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Here, there, and here again
Here, there, and here again is a group exhibition of new ceramic objects by artists Cura Wei, Goosullae Kim, Janice Wu, Pauline Meade and Thannie Phan (gốm maker).
The works are made in response to time. The makers all have slow, highly involved, methodical practices, informed by the repeated exercise of paying close and constant attention to the small, inconsequential questions that the work elicits and attempting to resolve them, one after the other.
For “Here, there, and here again”, the artists have crafted pourers, vases and sculptures that signify a library of their collected experiences. The vessels are finite containers of intimate memories, using clay as the primary medium, formed with traditional techniques and guided by contemporary surface treatments.
Thannie Phan is a Vietnamese artist, potter and writer born in Kien Giang, grew up in Sai Gon & Singapore, lived in Auckland, Gadigal Country (Sydney), and now based in Naarm (Melbourne,Australia).
She practices ceramics under “gốm maker" (loosely translated from the term thợ gốm or ceramic worker in her mother tongue. The practice is a physical interpretation of the stories she writes about where she is, where she was, and the people surrounding her life.
The works are hand-built by pinching and stacking very thin coils, using layers of slips, oxides, and glazed by brushing or stamping. The vessels are light, the edges are raw and the palette is restrained.