Vigorous Form, opens in London next month, showcasing works by European and American artists Andrew Casto, Tessa Eastman, Shannon Goff, David Hicks, Linda Lopez and Alex Simpson. The exhibition, reflected in the title – refers to Rose Slivka’s 1961 poignant essay, ‘The New Ceramic Presence’. Writing about the ceramic boom in the US at the time, Slivka highlights the emerging dominance of the machine and our newly found desire for the real and the handmade. As Slivka states, “we are accustomed to our functional problems being solved efficiently and economically by mechanical means, yet we are acutely aware of our particular need for the handcrafts today to satisfy aesthetic and psychological urgencies”.
Painter William Pachner, ‘Esquire’ Illustrator and Famous Portraitist of...