it continues to evolve today.
Ceramics and the human figure features the works of a range of international ceramic artists all practicing within the fields of installation and sculpture.
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Divided by broad themes each chapter explores a variety of expressive works.
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 human figure has been represented in clay throughout history and continues to evolve today.
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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.
The text also explores the role of figurative ceramics through history and in contemporary contexts.