Subversive Ceramics

Claudia Clare (Ceramicist, UK)

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English

Herbert Press Ltd
28 January 2016

Ceramics: artworks

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2016

Satire has been used in ceramic production for centuries. Historically, it occurred as a slogan or proverb written into the ceramic surface; as pictorial surface imagery; or as a satirical figurine. The use of satire in contemporary ceramics is a rapidly evolving trend, with many artists subverting or otherwise rethinking familiar historic forms to make a political point.

Claudia Clare examines the relationship between ceramics, social politics, and political movements and the way both organisations and individual artists have used pots - predominantly domestic objects - to agitate among the masses or simply express their ideas. Ninety colour illustrations of various subversive, satirical and campaigning works illustrate her arguments and enliven debate.

Claudia Clare explores work by artists from twenty-one different countries, from 500 BC to the present day. These range range from the French artist Honoré Daumier and the enslaved African-American potter David Drake to contemporary artists including Lubaina Himid, Virgil Ortiz and Shlomit Bauman, whose work and the means of its production has addressed or commented upon issues such as disputed homelands, identify, race, gender and colonialism.

By: Claudia Clare (Ceramicist UK)
Imprint: Herbert Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 219mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 894g
ISBN: 9781472528544
ISBN 10: 1472528549
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 28 January 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part One: Subversion and Satire: definitions and history 1. Vice and Folly: defining subversion and satire 2. Objection: a history of protest Part Two: Breaking Out: the influence of political and social movements on the studio potter and ceramicist 3. The Peasant’s Revolt: form and message 4. Emancipation: new methods of production 5. The Campaigning Trail: hidden histories and protest Conclusion Bibliography Index

Claudia Clare is a ceramicist and writer based in London, UK. She contributes regularly to Ceramic Review and was a co-author, with Edmund de Waal, of The Pot Book (2011).

Reviews for Subversive Ceramics

This is a very exciting book with numerous large photographs ... One cannot fail to be captivated by its many examples of subversive ceramics. Keramiske noter [Bloomsbury translation] This is a book that has been needed for a very long time. It examines the intriguing histories of how clay has been used as a medium for dissent, as a commentary on political life and to critique ideas of domesticity. It argues that ceramics' access to the everyday, and its use of a material that is little regarded, allows it to rewrite narratives around power. Claudia Clare's book is a corrective: passionate, lucid, funny, beautifully illustrated and frequently surprising. -- Edmund de Waal