The Rots by Anouska Samms

Clink Street Ceramics presents The Rots by Anouska Samms; a public display of ceramics that is free for all to see and is open 24hrs.

Negotiating the languages of ceramics and textiles, The Rots is a display by artist Anouska Samms. Showcasing her signature “Rot” sculptures, distinct modes of making are combined to provoke conversations around mimicry, hapticity as sensorial communication, and deconstructions of flesh. Impressions of her fingers imprint the surface through movements of punching, pinching, scratching and ripping apart. Part hard, part soft sculpture, the sides of each Rot are ‘fractured’ with gaping holes, filled delicately with Samms’ weaving of reclaimed silks from industrial mills, leather and hair. Samms’ handbuilt works are informed by the mechanisms and aesthetics of traditional crafts, yet through her embrace of gesture, new hybrid structures are proposed.

The Clink Street Ceramic display space in Clink Street is one of London's only public art displays dedicated to the exhibition of pottery and ceramics. We present a programme of displays throughout the year that tell many stories of craft and making. A vertical volume which may be conceived as a public room, it is a welcoming and inclusive space that has been designed with collaboration in mind. We show our own work as well as displays by guest artists.

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