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The Hepworth Wakefield

Otherworldly Vessels 

ON DISPLAY UNTIL SPRING 2026

(L–R) Spout Pot, Dark Windows, 1992; Green Horn Vase, Collision of Particles, 2008; Optical Cup, Crescendo Cup II, 1993. © El

BBC Radio 4 Front Row 

Ceramicist Elizabeth Fritsch is the subject of a major retrospective at the Hepworth Wakefield. Curator, writer, and editor Natalie Baerselman le Gros, who specialises in contemporary ceramics, reflects on the work of an artist who describes herself as a painter who makes pots.

Presenter: Nick Ahad
Producer: Ekene Akalawu

CERAMIC  REVIEW  

A DANCE AND PLAY IN SPACE 

Natalie Baerselman le Gros previews the latest exhibition by Elizabeth Fritsch and looks at the importance of spatial relationships in her work

2010

Major Retrospective

Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels

Selected

Exhibitions

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L’exposition « English Touch » Paris du  22 novembre au 20 décembre 2017

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L’exposition « Libertés Affinités » Paris du 24 mai au 15 juin 2012

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2008

Elizabeth Fritsch  Fine Art Society

Elizabeth Fritsch at the

Fine Art Society, London

November 2008

Curator: Joanna Bird

Andrew Lambirth (Author)

Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels

National Museum Cardiff, Wales,

in association with Adrian Sassoon

 

Curator: Andrew Renton

1993

 

Elizabeth Fritsch: Vessels from Another World

Metaphysical Pots in Painted Stoneware

Northern Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Sunderland, travelling to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Norwich, UK

 

Paperback by Edward Lucie-Smith (Author)

 

Elizabeth Fritsch: Vessels from Another World Metaphysical Pots
The Stamp of Fame, Fischer Fine Art, London

1987 The Stamp of Fame, Fischer Fine Art, London - chosen for Bernard Leach Centenary

Post Office Stamp issue with Hans Coper and Lucie Rie

1978

Elizabeth Fritsch

Pots about Music

 

British touring exhibition - Published by Glasgow. Leeds Art Galleries, 1978

Leeds Art Galleries, that also traveled to Glasgow, Bristol, Gateshead and Bolton in 1978-79.

Essays by David Queensberry, Elizabeth Fritsch

(Pots About Music), Alison Britton, and Ian Bennett.

Elizabeth Fritsch Pots about Music

1987

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