Tommaso Corvi-Mora is thrilled to present an exhibition of new works by English artist Matthew Warner, his first at the gallery. Matthew Warner belonged to the final year of Camberwell College’s ceramics degree, historically one of the main University-level degrees of this kind in the UK. Perhaps this connection to a long line of artists working with clay convinced him even more of the currency and importance of old forms and their potential new meanings. Warner is primarily interested in the social history of clay and in how vessels have been markers of taste, class and cultural history for millennia....
Tommaso Corvi-Mora is thrilled to present an exhibition of new works by English artist Matthew Warner, his first at the gallery.
Matthew Warner belonged to the final year of Camberwell College’s ceramics degree, historically one of the main University-level degrees of this kind in the UK. Perhaps this connection to a long line of artists working with clay convinced him even more of the currency and importance of old forms and their potential new meanings.
Warner is primarily interested in the social history of clay and in how vessels have been markers of taste, class and cultural history for millennia. For his practice he has adopted variations of classical Greek, neoclassical Wedgwood and export Chinese pottery forms, arranged together and grouped to echo 17th, 18th and 19th Century displays. Within the context of a contemporary art gallery, Warner’s work resonates even further, addressing collectorship, commerce and communication
