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

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 a cohort 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] the British Council, London [7] and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan.

She lives and works in South East London.

Career

Work

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. She also received awards from from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and won the Unilever Prize in 1988. In she was a recipient of 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, in addition to regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums,[10] and participated in group shows in Europe, the USA and Japan.

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.[11][12][13] In 2019 she was a joint organiser of Unearthed, a three person exhibition at the House Mill, Three Mills Island, London.[14]

Teaching

Radstone has taught and lectured throughout her career, both in the UK and abroad. She has held positions at Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; Wimbledon School of Art, London; Portsmouth Polytechnic and The University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Since 1994 Radstone has taught on the Ceramics Diploma Course at the City Lit in London. Institutions where she has been a visiting lecturer include New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. [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. ^ "Sara Radstone". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Tophill, Charlie (11 January 2018). "The art to see in York this month – January 2018". York Mix. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  14. ^ "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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