Ceramic Figurines by Claire Partington Put a Contemporary Twist on Historical Symbols | Colossal

Posted on January 11, 2022 by agogo22

JANUARY 11, 2022. GRACE EBERT
All images © Claire Partington

Citing traditional portraiture and figurative ceramics, London-based artist Claire Partington(previously) sculpts grand characters with a dose of contemporary wit: Lavishly outfitted women lose their heads to anthropomorphized octopuses, a flip flop-wearing fairy dozes alongside empty beer bottles, and sneakers and a cellphone lie next to “Sleeping Beauty.”[…]

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