South African Design, Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 7 - 26 June 2024

Ceramic Art and Glass

Sold for

ZAR 4 690
Lot 70
  • Hannah Massey; Black Sheep
  • Hannah Massey; Black Sheep
  • Hannah Massey; Black Sheep


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690

About this Item

South Africa 1992-
Black Sheep

stamped and dated 2024

natural black stoneware
42cm high, 17cm diameter

Notes

'Clay has a unique, tactile quality that fascinates me—the way it moves and shifts. I love seeing the 'maker's marks' on ceramics, the traces left by hands as they craft each piece. It creates a direct and personal connection with the work, especially with hand building. You can’t help but put yourself into it, in some way.

This collection emerges from a confrontation with vulnerability, as my inner world seeks expression through clay. These biomorphic vessels contain opposing states of mind, representing a tug-of-war between acceptance and rejection, kinship and solitude, disgust and desire—each as fundamental as the other.' - Hannah Massey, 2024

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