In conventional ceramics exhibitions, the works featured usually consist of highly finished artworks, appropriately built, glazed and displayed as the culminating highpoint of a meticulous and careful process. They perch on pedestals ready to be sold and brought home as art objects, showcased in protective cases for posterity. In this exhibition, the tables are turned with the focus being re-oriented on the transformative and active reality of a process-based practice. This act and knowledge of the making, passed on from generation to generation, speaks of humanity’s technological advancements through the ages and of the human relationships and trials that made them possible. Through the hands of Ahmad, Huey Min, Nelson, Thomas and Todd, the seemingly impossible, the transmutation of earth into forms, slip into seeds, wire into pillars, tradition into innovation, and detritus into art takes place.

Artists and Curators: Ahmad Abu Bakar, Todd Tok, Thomas Cheong, Nelson Lim, Teo Huey Min, Twardzik Ching Chor Leng

Image courtesy of Teo Huey Min