See/ Deviants/ 20 September to 24 October 2008
General Information
All of the makers on show are highly skilled in the age-old techniques of their particular craft, yet skills in the hands of these maverick makers become utilised in very different and unusual ways.
We are presented with playful, mischievous and bizarre aberrations of familiar objects; teapots with legs, an unfurling jug, a pot with ears or a glove with 25 fingers. The ordinary becomes the extraordinary and the functional becomes the dysfunctional.
Accompanying the exhibition is an alternative gallery guide written by the Dundeebased writer and artist The Lonely Piper. Through his own musings and imaginative stories about each piece, The Lonely Piper captures the unconventional essence of these deviant objects.
For him, Henry Pim’s A Pot with Ears “spies on its owner by covertly eavesdropping on conversation”, Hans Stofer’s Grape Trap “portrays a grape imprisoned for the crime of being not green enough” and Angus Suttie’s Teapot is “a painted clay celebration that’s not for the prudish of nature”
Deviants delights and disarms in equal measure and provokes many different reactions; a chuckle, a squirm, a quizzical look. Whatever the reaction, this subversive face of craft challenges us to look at objects with new eyes and set our imaginations free.
Deviants is part of the Crafts Council Touring Exhibition Initiative that offers museums and galleries the opportunity to host innovative curated exhibitions showcasing the Crafts Council Collection.
The exhibition is available to hire. For more imformation email exhibitions@craftscouncil.org.uk.
Ticketing Information
Free Admission
Contact Information
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
University of Dundee
Perth Road
Scotland
Dundee
DD1 4HT
Tel: 00 44 (0)1382 383000
Fax: 00 44 (0)1382 385363
General Enquiries: DJCAD@dundee.ac.uk
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