Sara Radstone
Sara Radstone (born 1955) is a British ceramic artist and lecturer.[1][2] Her work ranges from wall based sculpture to large scale installations of multiple elements.
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 the Victoria and Albert Museum,[3][4][5] the Fitzwilliam Museum,[6] the British Council, [7] the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[8]
She lives and works in South East London.
Career
Work
In 1979 Radstone established her first studio at 401½ Workshops in South London,[9] receiving a grant from the Crafts Council, followed by an award from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Trust. She also received awards from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and won the Unilever Prize in 1988. In 1993 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.[10]
Exhibitions
In addition to regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums,[11] and participated in group shows in Europe, the USA and Japan.
A 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 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. [10]
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.
Publications
Sara Radstone: More than Words, The Anthony Shaw Collection 2018; a limited edition of this book (print run of 50) includes a unique and specially commissioned work on paper by the artist. Richard Stubbs, Conversation Pieces 2014; Phil Sayer, Studio, Ruthin Craft Centre 2012; David Whiting, Modern British Potters and their studios, A&C Black 2010; Michael Hardy, Coiling, A&C Black 2006; Jane Perryman, Naked Clay, A&C Black 2005; Cyril Frankel, Modern Pots, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and their Contemporaries, the Lisa Sainsbury Collection, UEA 2001; Jo Lauria, Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000, LACMA/Rizzoli 2000; Edmund de Waal, Design Sourcebook: Pottery and Ceramics, New Holland 1999; Richard Zakin, Ceramics - Mastering the Craft, Krause Publishing 2000; Betty Blandino, Coiled Pottery, (reprint, update), A&C Black 1996; Garth Clark, The Potter's Art, Abbeville Press 1992; Oliver Watson, British Studio Pottery, V&A/Phaidon/Christies 1990; Paul Rice and Christopher Gowing, British Studio Ceramics, Barrie and Jenkins 1989; Betty Blandino, Coiled Pottery, A&C Black 1984
References
- ^ "Sara Radstone (1955–)". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ a b David Whiting. "Sara Radstone". The Anthony Shaw Collection. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Nushu | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Vase | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Vessel | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)". Collections: Objects and Artworks. Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Sara Radstone (1955 – )". British Council. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Untitled, Sara Radstone (England, born 1955)| LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. British Studio Potters' Marks. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4081-9036-4
- ^ a b "Current Programme Harry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone". Crafts Study Centre. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Sara Radstone". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tophill, Charlie (11 January 2018). "The art to see in York this month – January 2018". York Mix. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "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.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British women artists
- 21st-century British women artists
- Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts
- Artists from London
- 20th-century ceramists
- 21st-century ceramists
- British ceramists
- British women ceramists
- Academics of Wimbledon College of Arts
- Academics of Camberwell College of Arts