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 Erskine, Hall and Coe – contemporary art and ceramics

Shozo Michikawa

Erskine, Hall & Coe is a gallery that displays modern art along with 20th century and contemporary ceramics.

The London gallery is in central Mayfair, off Bond Street, at 15 Royal Arcade. The gallery carries an extensive stock of ceramics, often including works by, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, Jennifer Lee, Gustavo Pérez, Shozo Michikawa and Sara Flynn. It is currently under the directorship of  James Erskine, Matthew Hall and David Coe.

Latest  Exhibition

Sara Flynn

Irish ceramicist/sculptor Sara Flynn’s exquisite and tactile contemporary porcelain sculptural forms are on display from 3rd -25th of October, 2018

Sara Fynn ‘Camber Vessel’

2018

Sara Fynn – ‘Flection Vessel’

2018

Erskine, Hall & Coe Ltd
15 Royal Arcade
28 Old Bond Street
London W1S 4SP

+44 (0) 20 7491 1706
[email protected]
www.erskinehallcoe.com

Past exhibitions 

Lucie Rie

Erskine, Hall & Coe is pleased to present an exhibition of exquisitely thrown works in porcelain, stoneware and earthenware by Lucie Rie (1902-1995) Lucie Rie has a long history at 15 Royal Arcade in London. Her work was first shown here at the opening of Galerie Besson in 1988, and has been regularly exhibited since. For our forthcoming exhibition we are delighted to be showing over thirty works from throughout her lifetime, including the first bowl bought by Galerie Besson. The show will consist of works that span over six decades, from rare pieces made in Vienna in the early 1930’s to beautiful bowls made in Rie’s Albion Mews studio in London in the late 1980’s.

 27 June – 20 July 2018 

Lucie Rie Bowl with Spiral Clays

1960s—stoneware

Lucie Rie- Vase with Flared Lip

1960s

Genta Ishizuka

Kyoto artist Genta Ishizuka’s first European exhibition ‘Membrane’ will be running from the 21st February to 22nd March, 2018, featuring 21 works in urushi lacquer.

“I believe “membrane” is a word that is connected to both my production method that utilizes elastic cloth, as well as the sense of envelopment given by applying the urushi, in the way it covers the whole work like a skin. This word that is used with animals, plants and other organisms also has an affinity with the organic material of urushi, and be a  kind of skin, connoting physicality.”

Genta Ishizuka

Genta Ishizuka

Past exhibitions 

Yasuhisa Kohyama & William Wilkins     ——  An exhibition of ceramics and paintings

This exhibition comprises 28 ceramics by Yasuhisa Kohyama and four paintings of Kohyama’s work by William Wilkins.

8th – 30th November 2017  –  Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 6pm.

Yasuhisa Kohyama anagama fired ceramic sculpture

‘Still Life I, Kohyama Vessels’, 2016—-William Wilkins

Yasuhisa Kohyama

 Claudi Casanovas at the Fitzrovia Chapel

Erskin Hall & Coe are hosting an exhibition of 6 new works by Claudi Casanovas through to 23rd July, 2017

Quart Minvant (Waning Crescent) consists of six new sculptures, which make up the final instalment of ‘The Lunar Cycle’ by Claudi Casanovas. This monumental series began with Lluna Nova (New Moon) in 2013 and included Quart Creixent (Crescent Moon) in 2014. We are delighted to present this exhibition of new work in the historic Fitzrovia Chapel.

Opening hours:

Daily, 11am – 4pm

Please click here for the Fitzrovia Chapel’s location

‘The Lunar Cycle’ by Claudi Casanovas

Past exhibitions 

Seven Japanese Artists

Erskine, Hall & Coe are delighted to present an exhibition of 36 works
by the following Japanese artists:

Yasuhisa Kohyama
Ryoji Koie
Shozo Michikawa
Jihei Murase
Machiko Ogawa
Tatsuzo Shimaoka
Shiro Tsujimura

‘Suemono’ – Yasuhisa Kohyama

2014 – anagama fired stoneware, 17 x 11 x 8 cm

Machiko Ogawa

2015 –  porcelain with silica sand and Feldspar, 11.2 x 26.5 cm

Shiro Tsujimura

Stoneware Vase, 1993

Shozo Michikawa

Natural Ash Sculptural Form, 2013

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Past exhibitions 

Sarah Flynn

Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 6pm.

“Having begun my career producing small-scale functional pots, as my skill and confidence have increased I have moved entirely into making one-off vessels which are purely sculptural in their intent.
Increasingly the main elements feeding the development of the work are Process and Finish; coupled with constant exploration and a deepening understanding of Form and Volume.”

Spine Camber Vessel, 2016

Height 24cm

Gordon Baldwin & Ewen Henderson

Works from the Mike O’Connor Collection

Erskine, Hall & Coe are pleased to present Gordon Baldwin & Ewen Henderson, comprising 30 works by two of the most important and influential 20th century British artists working in clay.

“On the face of it, the two ceramic artists exhibited together here could not be more different. Gordon Baldwin’s sculptural vessels, with their smooth, painterly surfaces, and considered forms, stand perfectly balanced. Although invariably asymmetrical, enquiring, the questions they explore elucidated with patches, pocks, grids and lines, they have a poised authority. Ewen Henderson’s sculptures, by contrast, seem to re-enact the drama of their making. Craggy, rough, your eye dances over their surfaces, drawn from one excitement of texture or colour to another, discovering their formal logic as you move around them. They seem to triumph in accident, just as mountains owe their magnificence to cataclysmic movements beneath the earth’s surface.”

– Emma Crichton-Miller

Ewen Henderson

Developed Sculptural Form, 1984

Gordon Baldwin

Exhibition catalogue here 

International Ceramics

The current exhibition featuring works by twelve artists from six countries, draws to a close on 8th September. The earliest work in the exhibition is a trio of bowls by Lucie Rie, dating back to 1949, and the most recent is from last year by renowned Japanese artist Machiko Ogawa.

Featuring:

Gordon Baldwin,
Claudi Casanovas
Hans Coper
Ruth Duckworth
Ian Godfrey
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Ryoji Koie
Jacqueline Lerat
Magdalene Odundo
Machiko Ogawa
Lucie Rie
Zung-Lung Tsai

Hans Coper Mid-century bowl

Ruth Duckworth

Zung Iung Tsai -‘The Temperature of Tranquility’

2009

Machiko Ogawa  – First European Exhibition

8 June — 3 July,  2016

Machiko Ogawa

“I feel overwhelmed by her tremendous spirit when I look at some of the work that will be shown in London. Delicate jade-color glazes that remain in the bottom of bowls that look like broken shards of ancient earthenware; and that suggest the deposition of memories and time.“

Issey Miyake

Winter Exhibition

4 December 2015 – 28 January 2016

1. Jennifer Lee  2. Hans Vangsø  3. Matt Wedel   4. Shugo Takauchi  5. Yasuhisa Kohyama  6. Sara Flynn  7. Anthony Benjamin  8. Ewen Henderson  9. Tatsuzo Shimaoka  10. Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

An exhibition featuring ceramics by Claudi Casanovas and glass by Bernard Dejonghe, which is open until the 20th of October, 2015 – Monday through Sunday.

Claudi Casanovas

Bernard Dejonghe

‘Avis on a Base’ – Gordon Baldwin

‘Painting in the Form of a Bowl’ – Gordon Baldwin

1988

Matt Wedel 

Born in Palisade, Colorado, USA – Matt Wedel currently lives and works in Athens, Ohio.  He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and then obtained a Master’s degree in Ceramics from California State University.

Matt Wedel

Matt Wedel

YASUHISA KOHYAMA   –  4-27 February 2015

 Anagama fired ceramic sculpture – Yasuhisa Kohyama

Wood fired anagama ceramic sculpture – Yasuhisa Kohyama

Anagama woodfired ceramic vessel – Yasuhisa Kohyama

Anagama contemporary ceramic vessels – Yasuhisa Kohyama

Contemporary Japanese ceramics – Yasuhisa Kohyama

 Sara Flynn

Erskine, Hall & Coe is pleased to announce the opening of our second solo exhibition of new work by Sara Flynn, which will be open from the 5th through the 27th of November. The exhibition will comprise of twenty-seven vessels and bowls, and will highlight Flynn’s movement to new forms and glazes.

 Sara Flynn black vessel

On the surface Erskine, Hall and Coe believe they are hosting an exhibition of mainly black pots but it is really a dance performance expressed through the potter’s hands. No music is needed. The rhythmic sway and lilt of Flynn’s vessels provide the syncopation. – Garth Clark

 White exterior, black interior bowl – Sara Flynn

Sara Flynn – mustard glaze vase

 Contemporary vase – Sara Flynn

 Sara Flynn

“The best of handmade pots are kinetic, they move as the eye explores line and
silhouette and Flynn’s are no exception, indeed great exemplars.”
—Garth Clark, Chief Editor of CFile

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Claudi Casanovas – ‘Quart Creixent’

A solo exhibition of ceramcis and works on paper by Claudi Casanovas.

