Exhibition

A potted history of Canberra region ceramics

Canberra Museum and Gallery

176 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601

13 June – 30 August 2015

Doug ALEXANDER; Joan BARRASS; Debra BOYD-GOGGIN; Jan BROWN; Elizabeth CHARLES; Sarit COHEN; Lyn CONYBEARE; Greg DALY; Janet DEBOOS; Mariana DEL CASTILLO; Rebecca DOWLING; Jan DUNN; JudI ELLIOT; Margaret FRANKEL; Cathy FRANZI; Anna GIANAKIS; Cecily GIBSON; Martin HALSTEAD; Patsy HELY; Bev HOGG; Ralph JEFFRESS; Ian JONES; Henri Le GRAND; Anita McINTYRE; Moraig McKENNA; Danie MELLOR; Madeleine MEYER; Helen NANKIVELL; Gail NICHOLS; Alan PEASCOD; Kaye PEMBERTON; Jaishree SRINIVASAN; Shirley STOREY; Greg SUGDEN & Mary HAMILTON; Hiroe SWEN; Rachael TAYLOR & Bernd WEISE; Ray Pelham THORMAN; Doris TODD; Alan WATSON; Alan WATT; Daniel WORRALL

This exhibition, in the Open Collections Gallery at CMAG, includes the work of more than 40 ceramicists who have lived and worked in the Canberra region. Some were involved with the beginnings of art practice in the nation’s capital in the post-war period, and many have been associated with the ANU School of Art in its various manifestations from its beginnings as a branch of East Sydney Technical College to its international status today. Some of the work in this exhibition has been made by artists for whom ceramics is just a part of their artistic practice, while for most of the artists represented here ceramics has been their principal calling. There are some surprises in this exhibition, and some old friends.

Image:

Hiroe SWEN, Fossil vessel, 1974, slab-built vessel with abstract inlay and coil work, matt blue and manganese glaze

CMAG, gift of Gabrielle Watt 2015, Photo: Rob Little Digital Images