Contemporary British Studio Ceramics from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection

Brad Cushman Gallery | August 24 – November 7, 2020

Drawn from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, the exhibition Contemporary British Studio Ceramicscontains examples of 20th century studio ceramics. The majority of these works were gifts to the Arkansas Arts Center by Diane and Sanford “Sandy” Besser and range from functional wares—bowls and teapots—to purely sculptural forms. The exhibition illustrates a rich variety of technique and forms represented, ranging from slab-building, hand-building, and wheel throwing, to neriage and nerikomi, traditional Japanese methods using “marbleized” clay and similar to the 17th- and 18th-century “agatewares” of England. There is also a diverse range of finishes represented, from glazed and slip-inlaid to burnished surfaces.

Gallery

David Leach

British (Tokyo, Japan, 1911 – 2005,
Devon, England)
Untitled
1973
glazed porcelain
7 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1989.059.006

Eileen Nisbet

British (London, England, 1929 – 1990,
London England)
White Propeller Form
circa 1984
inlaid and painted porcelain
3 x 13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Purchase, Decorative Arts Museum Fund. 1986.044.003

Ewen Henderson

British (Staffordshire, England, 1934 – 2000,
London, England)
Untitled (Vase)
1972
stoneware, hand-built, ash-glazed
12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1997.021.058

Geoffrey Swindell

British (Stroke-on-Trent, England, 1945 – )
Organic Form 2
circa 1985
glazed porcelain
4 3/4 x 4 in.
Purchase, Decorative Arts Museum Fund. 1986.044.002

Glenys Barton

British (Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1944 – )
Self-Portrait
1980
slip-cast bone china
8 3/4 x 12 x 1 1/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1997.021.043

Gordon Baldwin

British (Lincoln, England, 1932 – )
Untitled
1984
hand-built, incised, painted earthenware
25 x 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Purchase, Stephens Inc. City Trust Grant. 1986.011

Gordon Cooke

British (Timperley, Manchester, England, 1949 – )
Untitled
1985
porcelain, hand-built, slab construction, oxides, stains,
unglazed
7 3/4 x 3 x 3/4 in.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Besser. 1988.049.001

Henry Pim

British (Heathfield, Sussex, England, 1947 – )
Vessel
1983
glazed stoneware
16 3/4 x 10 x 4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1992.003.012

Ian Godfrey

British (Ely, Cambridgeshire, England,
1942 – 1992, London, England)
Moon Disc
1973-1974
stoneware, hand-built, glazed
2 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1991.051.002

Janet Darnell Leach

American / British (Grand Saline, Texas,
1918 – 1997, St. Ives, Cornwall, England)
Vessel
1972-1973
glazed stoneware
8 x 7 x 3 1/2 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1989.059.007

Joanna Constantinidis

British (York, England, 1927 – 2000)
Vessel
1974
glazed porcelain
5 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1997.021.046

Joanna Constantinidis

British (York, England, 1927 – 2000)
Vessel
1985
bronze-glazed porcelain
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1997.021.047

John Clark

Canadian (Newent, Gloustershire, England,
1940 – 2014, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Slump Iron
1996-1998
multiple-fired glazed stoneware
6 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.
Purchase, Tabriz Fund. 1998.042.001

John Ward

British (London, England, 1938 – ) active
Pembrokeshire, 1979 –
Bowl
1985
multiple fired, matt glazed, hand-built,
burnished clay
4 x 14 x 13 3/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1997.021.085

John Ward

British (London, England, 1938 – ) active
Pembrokeshire, 1979 –
Bowl
1985
multiple fired, matt glazed, hand-built,
burnished clay
4 x 14 x 13 3/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1997.021.085

Judith Trim

British (Cambridge, England, 1943 – 2001, London, England)
Untitled
1985
burnished slip decorated clay
20 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1997.021.083

Julian Stair

British (Bristol, England, 1955 – )
Dark Blue Ribbed Pot
circa 1986
slip-decorated porcelain
6 3/4 x 4 x 4 in.
Purchase, Tabriz Fund. 1986.019.002

Julian Stair

British (Bristol, England, 1955 – )
Vase
1985
slip-decorated porcelain
7 x 5 x 5 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1992.003.015

Karl Scheid

German (Lengfeld/Odenwald, Germany,
1929 – 2019, Dudelsheim, Germany)
Bowl
 1985
reduction-fired, celadon glazed porcelain
3 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1991.051.005

Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie

British (Berkshire, England, 1895 – 1985,
Wiltshire, England)
Bowl
1975
glazed stoneware
4 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1991.051.004

Mal Magson

British (1950 – )
Bowl
1980
stoneware, porcelain, hand-built, nerikomi, unglazed
2 5/8 x 6 x 6 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1988.049.005

Maria Stewart

British
Untitled
1985
porcelain, slip-decorated
3 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1997.021.080

Marion Gaunce

British (1945 – )
Untitled
1985
glazed & slip-decorated porcelain
7 3/4 x 6 x 5 15/16 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1997.021.055

Mary White

British (Croesyceliog, Wales, 1926 – )
Teapot
1986
glazed porcelain
10 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1997.021.033

Sutton Taylor

British (Keighley, Yorkshire, 1943 – )
Bowl
1985
lustre glazed earthenware
4 1/2 x 17 x 17 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1992.003.019

Alan Barrett-Danes

British (Rainham, Medway, England, 1935 – 2004,
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales)
Cabbage Villa
1974-1975
lustre-glazed clay
4 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. 1989.059.002

Angus Suttie

British (Tealing, Scotland, 1946 – 1993, London,
England)
Bottle
1985
glazed and slip-decorated whiteware
21 1/2 x 11 x 9 in.
Gift from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
1986.058.002