{"title":"Alun Graves","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlun Graves offers insightful explorations into the world of arts and culture, with a particular focus on ceramics and design. His works often combine scholarly research with a keen appreciation for craftsmanship, making them essential reading for enthusiasts and practitioners alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect detailed studies rich in visual context, such as those connected to prestigious institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum. Graves' books celebrate both the history and contemporary practice of creative arts, inviting a deeper understanding of material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"studio-ceramics-victoria-and-albert-museum-by-alun-graves-9780500480892","title":"Studio Ceramics (Victoria and Albert Museum)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA magnificent catalogue of the V\u0026amp;A's collection of twentieth-century and contemporary British ceramics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary ceramicists working in Britain, including Rachel Kneebone, Grayson Perry, and Edmund de Waal, are part of a broader international group of artists experimenting with clay, considering how it intersects and works in dialogue with other art forms and with culture at large. Recent experimentation with the medium owes much to the rapid evolution of ceramics into an expanded field, and to the work of mid- to late 20th-century potters and their reinvention of ceramics as a radical and contemporary art practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pioneering methods and rethinking of form in the work of exponents such as Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, and Alan Caiger-Smith—whose reference points were drawn from East Asia, Africa, the ancient Mediterranean, and the Middle East as much as from their own heritage—continue to influence and inspire contemporary makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his introductory essay, Alun Graves, Senior Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, provides all lovers of ceramics—collectors, practitioners, historians, and those interested in modern and contemporary art and crafts—with the historical context, documenting the medium's shift into an expressive, and sometimes interventionist, art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn extensive visual catalogue, \u003cem\u003eStudio Ceramics\u003c\/em\u003e is the primary reference for 20th-century and contemporary British studio ceramics, and a record of the national collection of British ceramics held at the V\u0026amp;A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428159078636,"sku":"9780500480892","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500480892.jpg?v=1774767100"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/alun-graves.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}