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Vessel

Artist Ken Eastman (Watford, England, born 1960)

Date1996

Object NameVessel

Mediumstoneware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsHeight: 36.8cm
Width: 27.1cm
Depth: 17.5cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1996 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 05

Object numberABDAG011022

Keywords

Studio Ceramic

About MeEastman studied ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art and at the Royal College London. Winner of several international prizes including the Premio Faenza, 1995. The core of his work centres on analytical vessels which define emptiness and presence. They are monumental in shape, with architectural qualities. The pots are slab-built and walls allowed to slump whilst still wet.

In this group Eastman considers ideas about containment and vacuity. The vessels have an intense inter-relationship. But each one has a distinct structure. The content of the vessel is literally the space within, yet the space created between each pot is equally important. Layers of colour provide depth and intensity, emphasising contours.

More About Me

Collections Wall

Eastman has, in the past, expressed a desire "to build something that I cannot fully understand or explain". Have you ever felt the same?

Exhibitions

Gallery 05 - Crafting Colour