Hard White Translucent
Keramikmuseum Westerwald

Until the 4th of July 2004
Keramikmuseum Westerwald
www.keramikmuseum.de
info@keramikmuseum.de

White, hard, vitreous, by high temperatures leak-proof and often more or less translucent: Porcelain – The white Gold: The Keramikmuseum Westerwald shows a contemporary exhibition. A extremely interesting porcelain show, which is to be understood as a tightrope walk between the material and the dissolution of its intrinsic qualities.

Paula Bastiaansens’ brittle, fragile porcelain objects seem to have been frozen before their dissolution process at the borderline of their dynamics bonds. The exactness and extreme precision of their sectional view, once in the kiln atmosphere confer to these porcelain objects lightness and particular rhythms.

Arnold Annen's breath-thin porcelain vessels are exposed unfired and in still damp condition to extreme strains by means of treatment with a gas burner. They probably achieve their lightness and transparency primarily through a finest afterwork. The Complexity of his work is additionally strengthened however, by the controlled application of more purposeful and selective means, like the exposure to heat and flame through the use of a burner. This "porcelain blowing up technique” shows how the idea of strength and its counter acting forces, can find a balance with experience and sensitivity in such a brittle material.

The pictographical representations of Maria Geszler-Garzulys on thinnest porcelain sheets, are artistic/critical statements. Integrated into a puristic white material, the messages show themselves, minimalistic in colour and cadence, light but strong in their ability to reflect social criticism as well as poetry.

Màrta Nagy places herself at the edge of the feasibility with her porcelain gardens and free objects. Quotations of usability, impressions and memories of the past as well of the future lie quiet in her pieces. The history of things is important in her work.
The aura of the objects looks to establish a dialogue with the observer - the connection to the material components is almost abolished.

Petra Bittl shows her new work - wall slabs. Painted in multilevel discreet layers, combining grey-black slips with Porcelain slips and glazes. The salt fire gives the objects a soft, matt shining firn.

The museum is also showcasing pieces of the well known Japanese artists Harumi Nakashima and Takeshi Yasuda in that exhibition as well some pieces of Arne Aase.

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