Title

Smash hits of the '80s and '90s: Ceramics from the collection.

Venues

Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) [1]. (26 July 2012 – 20 January 2013)

Date

(2012 – 2013)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Decorative / Design arts.

Abstract

Smash Hits presents wild sculptural ceramics from the 1980s and ‘90s in SAM's collection. In decades marked by rampant consumerism, feminist re-evaluation of traditional women's craft practices and extravagant pop-cultural expression in fashion and music, the ‘80s and ‘90s also produced an explosion of ceramic art in Australia. Characterised by strong use of colour, complex surface design and ambitious sculptural forms, ceramic production in these decades marks a clear departure from the subtle beauty, refined techniques and influence of Japanese aesthetics of the 1970s. With exhibition design by Molly Hibberd and Simon Jeppesen, Smash Hits presents work by Stephen Benwell, Deborah Halpern, Jenny Orchard, Murray Walker and Christopher Sanders and Gerry Wedd, amongst others. [Gallery publicity].