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Address & Contact Details

   Ceramics, Maiolica    
   
112 Graham Road
London
E8 1BX
UK
   
Tel: 020 7249 8307
Fax: 020 7249 8307
Email: agalis.manessi@zen.co.uk
Website: broadwayceramics.com/people/Agalis_Manessi/
Contact: Agalis Manessi

About

   
The work lies within the tradition ofmaiolica and celebrates this richhistorical medium through the diverseinfluences ranging from thesophistication of Italian  Istoriato dishesthrough to the simplicity ofhumble folk wares. I strive for a poeticmastery through pictorialrepresentation with a freshness of palettethat belies the difficulty ofthe process. Once dipped in glaze, thefunctional objects: dishes,vases, become like primed canvassesawaiting a subject, a fusion of theobserved and imagined.  Theportrait dishes are softly coiled, theirpainted images built up ofcomposite features observed from friends andcharacters in films andmagazines, garlanded within floral motifs. Thecat vases too areportraits whose gentle humour is offset by thesuggestive poise oftheir condensed forms, camouflaged within thepainted surface.Influenced by characters from painting and literaturethe modelledanimals and figures take on a more animated nature.
   
Price range: £25 - £400
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Commissions

Regular private commissions for commemorative ware.

Private commission for collection of door handles.


Press

2005: Extravaganza, Ceramic Review, March/April, issue 212

1999: The New Maiolica, Mathias Ostermann, publ.A&C Black

1993: Tin Glazed Earthenware, Daphne Carnegie, publ. A&C Black

1983: The Potters Manual, Kenneth Clark, publ. MacDonald

Outlets

Broadway Ceramics website - http://broadwayceramics.com/people/Agalis_Manessi/

 

Piers Feetham Gallery, 475 Fulham Road London SW6 1HL

020 7381 3031

Agalis Manessi