Gareth Mason Tank
Price on request
Unique
2023
Porcelain, Stoneware, Slate, Glazes, Slips, Oxides, Lustre
50.5 x 32.5 x 17 cm
19.9 x 12.8 x 6.7 in
Tank is a manifesto of Gareth Mason’s core belief: the pot is as powerful as any other form of human expression, comparable to cinema, opera, or poetry. Its objective presence at the centre of human civilisations, and its myriad variations, stand the pot on hallowed ground. Tank looks closely at what a pot can be. From a central cylindrical element, conventionally thrown on a potter’s wheel, Mason extends muscular stoneware ‘arms’ outwards, a dramatic divergence from conventional ceramic language. This departure climaxes in a raw shard of slate protruding from one extremity.
Artist
Gareth Mason
British ceramicist Gareth Mason has been working with clay for over thirty-five years, developing a distinctive practice that challenges conventional approaches to porcelain and ceramic art. Based in Hampshire, England, Mason creates works that incorporate foreign objects into clay, disrupting the medium’s traditional boundaries while exploring its transformative possibilities.
