Alan Wallwork, who trained at Goldsmith’s College, London, in the mid-1950s, is often described as one of Britain’s most distinctive potters. His sculptural works in clay seem to live outside of time; outside of the mainstream; outside of fashion. His work is of the earth both literally and figuratively.
Art critic, writer and curator, David Whiting, has written ‘For Alan, clay was the ideal expressive medium for organic and preternatural objects that explored forms in nature and the landscape, such as gourds, seeds and fossils, as well as archaic and totemic shapes from early human history.’
This exhibition brings together ceramics from across the 58 years of the artist’s career, from 1957 to 2015, with an emphasis on works from the first half of that period, when he worked from studios in Forest Hill and Greenwich (London), and Marnhull (Dorset).
