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Serial Dialogue in Fifteen Parts

Martin Smith, 2007

© Martin Smith

This ceramic wall installation in 15 sections adopts the scale of a grand painting. The geometrical structure of the grooves that run across the work reference the patterns of light falling on the walls of Smith's studio, and connect the work intimately to the architectural space where it was created. From a distance its appearance is almost entirely metallic, and it is only on closer inspection that the polished clay surfaces reveal themselves. This work is representative of the increased ambition and widening interests shown by the current generation of practitioners and will eventually be shown in the new Contemporary Ceramics gallery at the V&A.

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Title of artwork, date

Serial Dialogue in Fifteen Parts, 2007

Date supported

2008

Medium and material

Earthenware & platinum leaf

Dimensions

170 x 102 x 6 cm

Grant

10000

Total cost

23564

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