Carolein Smit Ceramics

Victoria and albert museum london uk grassi museum leipzig germany drents museum assen.

Carolein smit ceramics. In the early 1990s she received three scholarships from the foundation for contemporary arts design and architecture in amsterdam and in 1993 was honourably mentioned for the prix de rome. Having no original training as a ceramicist smit works outside the boundaries imposed on the field by traditional ceramics training. Solo exhibition at the victoria albert museum. In her ceramic sculptures carolein smit 1960 amersfoort satirically plays with that unknown turning point when beauty turns over in exuberance hate in love alienation in elucidation and unresolved emotions in over active sentiment.

In 2018 smit made three large solo exhibitions in major museums in europe namely myth and mortality the fairytale world of carolein smit v a london. Her sculptures form part of the victoria and albert museum in london the asante collection in. A feature on carolein smit by colin martin in issue 292 of ceramic review. About carolein it is not very difficult to like my work.

Often her sculptures. People love that kind of refinement it can bring back memories of precious. Smit was born on 22 october 1960 in amersfoort she was educated at the akv st. See the article online here.

Amersfoort the netherlands 22 10 1960. Joost in breda from 1979 to 1984 studying graphics and lithography. Curriculum vitae carolein smit lives in. Fad recommends carolein smit and ray caesar considering art review of carolein smit and ray caesar carolein smit.

Carolein smit carolein smit is an internationally renowned ceramic artist who currently lives in belgium. Carolein smit born 1960 is a dutch ceramic art sculptor whose work often includes animals or skeletons. Smit is known for figurative enigmatic sculptures depicting ceramic. Feature in ceramic review.

Solo exhibition at the grassi museum leipzig. And l amour fou grassi museum leipzig. Carolein smit 1960 is a sculptor that would certainly be accepted and highly appreciated by her fellow artists of the 17th century. Possible compositions with white ceramic reliefs.

Her works fit in perfectly within the morbid and death referring themes of baroque nearly breathing out the latin phrase memento mori. Smit borrows themes from classic mythology and biblical tales such as greed power and impotence vanity perishableness and death. Everything shines and glitters is adorable and the details of eyes tongues noses and ears are endearing.