Johannes Nagel: “Vessels, Perhaps” at Gallery FUMI, London
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The ceramic works of Johannes Nagel seem to entertain as jazz does. A stunning and one-of-a-kind exhibition of Nagel’s ceramics is being displayed at Gallery Fumi. The gallery’s London venue is hosting “Vessels, Perhaps” until April 28, 2018.The exhibJohannes Nagel: “Vessels, Perhaps” at Gallery FUMI, London
The ceramic works of Johannes Nagel seem to entertain as jazz does. A stunning and one-of-a-kind exhibition of Nagel’s ceramics is being displayed at Gallery Fumi. The gallery’s London venue is hosting “Vessels, Perhaps” until April 28, 2018.The exhibition features a series of intriguing and unique ceramic works. There is a sense of “provisionality” about the works of ceramicist Johannes Nagel. The audience knows they are finished because they are glazed, fired, and presented, but they allow for continued questioning of the concept of the vessel — what it signifies, what memories of other objects it evokes, and the deep conventions of the ceramic discipline. Nagel has the agility to work in accretive and reductive ways: his vessels may be thrown, built, collaged, or cast in moulds excavated in sand. The vessels of the (New Jazz) Isolator series are like the cores made by a huge auger as it is withdrawn from the ground, bringing with it different textures and gauges of material: the strata of the earth. Here one can see vast, central cylinders, thrown and built, bear blades of clay on their outer surfaces. These are established in a regular distribution, and then variously torn and disrupted. The artist speaks of these works as analogous to jazz: improvised, riffing on a rhythmic form. In groups they play upon each other, while each work has its own compositional integrity.The exhibition will be on view through April 28, 2018 at Gallery FUMI, 2 Hay Hill, Mayfair, London W1J 6AS, UK. For details, visit: https://galleryfumi.com Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. Read more