THE POTTER’S TALE: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

The Potter’s Tale: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

August 26–May 31, 2015
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

EVENTS
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 5:30 pm
A Potter’s Tale: Ceramicist Mark Hewitt in Conversation with Critic Christopher Benfey
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Reception to follow

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Through innovation and exchange, clay vessels have contributed to the lives of people across the economic spectrum, through time, and around the world. This exhibition highlights the ceramic collection of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, spanning five continents and six thousand years.

Exhibit includes work by Ferrin Contemporary artists Kurt Weiser, Steven Young Lee, Paul Scott, and Sin-ying Ho.

Kurt Weiser, "Pair of Cubist Vases (2)" 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10".KURT WEISER

Steven Young Lee, "Vase with Peonies" 2014, porcelain, cobalt inlay, 26 x 11 x 10".STEVEN YOUNG LEE

Paul Scott, "Cumbrian Blue(s) - A Willow for Ai Weiwei, Wen Tao, Liu Zhenggang, Zhang Jinsong, Hu Mingfen" 2012, in-glaze decals on partially erased Willow Pattern platter (c.1840), 13.75 x 17".PAUL SCOTT

Sin-ying Ho, "In the Dream of Hope No. 1" 2010, porcelain, cobalt, decals, 69 x 18.5". SIN-YING HO

Potters Tale sign
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Kurt Weiser work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Kurt Weiser work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Mark Hewitt work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Sin-ying Ho work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Sin-ying Ho work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Steven Young Lee work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum