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Current exhibition program A Secret History of Blue and White ARTISTS: Stephen Benwell, Robin Best, Bronwyn Kemp, Vipoo Srivilasa Gerry Wedd CURATOR: Stephen Bowers, Managing Director, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design A Secret History of Blue and White highlights the diversity and strength of Australian ceramics and positions it within European and Asian ceramic histories. While the reputation of Australian craft has grown steadily in Europe and North America, Asialink acknowledges the importance of sharing these developments within our region. Curator Stephen Bowers has commissioned and selected works by prominent artists including Stephen Benwell, Robin Best, Bronwyn Kemp, Vipoo Srivilasa and Gerry Wedd. Each artist explores the potency of ‘blue and white’ within their practice, acknowledging its historical weight and cultural clichés. Bowers explores the assumptions and ceramic histories associated with ‘blue and white’ from the willow patterns of Europe to the treasured porcelains of China. Bowers also brings into focus the impact of technology and trade, revealing its effect on the development, interpretation and evolution of designs and patterns through to a secret history of the hand made object. This project is a joint project between JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design and Asialink at The University of Melbourne. This project acknowledges with gratitude the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Images of Australia Branch for their role in the development of this project.
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