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Porcelain is that most tough and translucent ceramic that yet seems most delicate and fragile. The Contemporary Ceramics Centre’s new exhibition Porcelain3 brings together the work of three relatively young ceramicists who are creating new perceptions of porcelain in their own special ways.
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Though I didn’t know it at the time, I first came across Humphrey Ocean while he was playing bass with Kilburn and the High Roads fronted by Ian Dury. The band was playing second fiddle to The Who at London’s Lyceum ballroom in 1973.
Ocean was then studying, under Dury, at Canterbury Art School and although he says he was a good bass player, he didn’t enjoy the rock business enough to continue with it. Continue reading “Humphrey Ocean – I’ve No Idea Either”
Almost 20 years ago, the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, with strong links to the university, was set up to undertake research and scholarship in understanding relations between three religions – Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Its main aim was, and remains, to encourage tolerance and foster understanding between those of different faiths. Continue reading “Helaine Blumenfeld – Tree of Life: Encounter”
Kettle’s Yard is a gem of an art gallery in the centre of Cambridge. It was founded in 1957 by Jim Ede, a former curator at the Tate in London in the 1920s and ‘30s. He and his wife Helen bought four slum dwellings, knocked them together and filled his living room with a wonderful collection he had amassed that includes works by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Joan Miró, Constantin Bracusi, Alfred Wallis and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Continue reading “Kettle’s Yard – Actions: The Image of the World Can Be Different”
As you step out of London’s North Greenwich tube station under the shadow of the O2 Arena, you will notice a bra, a stiletto shoe and a corset. You can’t miss them. They’re monumental in size and made of steel. Continue reading “Kalliopi Lemos – Bra, Corset and Stiletto Heel”
Considering Art 