Vessels or the reclamation of useless
Maud Téphany
[11/07/19 - 31/07/19]
Exhibition View
O Dandy, 2019
Black stoneware
46x24x18cm
Eliot Ressuscitado, 2019
White stoneware
44x30x21 cm
Barbara, 2019
White and brown stoneware
42x25x17cm
O Pavão, 2019
Black stoneware
43x33x19 cm
As Siamesas, 2019
Grey stoneware
27x32x17 cm
As Siamesas, 2019
Grey stoneware
27x32x17 cm
As Siamesas, 2019
Grey stoneware
27x32x17 cm
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
Navis, 2019 (série de 7)
White, black, grey and brown stoneware
Variable dimensions
A Viúva (e as suas lagrimas), 2019
Black stoneware and earthenware
Variable dimensions
A Viúva (e as suas lagrimas), 2019
Black stoneware and earthenware
Variable dimensions
A Viúva (e as suas lagrimas), 2019
Black stoneware and earthenware
Variable dimensions
A Viúva (e as suas lagrimas), 2019
Black stoneware and earthenware
Variable dimensions
7×36=292, 2019
Mixture of white and red earthenware
292x21x21 cm
7×36=292, 2019
Mixture of white and red earthenware
292x21x21 cm
7×36=292, 2019
Mixture of white and red earthenware
292x21x21 cm
The series entitled « VESSELS or the reclamation of useless » reassembles anthropomorphic pieces, produced between 2018 and 2019. Initially inspired by the morphology of amphoras with some typological characteristics such as rim, neck, shoulder or foot.
VESSELS stand as a sculptural ensemble. The choice of stoneware casts a lithic appearance to the pieces, revealing their own nature rather then a utility, one should impose. Hence there’s no artifice, no use of glazing, and little intervention.
VESSELS is a theater of geometric and muted shapes, coexisting in an horizontal background. They draw a landscape of expectation. They bear certain stigmas of manufacture, assembly and repetition. They ultimately take the shape of a forgettable function.
VESSELS abandons its content and thus its function as containers; an organic, soft and colored material spreads along the way. The object is no longer there to “do” but to «re / present».