Claudi Casanovas sculptures

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas exhibition London

A pair of stoneware sculptures

Each pair of works in the ‘Quart Creixent’ group have a unique name which refers to organic and eternal growth and the Myth of Dionysus.  The title ‘Bacant’ relates to Bacchus (Dionysus).

 Claudi Casanovas

Quart Creixent  – Claudi Casanovas

Colin Pearson

Ewen Henderson

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott vessels

James Tower

 Mustard glaze vase by Lucie Rie

Rita Duckworth contemporary art sculpture

Contemporary ceramic vessel – Hans Coper

Jacqueline Lerat Chateau Japonais, 1994

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Ewen Henderson

 Born in Staffordshire in 1934, Ewen Henderson studied painting and sculpture in Cardiff, and later trained in ceramics under Hans Coper and Lucie Rie at the Camberwell School of Art.  Henderson’s work is very closely linked to the landscape which surrounded him, which includes Avebury, Eden Valley in Cumbria, the Rollright Stones in north Oxfordshire, Orkney and Manorbier in Pembrokeshire.  His vessels and tea bowls are hand-built and made of laminated stoneware.

Annie Turner & Hervé Jézéquel  :   Annie Turner is a British ceramic artist from Suffolk, whose art is very closely linked with the river Deben and its surrounding environment where she grew up. Turner’s sculptures are delicate and fragile, yet possess a quality of strength that suggests movements of currents and the tides of the water, changing seasons and the passage of time. Her work communicates with the concepts of Hervé Jézéquel’s pictures. Jézéquel is a French photographer living in Paris, who explores ideas of ruined architecture and landscape in his work. He has travelled to many diverse areas such as Iceland, Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey.

Annie Turner

Annie Turner

Annie Turner Ceramics

Annie Turner ceramics

Annie Turner ceramic art

Hervé Jézéquel

Hervé Jézéquel

Hervé Jézéquel

Hervé Jézéquel

Hervé Jézéquel

James Tower :

James Tower is one of the most distinguished ceramic artists of the 20th century.  His ceramics are unique for their visual effects which suggest that he responds to nature and his environment.  He became an established artist in the 1950’s and has exhibited alongside such artists as Barbara Hepworth and William Scott.  A goal of Tower’s was to achieve a quality in his work that is, in his words – ” perhaps best defined as a sense of completion,  a longing for a serene harmonious whole which contains dynamism and vitality, satisfying our intellectual and spiritual needs.’ — James Tower.

Chest Form, 1982 

James Tower ceramic art

Divided Form – 1982  – James Tower contemporary ceramics

Vessel James Tower

glazed earthenware  1985

Large Bowl,  James Tower

1983

James Tower – Leaf Form ceramic vase

James Tower  – Concave Form

white earthenware  1965

Butterfly Form, – James Tower

1980

‘8 Artistes & la Terre’ 

Claude Champy, Bernard Dejonghe, Philippe Godderidge, Jacqueline Lerat, Michel Muraour, Setsuko Nagasawa, Daniel Pontoreau and Camille Virot.  These artists currently work in France and were first brought together by a book, ‘8 artistes & la terre,’ published by Argile Editions in 2009.  Following in the footsteps of the group’s show at Musée Ariana in Geneva, this exhibition marks the first time these artists have shown together as a group in the UK.

The-Shelters – 2013  – Philipp Godderidge

terracotta and engobes on glazed brick

Bloc noir  – Claude Champy

Bolis, III,-2013  Bernard Dejonghe

Bol,  2013    Camille Virot

Cylindre 2011  – Michel Muraour

72 x 17 cm

Pierre étoilée   – Daniel Pontoreau

stoneware with porcelain; porcelain slip

Sculpture 2008 – Setsuko Nagasawa

stoneware, 42 cm long x 29 cm diameter

Sculpture, circa 1970-75    Jacqueline Lerat  (1920-2009)

Shozo Michikawa

Shozo Michikawa lives and works in Seto, a home to potters for 1,300 years.  His work has been exhibited internationally, including a landmark exhibition in 2005 in Beijing’s Forbidden City.

shozo michikawa sculpture

shozo michikawa

Shozo Michikawa ceramics

Shozo Michikawa

Shozo Michikawa, Japan

Shozo Michikawa teabowl

Jennifer Lee 

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

 

The work of Hans Coper, Ruth Duckworth and Lucie Rie.

