COOKEDAndrei DavidoffDawn VachonGrace BrownKenny PittockMadeline Thornton-SmithMechelle BounpraseuthSusan RobeyTai Snaith

2 August 19 August

LAMINGTON DRIVE

Lamington Drive is pleased to present Cooked – a group show of contemporary ceramics that challenge the distinction between function and sculpture. Curated in collaboration with artist Jane Sawyer, director of Slow Clay Centre.

Cooked brings together 8 contemporary artists producing ceramic objects with an illustrative, graphic style. The works range from small scale structures with finely rendered graphic detail, layered assemblages and wall-based reliefs to painterly large-scale vessels and humorous reproductions of utilitarian objects. Along with their ceramic practice, a number of the artists pursue other artistic disciplines – writing, drawing, painting, collage, architecture and sculpture – which further informs their work. Many of the pieces incorporate some aspect of cross-media experimentation which sees foreign elements and materials like glass beads, wood or paper being incorporated in the pieces.

Featuring:Andrei Davidoff, Dawn Vachon, Grace Brown, Kenny Pittock, Madeleine Thornton-Smith, Mechelle Bounpraseuth, Susan Robey and Tai Snaith

Contact:info@lamingtondrive.com

Gallery Hours:Wednesday–Friday 11–6 Saturday 12–5

Catalogue design:Hope Lumsden-Barry

LAMINGTON DRIVE

2 August 19 August

Poo Bags, 2017Glazed earthenware,100mm x 185mm $250 (each)

Supremo Ashtray, 2017, Glazed earthenware, 300mm x 95mm$490

Deluxe Model Ashtray, 2017Glazed earthenware,500mm x 60mm$300

Yeo’s Crysanthamum Tea 2017, Glazed Earthenware400mm x 60mm$350

Built in Ashtray, 2017, Glazed earthenware, 100mm x 100mm $300

Extra Wrapper and Gum, 2017, 45mm x 20mmGlazed earthenware,$100

Works by Mechelle Bounpraseuth,Left to right, row by row.

TopDawn VachonFascinator, 2017Ceramic materials, blue tac 330mm x 150mm x 140mm $600

BottomDawn VachonBow Tie, 2017Ceramic materials, blue tac 230mm x 120mm x 90mm $600

TopGrace BrownUntitled 1, 2017White Raku200mm x 230mm $350

BottomGrace BrownUntitled 2, 2017White Raku200mm x 265mm $270

Kenny Pittock Every hotdog has its day, 2017Ceramic sculptures, photos, small paintings and writing directly onto the wall.Dimensions variableNFS

Tai SnaithCaviar, 2017Glazed Porcelain with glass beads180mm x 270mm POA

Tai SnaithTomatoes, 2017Glazed Porcelain160mm x 220mm$900

Tai SnaithSweet and Condensed (dream state), 2017 Glazed Porcelain180mm x 260mm$900

Tai SnaithCake, 2017Glazed earthenware, glass marbles, wooden base 210mm x 150mm $900

Tai SnaithAvocados, 2017Glazed Porcelain190mm x 290mm $1500

Tai SnaithHubba Boundaries, 2017. Earthenware, watercolour, pine130mm x 220mm$500

Susan RobeyMINER BLACK, 2015Handbuilt ceramic paperclay with coloured engobe, fired to 1220°C120mm x 110mm x 190mm $900

Susan RobeyMINER WHITE, 2015Handbuilt ceramic paperclay, fired to 1220°C110mm x 105mm x 195mm $900

BottomAndrei Davidoffflowers, teeth & ticks, 2017Ceramic, stoneware glaze, earthenware glaze, glass, decals, gold lustre. Multiple firings400mm x 420mm $1250

TopAndrei Davidoffthey call me a pottery seller, I like to see lots of pots being broken, 2017Ceramic, stoneware glaze, earthenware glaze, glass, decals, gold lustre. Multiple firings 450mm x 430mm $1540

Works by Madeleine Thornton-Smith

1. Pedestal, 2017 | Blue-green glaze on brown clay vase | 230 x 240 x 290 mm | $1600

2. Blue brushstrokes, 2017 | Earthenware underglaze painted slab, brown and white clay vessel with white dry glaze and transparent blue glaze on wooden ware board. With – acrylic on cardboard, air dry clay frame, stoneware white clay frame with rutile glaze | 298mm x 247mm x 60mm | $240

