Blue China
Iké Udé, Blue China
Iké Udé, Blue China
Iké Udé, Blue China
Iké Udé, Blue China
Beyond decorum
One of the earliest, if not the first piece of sculpture that captured my childhood fancy was actually — I believe — an exquisite Chinese cat rendered in a glazed ceramic. An uncle of mine bought it for me during an excursion to a London flea market.
Ceramic is one of those media, those precious media that most artists secretly love to work with but rarely have the opportunity or excuse to do so. Hence, despite or rather because of the delicate and exquisite end result, it’s such a thrill for me to be working in the ceramic medium for the first time. How delightful, challenging, intriguing and no less rewarding it all is.
The theme of my work, shirt and shirt-collar, is a natural extension of and inquiry into my ongoing Beyond Decorum body of work that I have been working on since 2000.
Iké Udé
Blue China by Iké Udé was made in Albisola in 2003 during the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
