Geneva - Ceramics, the new star of contemporary art. Return of the "handmade"

Tribune des Arts, September 27, 2018, Andrea Machalova

Long neglected, ceramics is gaining acclaim thanks to a new generation of artists who are modernizing the genre.

However, the Gagosian gallery is not the only one to bet on ceramics. Auction houses Christie’s and Phillips are holding their first sale entirely dedicated to the genre next week in London. A random ? Not that much, to hear Johan Nauck-hoff: “Recently, we have observed on the part of our collectors, as on the part of our artists, a desire to turn more towards craftsmanship and the “handmade”. ". It is perhaps a reaction of opposition to the conceptual period which has dominated contemporary art in recent years. »

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