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The Will to Proceed to the End of the Possible

Kneebone, Rachel

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Rachel Kneebone’s extraordinary sculptures combine the expressive power of porcelain and its fragile nature. The surface is alive with sensuously modelled body parts emerging from torn and twisted porcelain. The cracks left by the artist remind us of the risks involved in firing porcelain and, perhaps, of our own vulnerability as humans.

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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39566

Creation/Production

Kneebone, Rachel
Date: 2014

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. Colwinston & others, 29/5/2015
Purchased with support from The Art Fund, The Colwinston Charitable Trust, The Henry Moore Foundation and The Zabludowicz Foundation

Techniques

Hand-built
Forming
Applied Art
Modelled
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Animals And Plants
  • Applied Art
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Ceramics
  • Fine Art
  • Kneebone, Rachel
  • People
  • Plant
  • Sculpture
  • The Body

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