Yasuhisa Kohyama

   Gillian Lowndes, 2013

Gillian Lowndes Sculpture

Frank Auerbach

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

Claudi Casanovas

Leon Kossoff

Ruth Duckworth.

R B Kitaj

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

Gwyn Hansen Piggott contemporary ceramics

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

     Claudi Casanovas :

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

Claudi Casanovas

      Rafael Perez ” My way of working is based on my personal “opened eyes” and “looking firstly” point of view. I try to transfer this sensation to my works, and I consider them good when opening the kiln I don’t recognise the pieces as mine and I get surprised. ” ~ Rafael Pérez 2012

Rafael Perez

Rafael Perez

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       Ruth Duckworth   ( 1919 – 2009 ):   Ruth approached clay as a sculptor rather as a potter, and brought an aesthetic rigour to her refined vessel forms, figurative sculptures and installations. She helped shape a new way of thinking about ceramics in the second half of the 20th century, and was the recipient of many awards for her extraordinary contribution to the arts.

Ruth Duckworth – Untitled Porcelain

Ruth Duckworth Wall Mural

      Sara Flynn

Sara Flynn

Sara Flynn  – Pressed Vessel

      Shozo Michikawa :   Shozo Michikawa was born in Hokkaido, the most northern area of Japan. He initially had a career in business but took up evening classes in art where he discovered his talent and passion for pottery. A few years later in the 1970’s, Shozo made the decision to give up his life in business and to focus on creating ceramics. In July 2005, Shozo was given the rare honour as being the first Japanese artist to have a solo exhibition of his art in The Forbidden City in Beijing. He has widely exhibited in Japan and around the world, including the Philippines, Mongolia, France, China, New York and London.

Shozo Michkawa  – Natural Ash Glaze Plate

Tall Natural Ash Glaze Cut Sided Pot

Shozo Michikawa  – Kohiki Sculpture

Shozo Michikawa – Twisted Form 2010

Shozo Shino square pot

   Tim Rowan :

Tim Rowan sculpture

Tim Rowan –  Teabowl  201

Tim Rowan Untitled 2008

  Toru Kaneko :

Toru Kanekou –  Untitled 2008

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 Yasuhisa Kohyama :

Yasuhisa Kohyama  – Bachi 2011

Yasuhisa Kohyama Kaze -2012

       Yasuyuki Oyama :

Yasuyuki Oyama – Obi 2010

Yasuyuki Oyama Untitled 2009

     Anna Vannotti :

Anna Vannotti – Slab 1996

    Catherine Yarrow :

Catherine Yarrow Dish

Catherine Yarrow Tower with Discs

Catherine Yarrow Yoni 1970

     Deirdre  Hawthorne :  

Deirdre  Hawthorne – Impart  2012

Deirdre Hawthorne – Riverbed Group

   Ewen Henderson : For Henderson, “fluxed earth”, as he called clay, was capable of being stretched and teased into complex new forms. His construction methods produced objects with a multiplicity of colour and textures, edges and interior spaces. His mastery of form was based on his insights as a painter, and he always stressed drawing as the key to his three-dimensional achievements. In the late 80s, Henderson’s ceramics became more sculptural, and he largely abandoned the vessel in favour of intricate open structures – often monumental – investigating his interest in intersecting volumes, spaces, edges and contours: a three-dimensional development of Cubism.

Ewen Henderson – Tea Bowl circa 1990

Ewen Henderson – 1992

Ewen Henderson sculpture

 Akire Yagi :

Akire Yagi Twisted Form 2012

      Gordon Crosby :

Gordon Crosby Large Teabowl

     Gustavo Pérez :

Gustavo Pérez Vase Sculpture – 2011

Gustavo-Pérez –Vase Sculpture 2

       Hans Coper :

Hans Coper Cycladic Form On Cylindrical Base

Hans Coper – Large Square Bottle

Hans Coper  – Thistle Form 1975

Gustavo Pérez

    Jennifer Lee :

Jennifer Lee  – Large Open Bowl 1989

     John Ward :

John Ward  – Large Bowl 1980

     Keiishi Tanaka :

Keiishi Tanaka

      Koji Hatakeyama :

Koji Hatakeyama  – Six Faces 2012

Koji Hatakeyamaz  – Eight Faces-2011

     Lucie Rie :

Lucie Rie Green Bowl with Brown

Lucie Rie large Bowl 1984

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