Vessels of Meaning: Modern British Ceramics

Drawn primarily from a 1991 gift of P. N . Barnes-The London Gallery, most of the earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware vessels and sculptures in the exhibition had never previously been on view. The ceramics, made in the late 1970s and 1980s, took their inspiration from trends and styles as diverse as Sung Dynasty vessels, Japanese glazing techniques, and hand-building concepts, in order to break down traditional distinctions between art and industry