
Richard Slee
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Published on 28. September 2003
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-85331-884-2 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2001 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize, Richard Slee (b.1946) is one of the most interesting and significant ceramicists working today. Richard Slee's ceramics are intriguing, witty and thought provoking. His work is a celebration of the domestic and the familiar, with everyday objects instilled with meaning from personal to social and political issues. His toby jugs, for example, humorously subvert this traditional icon of Englishness to express the current state of the nation. Coinciding with a major retrospective of Richard Slee's ceramics spanning his career, this book is the definitive study on Slee's work to date and as such will be an invaluable resource for collectors, curators, academics and general enthusiasts alike.
Reviews / Votes
'...will blow your mind - in a nice way.' The Independent on Sunday '...this volume makes good use of the format and generous allowance of images to provide a richly detailed and visually descriptive contextual background to Slee and his work.' Journal of Design History Vol. 18 No.2More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 253 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
1052 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85331-884-2 (9780853318842)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Garth Clark is founding director of the Ceramic Arts Foundation, co-owner of a New York art gallery and author of 30 books on ceramics including The Potter's Art: A Complete History of Pottery in Britain. Cathy Courtney is a writer and oral historian. She is Project Officer for 'Artists' Lives' at the British Library Sound Archive.
Content
Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Richard Slee; 'Resident Alien' Richard Slee in context; Selected Works; Chronology; Selected Exhibitions; Collections; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index of Works.