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Claire Partington’s stunning monograph, beautiful ceramic art presented by KochxBos Publishers, is an essential addition to any art collection. Spanning 220 pages of lavish photography.

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A Must-Have for Every Ceramic Art Enthusiast! Claire Partington’s stunning monograph, beautifully presented by KochxBos, Amsterdam, is an essential addition to any art collection. Spanning 220 pages of lavish photography, the book highlights selected works from 2011 to 2021, offering a captivating glimpse into the world of one of the most unique ceramic artists of our time. With personal insight from Partington herself, along with contributions by Danielle Thom (Curator, Museum of London), Amy Orrock (Senior Curator, Compton Verney), and Michael Czerwinski, this monograph not only explores her techniques but also uncovers the fascinating concepts behind each piece. The book is exquisitely designed, with pink-edged pages and UV-gloss details on the hardback cover, echoing the glaze finish of ‘The Bachelorette’ — a contemporary fairy figure, passed out from a night of indulgence. Claire Partington's figures inhabit an uncanny world, strange yet familiar to us, where silken Renaissance courtiers and goddesses in Primark leggings live out the fairy tales of Perrault and d'Aulnoy. A world in which the human body mutates, expands and contracts beyond its limits, allowing the outer self to reveal fundamental truths from within. Partington's ceramic world is a darkly playful rewriting of art history, in which conventional iconography is upended - and with it, conventional power structures. Claire Partington’s monograph is not to be missed!

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Claire Partington’s art has been shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London UK, she had a major museum installation at the Seattle Art Museum in USA and collaborate with The National Gallery in London UK. She also won the Grant 1st prize in 2018 of the Virginia Groot Foundation. Her work is in private collections worldwide including the Reydan Weiss Collection and 21C Museum. Partington’s work generally deals with narrative, symbolism, gender and status. Her interest lies in symbols and how people use them to identify with certain social groups. Her work also deals with the long European tradition of appropriation and reinterpretation of design styles, fashions and cultures.

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CLAIRE PARTINGTON 10 Intersectional Feminism and interchangeable heads By Danielle Thom TAKING TEA 30 Seattle Art Museum installation INTERVIEW 44 Michael Czerwinski and Claire Partington in conversation STUDIO VISIT 61 Photography by Matt Watts THE PANDEMIC 68 Plague and Protest THE HUNTING PARTY 80 CRANACH’S MODEL 96 Venus, Lilith and Roxy Music CRANACH: ARTIST AND INNOVATOR 106 By Amy Orrock THE SACRED AND PROFANE 112 A SHORT HISTORY OF LONDON 148 CAUTIONARY TALES 178 A TREASURY 214 Selected small works and editions ABOUT 220

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