CURATOR-LED TOUR OF ‘STRANGE CLAY: CERAMICS IN CONTEMPORARY ART’ AT HAYWARD GALLERY

THE CLUB is delighted to invite you to a curator-led tour of Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, the first large-scale group exhibition in the UK exploring how contemporary artists have used clay in unexpected ways, at Hayward Gallery. 

Featuring 23 international artists working across recent decades, the exhibition examines the plasticity and the possibilities of ceramics. The artworks on show encompass fantastical creatures and uncanny representations of the everyday, as well as ranging from small abstract works to large-scale installations that take the medium beyond the kiln.

Strange Clay does not present a comprehensive survey of artists who work with ceramics today – instead the exhibition explores the possibilities of thinking through making. The artworks vary in scale, finish and technique, and address topics that range from architecture, to social justice, the body, the domestic and the organic.

The exhibition features works by Aaron Angell, Salvatore Arancio, Leilah Babirye, Jonathan Baldock, Lubna Chowdhary, Edmund de Waal, Emma Hart, Liu Jianhua, Rachel Kneebone, Serena Korda, Klara Kristalova, Beate Kuhn, Takuro Kuwata, Lindsey Mendick, Ron Nagle, Magdalene Odundo, Woody De Othello, Grayson Perry, Shahpour Pouyan, Ken Price, Brie Ruais, Betty Woodman and David Zink Yi.

THE CLUB is very happy to be part of the Strange Clay Exhibition Supporters’ Group.

Image courtesy: Alison Jacques, London. Takuro Kuwata; photo: Robert Glowacki