Odundo

Art review: 'Universal and Sublime: The Vessels of Magdalene Odundo' at High Museum in Atlanta

clockwise from top left 1. Charcoal-Burnished Vessel , 1983, ceramic and pigment, Art Institute of Chicago 2. ...

Maximillian William is proud to present Embodying Anew an exhibition of work by Dame Magdalene Odundo DBE, Simone Leigh and Thaddeus Mosley, three artists who

An artist travels the world studying ancient techniques and translates her knowledge into evocative contemporary works. Magdalene Odundo, OBE, is in residence at The Clay Studio until April, 2017. Artblog contributor, Kitty Caparella interviews the artist, who will speak about her work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Saturday, April 8, 2017.

A major exhibition, The Journey of Things, brings together ceramic artist Magdalene Odundo’s pots with a diverse selection of objects made over the last 5000 years.

Read stories of emerging and established artists, the evolution of their creations, and how the everyday is made extraordinary through craft.

Katy Hessel on Instagram: "In Spring 2022, I went to the legendary ceramicist Magdalene Odundo's (@magdaleneodundo) house to record a podcast where she speaks so passionately, and eloquently, about pots! ✨🏺✨ Listen: ep 82 of the GWA Podcast!! "Ceramics, or pottery, is actually made up of the notion of using a material that is clay water and fire. So it combines all the earth sciences and all via geologies and minerals. That's why pottery has become one of the mediums that has become really…

Magdalene Anyango N. Odundo (British, born Kenya 1950). Symmetrical Reduced Black Narrow-Necked Tall Piece, 1990. Terracotta, 16 x 10 x 10 in. (40.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum

In many traditional African societies, clay pots and vessels are made by women. Shaped by hand, decorated or not, they fulfill mostly domestic needs and are used to collect and keep water or beer, to cook in and to eat from. Because these items are functional household items they fall in that murky