James Duck
MA work
MA work
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Mendax, James Duck 2016
Porcelain
Photographer: Dominic Tschudin
Mendax
What does it mean to make something real. To make honest objects.
I’d like to think of myself as a humble potter; but I’m not. For a humble potter doesn't acknowledge the importance of what they do. They make honest pots. And I don't.Â
I make artwork. And I make tableware. And I make pots. But they all attempt to accomplish the same philosophical goals. These objects: considered, functional, Scandinavian-Oriental objects are faux-honesty. They embrace their making. Their imperfect nature. But do so with hidden intentions; with ideological intentions.
I make honest pots, dishonestly achieving honest goals.Â
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Ceramics & Glass, 2016
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Contact
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+44 (0)7545 189372
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I make things. Often clay things.
My practice occupies a space in and between conceptual art, craft, design and sculpture. I make various objects. Some functional. Some expressive. Some conceptual. But all the objects I make come from, and in one way or another, play a role in a larger ideological agenda.Â
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Degrees
- BA Fine and Applied Art and Digital Media, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2014
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Exhibitions
- FRESH, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke on Trent, UK, 2015; Ceramic Art London, London, UK, 2015; =?function, Hockney Gallery, London, UK, 2015; Art Degree Show, Kaleidoscope, Sevenoaks, UK, 2014; Transition, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury, UK, 2014; Curio, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury, UK, 2014
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Awards
- The Dave Yarrow award for technical and creative achievement in ceramics, 2014
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Publications
- Teleri Lloyd-Jones, Old Meets New at ceramics Biennial, Crafts Issue no.257, 2015 - Stuart Carey, A question of Value, Ceramic Review, Issue 278, 2016