Location: Museum Albert Van Dijck, Brasschaatsebaan 30, 2970 Schilde
Ceramics are more popular today than ever. The tactile character of clay plays an important role in this. In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, we are looking for tangibleness. The great interest in ceramics also has to do with the archetypal meaning of the pot: the symbol for bringing together and coming together. ‘Room full of clay’ ties both facts together in a central theme: the connection between man and earth. This is not only expressed in the form of objects such as the bowl and the vase; clay itself lends itself as a theme like no other material. Clay is soil. Artists visualize clay and in this way make the relationship with the earth tangible.
‘Room full of clay’ brings out the diversity within ceramics. It shows the sculptural work of four pioneers who not only reinvented applied ceramics from the 1950s, but above all put the medium on the map as an art form: José Vermeersch, Pierre Culot, Lutgart De Meyer and Rogier Vandeweghe.
In addition, it shows the work of the next generation of artists who integrate installation, land art, performance, video and photography in ceramics: Anne Ausloos, Nathalie Doyen, Alexandra Engelfriet and Bie Michels. It is under the influence of the environmental movement of the 1970s that they also turned their attention to the material, the clay. They make visible the wealth of stories that clay carries in it, and with it the preciousness of the earth.
Curator Liesbet Waegemans
Exhibition Text (in Dutch): Here
https://www.schilde.be/kamervolklei