- This volume is the first major publication on the vast varieties of
ceramic histories and practices in India - The result of the 2017
exhibition 'Mutable' at the Piramal Museum of Art, this book archives
the work of hereditary potters, industrial ceramics, studio pottery and
artists who use clay as a medium - Featuring many previously unseen
pictures This volume is the first major publication on the vast
varieties of ceramic histories and practices in India. The result of the
2017 exhibition 'Mutable' at the Piramal Museum of Art, this book
archives the work of hereditary potters, industrial ceramics, studio
pottery and artists who use clay as a medium. Situated within the larger
context of the post-Independence craft revival, this volume pays keen
attention to the trans-national histories of practice through five
sections. The section Shift explores the local and international
lineages of Indian studio pottery. Object discusses the ways in which
clay has been a unique medium of expression for many artists. Utility
considers the development of Indian ceramic industries, through lenses
of economics and class. Form takes as its subject hereditary potters who
negotiate modern-day artistic spaces. Perception focuses on the
low-fired water container and its web of connections with its makers and
users. The very mutability of clay and its shaper and the resulting
dynamism, that produces both tensions and opportunities, are at the
center of this book.
