SKINNER MUSEUM: Closed
GiveThe Potter's Tale
Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics
August 26, 2014 Through June 14, 2015
In the T. Marc Futter Gallery
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Photo Credit:
Petegorsky/Gipe; Laura Shea; Petegorsky/Gipe
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Photo Credit:
Laura Shea
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Photo Credit:
Laura Shea
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Photo Credit:
Laura Shea
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Dish with radial design, ca. 1550-1600; One of a pair of eggshell porcelain bowls, ca. 19th century; Albarello, late 15th century
Maker Unknown (Turkish, Iznik), 1980.8
Maker Unknown (Chinese), 1984.18.8a
Maker Unknown (Italian), 2002.3.11
Through innovation and exchange, vessels made of clay have contributed to the lives of people all across the economic spectrum, through time, and across the world. This exhibition highlights the ceramic collection of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, which spans five continents and six thousand years. The show explores common themes of decoration and form, examines the exchange of ideas and objects across cultures—particularly between China and the West—and highlights the beauty and craftsmanship displayed in ceramic works of art. Dating from antiquity to the 21st century, the exhibition includes many objects on view for the first time, exciting new acquisitions, and a few significant loans that facilitate captivating dialogues around and about pottery and porcelain.
Curated by Aaron F. Miller, Assistant Curator of Visual and Material Culture
and Yingxi (Lucy) Gong '13, Art Museum Advisory Board Fellow
Events And Links
February 19, 2015 | Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
A Potter’s Tale
Louise R. Weiser Lecture
Ceramicist Mark Hewitt in Conversation with Critic Christopher Benfey
Reception to follow
October 30, 2014 | T. Marc Futter Gallery
The Potter's Tale
Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics
Gallery Talk
Gallery talk by co-curators Aaron Miller, Assistant Curator of Visual and Material Culture and Yingxi (Lucy) Gong, Art Museum Advisory Board Fellow
November 13, 2014 | Art Museum Galleries
Steven Young Lee and Kurt Weiser
Contemporary Masters of Clay
Gallery Talk
Gallery talk by Leslie Ferrin, Ceramics Specialist and Director of Ferrin Contemporary
