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Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics August 27
Collaborations Between Artists, Designers, and Industry That Re-Imagine Ceramics for the 21st Century at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC.
Spanish Lace by Edyta Cieloch
Object Factory illustrates how artists and designers in the 21st century are re-imagining the possibilities of this most traditional of mediums through collaborations with industry that enhance and sometimes subvert the industrial process. The exhibition also examines the unexpected uses of ceramics as kitchen appliances, knives, and even digital electronics, made possible by new technologies.
Ornamental Inheritance by Jo Meesters
“Object Factory explores a material that has been central to the Museum’s mission since our inception and is a timely survey of contemporary ceramic production and design,” said Holly Hotchner, the Museum’s Nanette L. Laitman Director. “The exhibition examines the creative collaboration between artists, designers and industry today and showcases new trends, techniques and development in the field.”
Object Factory is composed of three interrelated sections: Reinventing Tradition, Industrial Interference & High Tech Design. Check out the full exhibition of amazing ceramics here.
Guest-curated by internationally recognized artist and designer Marek Cecula, with the assistance of Dagmara Kopola, Object Factory features more than 200 objects from eighteen countries, including works by Swedish artist Kjell Rylander, American jeweler and designer Ted Muehling, Dutch designers Hella Jongerius and Jurgen Bey, and Russian American designer Constantin Boym among others. Manufacturers represented in the exhibition include Bernardaud, Nymphenburg, Rosenthal, and Royal Tichelaar Makkum.
It is only a matter of time before we see Australian ceramicists such as Kirsten Coelho and Bruce Nuske added to the list.
