This is the fourth and last blog about 'Catching Fire: Artists in Conversation'. I have used the talking trios as a way of showing photos of work by each of the eleven artists featured in the big 'Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary' show which opened at the Museum of Anthropology last Thursday. This final conversation was hosted by Alwyn O'Brien (you'll see that…
In the lunch break we had a chance to take another look at the show 'Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary', find David Lambert's work in the Multiversity Gallery and locate Debra Sloan's pieces in amongst the ceramics of the Koerner Gallery. The third 'conversation' in the Great Hall was hosted by Paul Mathieu and his guests were Ying Yueh Chuang and Alwyn O'Brien.…
On Saturday Linda Lebrun joined me for the drive out to UBC. We arrived at the Museum of Anthropology in time to find seats in the Great Hall for 'Catching Fire: Artists in Conversation' at 11am. We were invited to listen to a thought-provoking afternoon of conversation with eight artists whose work is in 'Playing with Fire', as they discuss the pressing issues of our time.…
The huge new exhibition which has just opened at UBC's Museum of Anthropology is not what you would expect from a Ceramics show. Curator Carol Mayer has assembled an astonishing collection of ceramics, all made by BC-based artists during the last eighty years. This is not a pottery show, rather this is a chance to see an inspiring display of clay creations that are…