Artist
Edmund de Waal
Britain
Porcelain and silence. Objects holding memory.
He makes thousands of small white pots—and arranges them to hold the weight of history.
Edmund de Waal throws small porcelain vessels and arranges them in installations that fill vitrines, line walls, occupy entire rooms. The pots themselves are quiet, almost self-effacing. But in accumulation, they become powerful. His memoir 'The Hare with Amber Eyes' traces his family's history through a collection of Japanese netsuke. His installations often respond to specific sites, placing contemporary vessels in dialogue with centuries of collected things.
How might your pots carry memory?