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| PROJECT: |
EXHIBITION DESIGN, LONDON |
| CLIENT: |
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS |
| DATES: |
SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1998 |
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We worked with the curators
at the Royal Academy of Arts to design the setting and plan
the installation of this exhibition of Picasso's ceramics.
It was important to have a light touch and to enhance the
spirit of playfulness and experimentation in which the pieces
were created: Picasso made the sculptural pots and plates
during his summer holidays between 1946 and the 1960's and
his studio was the local pottery at Vallauris in the South
of France.
Picasso created them fast and freely and you can clearly
see the way he manipulated and marked the clay . We displayed
the ceramics on concrete plinths which were cast in moulds
and used unfinished to ensure that only the touch of Picasso
was present. The pots were mainly on open display but where
works had to be covered for security reasons, large acrylic
boxes were mechanically fixed over them. The galleries were
predominately lit with daylight, which was boosted with
fluorescent striplights such as you might find in a workshop. |
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