Clink Street Ceramics presents: ARTEFACTS by Valerie McLean

Clink Street Ceramics presents: ARTEFACTS by Valerie McLean
10th January - 13th March 2024

Clink Street Ceramics presents a public display of ceramics by Valerie McLean. The display is free for all to see from Clink Street (London SE1) and is open 24hrs a day.

‘Artefacts’ exhibits a range of architectural ceramics including a large terracotta totem, built especially for this display, together with a horizontal totem, and two sculptures. Valerie McLean’s work is inspired by the Mediterranean landscapes of her childhood: stone villages, crumbling castles, medieval churches and archaeological sites. She is fascinated by the lives witnessed by these old walls, the stories sometimes left untold, sometimes pieced back together from fragments. Through her work, Valerie examines questions about identity, searching for roots and connections, looking at surfaces and finding hidden structures.

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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