David Pottinger Recent Ceramics
David Pottinger Recent Ceramics
Opening Tuesday 6 October 6-8pm 3 - 28 October 2015
Robin Gibson Gallery modern + contemporary
Nerikomi Vessels My work is an exploration of form through the interplay of colour, tension, rhythm and pattern in porcelain, utilising the ancient technique of Nerikomi. In my practice, I seek to distil form and technique to express the elemental nature of the medium of porcelain itself; malleable, tough, practical and lyrical, it operates at the intersection of craft, nature and art. David Pottinger ‘Nerikomi’ (or ‘Neriage’) is a traditional Japanese decorative technique that involves the layering and stacking of coloured clay bodies (porcelain), and then cutting or slicing through the clay to reveal delicate striated patterns. David Pottinger’s Nerikomi vessels have established him as one of Australia’s principal ceramic artists. The cylindrical forms of his six vessels, each one a different shape and size, are contrasted by the subtle patterning that affords the works a woven quality. The outside surfaces of the vessels are mirrored on the inside, creating a dynamic visual relationship – one that exhibits a vital sense of flux and movement despite the structured rigidity of the vessels themselves. Much like the technique in which the vessels are formed, through gradual layering, it is possible to imagine that the forms mimic sedimentary deposits in rock or perhaps the patterning found in crystal mineral formations, built up over time. Indeed it is a recognition of place and space that Pottinger seeks to articulate through the technique of Nerikomi. The pallet of the Australian landscape, the muted greens, ochres, bleached bone and charcoals are animated through patterns that suggest the kinetic movement of leaves, water, fire and light. In this sense Pottinger utilises the technique of Nerikomi in a ceaseless and inexhaustible exploration of place and natural elements.
4. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porceain Cup 10.5x10.5x9cm $450
5. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cup 8x8.5x7.5cm $300
6. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cup 12x10x11cm $450
7. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Elipitical Vessel 12x12x11cm $600
8. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain 10.5x11x9cm $450
9. Small Coloured Elipitical Vessel 13x10.5x12cm $450
10. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 11x12.5x12cm $600
11. Small Coloured Elipitical Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 12x8x11cm $600
12. Elipitical Coloured Nerikomi Vessel 18x13x17cm $950
13. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 11.5x13x10cm $600
14. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 14.5x11.5x13cm $600
16. Coloured Elipitical Vessel 31.5x16x30cm $1,900
17. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cylinder 26x11x25cm $1,500
18. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Totem 27x7x26cm $1,500
19. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Totem 35x8x34cm $1,500
20. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 21.5x13.5x20cm $1,500
21. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 16.5x12x15cm $950
22. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 22.5x17x21cm $1,500
24. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 22x13.5x21cm $1,500
25. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 15x11x14cm $600
26. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 17.5x13.5x16cm $950
27. Coloured nerikomi porcelain vessel 14.5x11x13cm $600
28. Coloured Nerikomi porcelain vessel 17x15x16cm $950
30. Coloured Nerikomi Porcerlain Bowl 22.5x18x21cm $1,900
31. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 29x21x28cm $2,400
32. Coloured nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 22x22.5x22cm $2,400
33. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 28x19x27cm $2,400
38. Coloured Elipitical Nerikomi Vessel 23x8x22cm $1,500
not illustrated 1. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cup 8x7.5 x7.5cm $300 2. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cup 11x9cm $300 3. Small Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Cup 9.5x7.5x8cm $300 15. Coloured Elipitical Vessel 17x13.5x16cm $950 23. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 25x15.5x20cm $1,900 29. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 20x21x19cm $2,400 34. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 25x23x24cm $2,400 35. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 29.5x18x28cm $2,400 36. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 31x14.5x30cm $2,400 37. Tall Totem Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain 36x8x35cm $1,800 39. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl 17x20x16cm $1,900 40. Coloured Elipitical Nerikomi Porcelain Vessel 17x13.5x16cm $950 41. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain 16x13cm $950 42. Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain 22x13cm $1,500
David Pottinger Born 1965 Dalby Queensland Lives and works in Melbourne, Victoria Education 2004 Masters by research RMIT Melbourne 2002 B.A. Honours RMIT Melbourne 1987 Associate Diploma in Ceramics Kelvin Grove College, Brisbane Solo Exhibitions 2015 Recent Ceramics Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney 2012 Time Lines Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Studio Porcelain 2012 Beaver Gallery, Canberra 2009 New Works Kerry Lowe Gallery, Sydney 283 days, New Works Gallery 101, Melbourne 2008 Porcelain Beaver Gallery, Canberra 2007 Light Notes Gallery 101, Melbourne Studio Works Jam Factory, Adelaide 2006 New Ceramics Beaver Gallery, Canberra 2005 Stratum Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney Pulse Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne 2002 Romance Haecceity Gallery, Melbourne 1993 New Ceramic Works Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Group Exhibitions 2015 Salon Robin Gibson Gallery 2014 Small Gems Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Important Exhibition of Australain Ceramics Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne Heritage and Diversity Australian- Korea Invitational Ceramic Exhibition Hanyang University Korea 2012 Cicley & Colin Rigg Ceramics Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Porcelain Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2011 Sculpture 23 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney Japonisme Stella Downer Gallery, Sydney Collect 2011 Scottish Gallery at Sacchi & Sacchi Gallery, London
2010 Sculpture 22 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney City of Hobart Art Prize, Digital media and Ceramics_Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Collect 2010 Scottish Gallery at Sacchi & Sacchi Gallery, London Tea wares’ Jam Factory Art and Craft Centre, Adelaide 2009 Bravura, Contemporary Craft Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 2008 Collect 2008 Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2007 Sofa 2007 The International Exposition of Sculpture objects and functional art Chicago, USA Ann Geroe Acquisitive Ceramics Award Castlemaine 2006 Australian Ceramics’ Anannya Gallery, Hong Kong 2004 New Acquisitions Shepparton Art Gallery 2003 Harvest Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney Transformation First Site Gallery, RMIT Melbourne New Ceramics Galerie Hors-Saison, Melbourne 2002 Christmas Show Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney 2001 Fresh Craft Victorian Award, Melbourne In the Making First Site Gallery, RMIT Melbourne 1998 Gasworks Group Exhibition Melbourne 1997 Australia Day Award, Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award Shepparton Art Gallery, Victpria Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 1996 Duo Craft space Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney 1994 New Acquisitions National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1992 Cicley & Colin Ceramics Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1991 Australia Day Award, Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria 1990 New Acquisitions National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Awards Grants 2008 Australia Council for the Arts ,New Work development 2006 Australia Council for the Arts, New work development 2001 Siemens Fine Arts, Scholarship Award 1997 Sidney Myer Fund, International Ceramics Award
Collections National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Publications 2010 Ceramics Art Today Jeff Snyder. Pub by Schiffer, U.S.A. P 178,179 2009 Contemporary Ceramics Emmanuel Cooper. Pub in UK Thames & Hudson.p62,103 2009 Pottery in Australia ‘Elemental Lyricism The Recent Ceramics of David Pottinger’ 48#3 Online 2008 Colouring Clay Jo Connell. University of Pennsylvania Press,Philadephia,p68. 2007 Crafts Arts International November, ‘Light Notes’ #45 Nov/ Dec 2007. 2007 Innovative Ceramics Ceramics review, #244 Mar/Apr 2006 NGV Foundation Annual Report pp8 2005 _Modernism in Nature_Pottery in Australia #61 p10 1991 International Crafts ed. Martina Margetts. pub in UK Thames & Hudson.p21 1987 Pottery in Australia 1986 ‘QPA Potter
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