Return to Beauty

curated by Vipoo Srivilasa

Edwina Corlette Gallery

Brisbane, Australia

2016

Ritual Vessels
Ritual Vessels
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Whitewash Fluted Bowl
Whitewash Fluted Bowl

Terracotta with reactive slip, mixed stoneware glazes. 9 x 21 x 20cm

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Black Bronze Ritual Vessel
Black Bronze Ritual Vessel

Porcelain with stoneware and barium glazes. 19 x 12 x 12cm

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Blue Bronze Ritual Vessel
Blue Bronze Ritual Vessel

Porcelain and terracotta, reactive cobalt slip, stoneware barium glaze. 22 x 12 x 12cm

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Twin Ritual Vessels (I & II)
Twin Ritual Vessels (I & II)

Porcelain with reactive slip, stoneware glazes. (I) 34 x 15 x 15cm & (II) 33 x 14 x 14cm

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Black Bronze Fluted Bowl
Black Bronze Fluted Bowl

Porcelain with stoneware bronze glaze. 7 x 11 x 11cm

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Black Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
Black Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
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Black Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
Black Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
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Blue Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
Blue Bronze Ritual Vessel (detail)
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DSC_0439_edited.jpg
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Twin Ritual Vessel I (detail)
Twin Ritual Vessel I (detail)
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Return to Beauty

curated by Vipoo Srivilasa

 

Return to Beauty features work by Kris Coad, Glenn Barkley, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Alana Wilson, Julie Pennington, Amy Kennedy, Alice Couttoupes and Helen Fuller.

 

The exhibition explores the traditional concept of traditional blue and white porcelain, and the idea of returning to this traditional Chinese aesthetic. 

 

 

 

 

These vessels seek to further explore the culture of the vessel in China, referencing riutal bronze vessels dating from 1650 BCE in the Chinese Bronze Age. Heavily textured surfaces reference decaying bronze alongside the traditional blue and white palette.