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Described by collector Anthony Shaw as a ''"unique and authentic voice"'', Radstone's work has always pushed against the perceived boundaries of ceramic sculpture. She comes from "...a generation of artists using clay to open up forms of expression rather than the enclosed and centred object". Her distinctive handbuilt structures explore ideas concerned with memory, history and human traces, loss and absence, and attempt to forge a material language to express these themes. Recent work also incorporates paper, paint, cloth and found ephemera, embracing ideas concerning frailty, fragmentation and suppression.


[[File:'Untold' (detail) 2017.jpg|thumb|'Untold' 2017. An installation of 27 elements; paper clay and mixed media.]]
[[File:'Untold' (detail) 2017.jpg|thumb|'Untold' 2017. An installation of 27 elements; paper clay and mixed media.]]

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Sara Radstone (born 1955) is a British ceramic artist and lecturer.[1][2] Her work ranges from intimate wall based sculpture to large scale installations of multiple elements.

'Shroud III' 2017. Detail of wall based sculpture, slip-dipped hessian scrim, paint-stained newsprint

Radstone trained at Herefordshire College of Arts and later at the Camberwell College of Arts,[2] from where she graduated in 1979 as part of class that included Angus Suttie and Henry Pim. Her work is included in numerous public collections both in the UK and overseas, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum,[3][4][5] the Fitzwilliam Museum,[6] and the British Council, London.[7]

She lives and works in South East London.

Career

Work

'Untold' 2017. An installation of 27 elements; paper clay and mixed media.

In 1979 Radstone established her first studio at 401½ Workshops in South London,[8] receiving a grant from the Crafts Council, followed by an award from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Trust. Later awards include from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust, the Unilever Prize and, in 1993, the inaugural Arts Foundation Fellowship. Radstone was a contributor to the conference, Culture and the Unconscious at SOAS, London, and she was a participant at the St. George's House, Windsor Castle, consultation, The Value of Culture and the Crisis of Judgement. In 2020 she delivered the annual Henry Hammond Memorial Lecture.[9]

Exhibitions

Radstone has exhibited nationally and internationally over 40 years. As well as regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums.[10][11]

A major retrospective exhibition of her career, titled More than Words, was held in 2017-18 at the York Art Gallery's Centre of Ceramic Art.[12][13][14] In 2019 she was a joint organiser of Unearthed, a three person exhibition at the House Mill, Three Mills Island, London.[15]

Teaching

Radstone has taught and lectured throughout her career, both in the UK and abroad.[10] These positions have included at Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; Wimbledon School of Art, London; Portsmouth Polytechnic. Since 1994 Radstone has taught on the Ceramics Diploma Course at the City Lit in London.[9]

Writing

  • Catalogue essay for 79/97, An Lanntair and tour;
  • 'An Exemplary Artist', catalogue essay for Angus Suttie 1946-1993, published by Contemporary Applied Arts 1994;
  • Obituary: Angus Suttie, Crafts, September/October 1993;
  • 'Builders of Dreams', Crafts, March/April 1987;
  • Review, Crafts, May/June 1986;
  • 'The Whole Works', essay for Angus Suttie exhibition catalogue, Anatol Orient 1985.

References

  1. ^ "Sara Radstone (1955–)". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b David Whiting. "Sara Radstone". The Anthony Shaw Collection. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Nushu | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ^ "Vase | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. ^ "Vessel | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ^ "Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)". Collections: Objects and Artworks. Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. ^ "Sara Radstone (1955 – )". British Council. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  8. ^ Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. British Studio Potters' Marks. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4081-9036-4
  9. ^ a b "Current Programme Harry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone". Crafts Study Centre. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference YAG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Sara Radstone". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  12. ^ Richard Moss (11 January 2018). "More than Words: Mining the depths of the interior clay void with Sara Radstone". Museum Crush. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  13. ^ Hutchinson, Charles (5 January 2018). "Why ceramics mean more than words to artist Sara Radstone in York Art Gallery retrospective". York Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  14. ^ Tophill, Charlie (11 January 2018). "The art to see in York this month – January 2018". York Mix. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Unearthed". Ceramic Review, Issue 306, November/December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020

Bibliography

  • Leaves of Clay, Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb 2015;
  • Review, Ceramic Review, March/April 2005;
  • Review, Ceramics in Society, Summer 2002;
  • Review, Crafts, May/June 2002 (page 51);
  • Review, Ceramic Review, May/June 2002 (page 59);
  • Review, Crafts, May/June 1999 (page 61);
  • Profile and review, Studio Pottery, August/September 1997;
  • Pandora's Box (catalogue), Crafts Council 1995;
  • The Raw and the Cooked (catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1993;
  • 'Acquisitive Artists', Arts Review, December/January 1993;
  • Review, Arts Review, February 1990;
  • Review by Tanya Harrod, Crafts, May/June 1990 (page 53);
  • Article, Monthly Crafts (Korea), October 1990;
  • Review by Jane Hamlyn, Crafts, March/April 1989;
  • Review by Graham Hughes, Arts Review, February 1988;
  • Review by Alison Britton, Crafts, May/June 1988 (page 49);
  • 'Radstone Wins at Portobello', Crafts, July/August 1988 (page 8);
  • Review by Emmanuel Cooper, Crafts, January/February 1987;
  • Profile by Angus Suttie, Ceramic Review, July/August 1986 (page 22);
  • Review by Alison Britton, Crafts, September/October 1986;
  • 'British Ceramics in Czechoslovakia', Milena Lamarova, American Craft, February/March 1985;
  • Review, Ceramics Monthly (USA), January 1984;
  • Profile by Richard Deacon, Crafts, May/June 1983 (page 26);
  • Review by Griselda Gilroy, Crafts, July/August 1981.
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