Voices: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden

“From color-spattered hanging lamps to luminescent volcanoes to ceramics like spineless deep-sea creatures, ‘Voices’ is neither neutral nor colorless, and is one of the best exhibits I’ve seen.”

– Angelina Castillo, Ithaca Rattle

“It flows out of them like some sort of pure, gorgeous, momentarily materialized sound.”

– Roberta Smith, New York Times

The ten artists featured in Voices are leading exponents of the dynamism and originality of contemporary ceramic art in Sweden. Viewed together, they testify to the striking uniqueness of the contemporary development of Swedish ceramics. The artists, selected from different generations, work in varying styles and are free in their relationship to traditional ceramic art to seek new directions and exercise full freedom of expression. Despite their use of a wide array of media—such as clay, glass, rope, glaze, and metal—they demonstrate that it is no longer the material that is of utmost importance but rather the point of view of the ceramic artist. The artists contributing their “voices” to the exhibition work sculpturally and conceptually, addressing existential issues with humor or abstraction.

The ten artists were selected by Inger Molin, owner of Galleria Molin in Stockholm and a preeminent figure in Swedish ceramics. Voices: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden was developed by the Swedish Institute and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.

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