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MASTERPIECE 2016: SELECTION 2

Masterpiece London 2016, The Bull Ring Gate Entrance, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, 30thJune – 6th July 2016

 

Steinway & Sons White Spirio Heliconia (the Lalique piano) 2016 Courtesy Steinway & Sons

Steinway & Sons
White Spirio Heliconia (the Lalique piano)
2016
Courtesy Steinway & Sons

 

Lowell Libson Thomas Gainsborough Read Admiral Thomas Graves 1788 Courtesy Lowell Libson

Lowell Libson
Thomas Gainsborough
Read Admiral Thomas Graves
1788
Courtesy Lowell Libson

 

Wallace Chan Damask Silk Necklace 2016 DIF Diamond 54pcs 25.22ct Trillion-cut Pink Tourmaline 124pcs 21.38ct Fancy Colored Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Agate Courtesy Wallace Chan

Wallace Chan
Damask Silk Necklace
2016
DIF Diamond 54pcs 25.22ct
Trillion-cut Pink Tourmaline 124pcs 21.38ct
Fancy Colored Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Agate
Courtesy Wallace Chan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rose Uniacke The Louis XIV Walnut ‘Os de Mouton’ Sofa France circa 1730 104 x 239 x 77cm Courtesy Rose Uniacke

Rose Uniacke
The Louis XIV Walnut ‘Os de Mouton’ Sofa
France
circa 1730
104 x 239 x 77cm
Courtesy Rose Uniacke

 

Axel Vervoordt Monumental fragment from a standing male statue Leg and Feet on base Roman 2nd century A.D. Courtesy Axel Vervoodt

Axel Vervoordt
Monumental fragment from a standing male statue Leg and Feet on base
Roman 2nd century A.D.
Courtesy Axel Vervoodt

 

Adrian Sassoon A French 18th Century Soft-Paste Vincennes Porcelain Punch Bowl (jatte à ponche) c.1753 Courtesy Adrian Sassoon London

Adrian Sassoon
A French 18th Century Soft-Paste Vincennes Porcelain Punch Bowl (jatte à ponche)
c.1753
Courtesy Adrian Sassoon London

 

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Michael Eden at the Holburne Museum

Michael Eden – History Re-printed A New Commission for the Holburne Museum, The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2, until 28th March 2016

Bloom Series, 2011 © The Artist | The Holburne Museum | Adrian Sassoon | Sylvain Deleu

Bloom Series, 2011
© The Artist | The Holburne Museum | Adrian Sassoon | Sylvain Deleu

The long table in the Museum’s Ballroom provides the perfect place to display the skilled potter Michael Eden’s remarkable creations which blend both history and the contemporary engagingly.

Objects within the museum have provided inspiration for the works that combine 3D printing, drawing and traditional hand skills to produce these unique objects.  Eden says: “Three-dimensional printing allows the customization of objects, and gives me the creative freedom to do things impossible with the wheel and clay.”

Soho, 2015 © The Artist | The Holburne Museum | Adrian Sassoon | Sylvain Deleu

Soho, 2015
© The Artist | The Holburne Museum | Adrian Sassoon | Sylvain Deleu

http://www.holburne.org

Inspired!

Brook Street: An Artist’s Eye, A selling exhibition in association with Adrian Sassoon, Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, 39 Brook Street, London W1, 7th October – 27th October 2015

Hitomi Hosono Large Cherry Blossom Bowl, 2013 Moulded, carved and hand-built porcelain with interior of dancing sprigs H.21.5 Dia.26cm (H.8 1 / 2 Dia.10 1 / 4in)

Hitomi Hosono
Large Cherry Blossom Bowl, 2013
Moulded, carved and hand-built porcelain with interior of
dancing sprigs
H.21.5 Dia.26cm (H.8 1 / 2 Dia.10 1 / 4in)

Combine the showroom interiors and fabrics of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler with the vision of the Japanese-born ceramicist Hitomi Hosono and the result is perfection.  One can easily understand why her works are in museum collections, including the British Museum and the V&A.

Hitomi Hosono A Large Orange Coral Bowl, 2014 Moulded, carved and hand-built coloured porcelain H.15.5 Dia.34cm (H.6 1 / 8 Dia.13 3 / 8in)

Hitomi Hosono
A Large Orange Coral Bowl, 2014
Moulded, carved and hand-built coloured porcelain
H.15.5 Dia.34cm (H.6 1 / 8 Dia.13 3 / 8in)

She says of this exhibition: “I enjoyed time spent in the Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler town house. The sumptuous interiors populated by an incredibly diverse collection of antiques and works of art were fascinating. I found myself drawn particularly towards objects with a history of trade and the Far East. In this magnificent English house a sense of cross-cultural spirit has flourished. One Colefax and Fowler fabric pattern which caught my eye featured beautiful roses and pansies, which appeared to be moving as if blown by a gentle summer breeze. The softness and delicacy of rose petals is something that I wish to communicate in my own work and has led me to explore new forms and ways of aligning sweeping porcelain petal elements along a curve, emanating from multiple dense centres.”

Hitomi Hosono Large Grape Bowl, 2015 Moulded, carved and hand-built porcelain with yellow gold leaf interior H.23.5 Dia.25.5cm (H.9 1 / 4 Dia.10in)

Hitomi Hosono
Large Grape Bowl, 2015
Moulded, carved and hand-built porcelain with yellow gold
leaf interior
H.23.5 Dia.25.5cm (H.9 1 / 4 Dia.10in)

Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler’s design director, Philip Hooper commented: “Hitomi’s work represents all I admire in contemporary ceramics. The craftsmanship, patience, vision and technical skill involved in creating these fragile pieces is almost beyond comprehension. I am thrilled that she has found so much inspiration in 39 Brook Street and that it has been a catalyst in helping her to create many new pieces that will be on show for the first time”.

Hitomi Hosono A Pale Peach Cherry Blossom Box, Dancing Top, 2015 Moulded, carved and hand-built coloured porcelain with red gold leaf interior H.20 Dia.14.5cm (H.7 7 / 8 Dia.5 3 / 4in)

Hitomi Hosono
A Pale Peach Cherry Blossom Box, Dancing Top, 2015
Moulded, carved and hand-built coloured porcelain with red
gold leaf interior
H.20 Dia.14.5cm (H.7 7 / 8 Dia.5 3 / 4in)

I think that many people will agree with these sentiments and find this a sublime show

 

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