Podcast

Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Design
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The Object Factory is a contemporary exhibit that shows the inspiration being shared between artists, designers and manufactures. The exhibit was created by guest curator Marek Cecula, a noted ceramic artist, designer and educator. Cecula’s work can be found in museum collections around the world including the Smithsonian and the American Craft Museum. In this podcast, Cecula explains the evolution of the exhibition, and how technology has effected changes in how we are using ceramic material.

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Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Design
THE CENTRAL OBJECT OF THE EXHIBITION

Curator Marek Cecula discusses the importance of the central object of the exhibition, a chandelier called Porca Miseria. Created by German artist Ingo Maurer in 1994, this chandelier is comprised of porcelain and metal.

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Photo: Tom Vack

Man-Eating Tiger: And other Staffordshire Figures from the Rosalie and Isadore Sharp Collection
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Man-Eating Tiger is a private collection owned by Toronto hoteliers Isadore and Rosalie Sharp. In the recording, curator John Sandon talks about the importance and intrigue of the Sharps' collection of 19th-century English figures.

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Man-Eating Tiger: And other Staffordshire Figures from the Rosalie and Isadore Sharp Collection
GREAT TALES

Sandon tell the story that inspired "the man-eating tiger", Death of Munro (c. 1827-35), and the how some of these figures were sold as souvenirs at 19th-century British menageries.

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Man-Eating Tiger: And other Staffordshire Figures from the Rosalie and Isadore Sharp Collection
ETHICS AND MORALS

The three-piece Staffordshire spill vase series depicting a drunken couple’s brawl has much to say about Britain’s Temperance movement. Sandon discusses these figures in the context of England’s struggle against domestic abuse.

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Clay Portraits: Gertraud Möhwald
MÖHWALD THE ARTIST

Susan Jefferies, Curator of Clay Portraits: Gertraud Möhwald, discusses the life and influence of German artist Gertraud Möhwald.

Introduction by Alexandra Montgomery, Executive Director of the Gardiner Museum.

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Clay Portraits: Gertraud Möhwald
MALE TORSO

Curator Susan Jefferies discusses Möhwald's Male Torso

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Clay Portraits: Gertraud Möhwald
HEAD WITH WIRE CURL

Curator Susan Jefferies discusses Möhwald's Head With Wire Curl. Made in 2000, today this sculpture is part of the private collection of Renate and Bernd Wunderle in Munich, Germany.

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Female with Dreadlock
Photo by George Meister Courtesy of Galerie b15

Clay Portraits: Gertraud Möhwald
CURATING CLAY PORTRAITS

A behind-the-scenes peek from the perspective of the exhibition’s Curator Susan Jefferies.

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