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The Will to Proceed to the End of the Possible

Kneebone, Rachel
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Sculpture, soft-paste porcelain with clear glaze, comprises a heavily cracked monumental rectangular plinth surmounted by a writhing mass of modelled and collaged organic forms that are both identifiable (human limbs) and ambiguous fragments that resemble folded pieces of skin, flowers and tendrils, bones and sinews, and other natural forms; covered over much of the surface with a clear glaze, with unglazed surfaces also apparent.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39566

Creation/Production

Kneebone, Rachel
Lives and works in London. MA, Royal College of Art, London, 2004 BA (Hons) Ceramics, UWE Bristol, 1997
Role: Production
Role: Artist
Place: London, England
Period: 2014

Measurements

Height (cm): 70
Width (cm): 57
Depth (cm): 51
Height (in): 27
Width (in): 20
Depth (cm): 22

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Applied Art
  • Ceramics
  • Fine Art
  • Plant
  • Sculpture
  • The Body

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