Cecile Johnson Soliz

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‘Private View’ Exhibition

‘Private View’ exhibition, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle 1996
Curated by Penelope Curtis and Veit Gorner

‘Seeing and using the objects of various cultures has always fascinated me, especially experiencing them in situ: in a private collection, domestic setting, a roadside, in market places: using a palm leaf as a plate (Timbuktu, Mali) or a piece of newsprint as a container for fish and chips (England), having my photo taken by a photographer who used a wall papered box as a camera with a bottle-lid as a lens cap (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), being shown an extraordinary collection of miniature tea sets and pitchers which almost lined an entire living-room (Essex, England), being warming by a Renaissance stufa or picking up a Greek vase to find it practically weightless (Trento, Italy). Experiencing objects first hand is different from appreciating them in museums.’

Cecile Johnson Soliz

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Writing & Publications

  • ‘Private View’ Exhibition
  • Alta Temperatura
  • Art Ambulance
  • Clay, Tools and Tooling
  • Craft
  • Floorr Magazine: Issue 22
  • In the Midst of Things
  • Northern Devon Ceramic Events
  • Objects for the Ideal Home
  • Pop Art
  • Private View
  • Regarding the Function of Objects
  • Restor’d to Life – Penelope Curtis, 2002
  • Skyline
  • Still Life
  • Strata
  • Subject: Object
  • The Journal of Modern Craft
  • Things We Lost in the Fire
  • Twist
  • We Have the Mirrors, We Have the Plans
  • ‘Black Teapot’ & ‘Light Shelf’ – conversation with Deborah Basckin

Contact

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