Winston Wachter Fine Art is pleased to present a West Gallery exhibition of new work by London-based ceramic artist Claire Partington.
Claire Partington’s ceramic figures delight in a synthesis of historical characters, myths, fairytales and folklore. Her figures exist in a world that blends genres and time periods to present historically informed, contemporary and socially conscious works.
With the hand of a formally trained sculptor, Partington creates exquisite figures, clothed in an 18th Century Marie Antoinette-style dress, paired with Adidas sneakers, gold chains and carefully placed Chanel logos. Partington plays with our attention to status cues, now and then, and how we identify our tribes. Her work seeks to explore the subtle mutations of the timeless narrative of the haves and have-nots, as it morphs and changes with each retelling and altered context.
As Partington explains, subjects and themes explored in her work are drawn largely from the European tradition of “appropriation and reinter