3. Vase, 2017Earthenware vessel on wooden ware board300mm x 300mm x 110mm | $140

4. Right angles, 2017 | Wooden painting panel, painted canvas, stoneware dry glazed vessel, stoneware frame on wooden ware board | 300mm x 300mm x 95mm | $220

5. Framing, 2017 | Blue stained papier mâché, cardboard frame, textured stoneware centre, stoneware glazed shelf on wooden ware board 300mm x 300mm x 130mm | $220

6. Shelving, 2017 | Earthenware underglaze painted shelf and vessel, stoneware panel with blue glaze and dry glaze on white clay on linen, 300mm x 400mm x 110mm | $250

7. Blobs, 2017 | Blue slip slab with clear glaze, earthenware white and blue clay on linen 295mm x 240mm x 40mm | $160

8. Shapes, 2017 | Painted canvas in earthenware vessel, stoneware white glazed slab, papier mâché ball on wooden ware board | 300mm x 300mm x 150mm | $220

9. Painting, 2017 | Blue and white glaze painted on reduction fired white clay on wooden ware board | 300 x 300 mm | $160

10. Image, 2017 | White clay stoneware frame with rutile glaze | 160 x 120 mm | $45

11. Box Frame, 2017 | White clay stoneware frame with rutile glaze, pale blue-green glazed stoneware panel128 x 199 x 30 mm | $170

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Radical Sweetness Tai Snaith

Immediately after school she ran down the side lane, climbed over the shoulder- high brick wall, and quickly found the spot. Sitting on the wooden packing crate she took off her backpack and reached into the nearby shrub to retrieve her hidden gear.

A silver spoon, a Tupperware container filled with series of var-ious sized zip lock bags. Then there was the tin. It was a giant, bulk-sized affair, like you get from Costco, with the lid having been peeled back and pushed back down again many times.

She closed her eyes and could see the white letters on red flag below the image of two old fashioned flowers burnt into her after vision; ‘Carnation Sweetend Condensed Milk.’ First she took a handful of marshmallows from one of the bags and stuffed both white and pink into her mouth at once. Then she scooped the spoon deep into the sticky mass inside the tin, the unusual viscosity, neither solid nor liquid, delighted her.

When it reached her lips, just as the last of the marshmal-lows were melting down her throat, she closed her eyes again, savoring the moment. As the creamy substance pooled around tongue and the metal spoon clinked on her teeth, her brain changed channels, entering a new dream state induced by the hit.

A slender pair of pastel pink, stockinged legs- balancing on point- on a smooth white block. Spinning, faster and faster until the soft sound of pink jiffies on marble builds to a deafening crescendo.

Her phone alarm chimed, reminding her it was time to get home before they noticed she was missing. She shoved the bags back into the Tupperware and clicked it shut, but not before quickly unwrapping a square of Hubba Bubba in a nimble manner reminiscent of the great Violet Beauregarde. She popped it into her mouth and grabbed her backpack, thinking about the spot she would stick it on the neighbors fence, post-chew.

Works:

Hubba Boundaries, 2017.Earthenware, watercolour, pine.

Sweet and Condensed (dream state), 2017.Glazed Porcelain.

HUNGRYTai Snaith

It wasn’t until she was put on the colorless diet that she realised how important colour was to her decision making of how and what she consumed.

At first she thought it might be fun, like only wearing white clothes for a week, an aesthetic gourmet challenge. In reality, the monotonous torture of only eating beige food was soon apparent, whichever way she looked at it. Eggs and cheese for breakfast (the brightest part of the day). Dry white rice, boiled chicken, baked white fish. Only ever weak tea, like dishwater. Her single ray of hope was a permissible sprinkle of salt and pepper- her taste bud’s condiments of savior.

She woke every morning from dreams of verdant avocados falling apart at the stone and cherry tomatoes so bright and tight that they looked as if they were about to explode. As the truth of her reality dawned on her, her beady eyes darted around until they settled on the mark on the wall. At that moment her mind became set- as if the countless, putrid thoughts like fistfuls of caviar, which had been, sloshing around only moments earlier, finally descended into stillness. She reached for the forbidden slice of cake, which had been sitting under its veil of foggy Glad wrap in the refrigerator all week, and without hesitation she devoured it completely.

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Works:

Tomatoes, 2017Glazed Porcelain

Avocados, 2017Glazed Porcelain

Cake, 2017Glazed earthenware and glass marbles, wooden base

Caviar, 2017Glazed Porcelain with glass beads