Ceramics: Art and Perception

Breaking Ground

Mansfield Ceramics have been closely following the excitement and hard-work that surrounded the first Indian Ceramics Triennale and remain grateful that they found time to answer some questions from Bernadette Mansfield about this important event. Bernadette Mansfield’s questions were responded to by Anjani Khanna and Vineet Kacker who are both members of the curatorial team of the Triennale.

First up, congratulations on the inaugural Indian Ceramics Triennale. You chose as your theme/title Breaking ground, could you explain why?

The curatorial team wished to encourage work that would break pre-conceived notions about ceramic art practices in India; encouraging projects that were experimental, experiential, that would push the envelope for the artists within their studios, as well as challenge viewers in the way they engaged with this ancient material in a contemporary context. Hence we hoped to

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