The Ceramicist Iona Palau asserts the beauty of imperfection with an exposure to Terracotta Museum of the Bisbal d’Empordà. The ceramicist Show until January 14th at Espai La Peixera a series of pieces that run through the Clay deformation Cooked in extreme temperatures, it helped her accept herself. The search for art in a field that is usually considered a mistake in the world of ceramics is reflected in her.
The exhibition, called 40º, is a series of pieces resulting from Iona Palau’s last research project carried out during the Superior degree in artistic ceramics at the Industrial School of Barcelona.
Cook at 1,200 degrees
His work arises from a Experimental exercise with red clayto the limit until they are cooked at 1,200°, a temperature at which the moldings With this material they deform and undergo what is known in the ceramic world as pyroplastic deformation.
Although this phenomenon is usually considered a defect since the piece loses its original shape, in this case the ceramist consciously looks for it and tries to control it by creating different thicknesses in the walls of her creations.
Clay exposed to extreme temperatures deforms, a phenomenon that the artist consciously seeks out in these pieces
Iona Palau’s pieces become a work of art once the ceramist begins to see herself reflected in them and realizes that the disfigurement she is looking for is, in fact, one Expression of the deformation of his spine, with a scoliosis of 40°. Hence the title of the exhibition, 40°.
This exhibition claims the beauty of imperfect forms and breaks the conventional idea that beauty lies in the symmetry of bodies and objects.
In the words of the ceramist herself: “This creative process has served to help me reconcile with my back and accept it as it is.”
In addition to attending the Higher Degree Training Course in Plastic Arts and Design in Artistic Ceramics at La Industrial Art School, Iona Palau also completed training in artisan pottery at Bisbal Ceramics School and received a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Autonomous University of Barcelona. 40° is his first solo exhibition as a ceramist.
The Iona Palau exhibition is part of the exhibition cycle that theAssociation of Ceramicists of Bisbal The exhibition is curated in this space of the museum and aims to promote new talent in the world of contemporary artistic ceramics.
