Aliki Papadimitriou from Greece and Corwyn Lund from Canada are new fellows at the Keramikkünstlerhaus! As part of the °Ceramic Artist Exchange – Tandem Program, they will be living and working together at the Keramikkünstlerhaus from April 1 to May 20.
During their stay, there will be the opportunity to meet the artists in person:
On Saturday, April 18, the Keramikkünstlerhaus will open its doors from 10 AM to 5 PM for an “Open Studio.” Here, you can observe the artists at work, engage in conversation with them, and -weather permitting- enjoy a coffee in our garden.
At the Showing on Tuesday, April 21 at 6 PM, Aliki Papadimitriou and Corwyn Lund will offer engaging insights into their artistic practice using a projector.
A ceramics workshop for children aged eight and up will be offered on Saturday, May 2. Participation is possible with prior registration via email.
To conclude the residency, an exhibition of the works created during the stay will open on Wednesday, May 13. As part of the opening, the artists will share insights into their working process and their experiences during the residency in an Artist Talk.
A brief insight into the work of the new fellows:
Aliki Papadimitriou (Greece)
Aliki Papadimitriou (Greece) creates a group of modular sculptures at the Keramikkünstlerhaus. By variably assembling the modules, ever new sculptural constellations emerge. The starting point of her work is the immediate tactile potential of unglazed ceramics. She explores, with a sense of tension, the relationship between clay and other materials. The forms are drawn from the artist’s sketchbooks—an archive of industrial-looking objects, biomorphic structures, and animal-inspired motifs.
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Corwyn Lund (Canada)
Corwyn Lund (Canada) develops a series of cast ceramic sculptures during his residency. The starting point is iconic automobile body shapes. Reduced to toy-like models, the vehicles are coated with a thick, glossy layer of glaze. Details blur, and the sculptures mutate into aerodynamic bodies reminiscent of cheap vacuum-formed plastic packaging. The work parodies the car as an ecologically questionable extravagance and critically questions the enduring fetish of automobile culture.