{"id":234,"date":"2008-09-04T23:38:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatsarte.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2022-07-13T18:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:44:52","slug":"gubbio-honors-alan-caiger-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/gubbio-honors-alan-caiger-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Gubbio honors Alan Caiger-Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept. 6, 2008 \u2013 January 11, 2009
\nGubbio, Italy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Alan\"Gubbio<\/a> Caiger-Smith ranks among the most important British ceramicists of the past half-century, definitely the most important living artist specializing in lustre pottery<\/a>. His work is known in a number of museums, in Europe, USA and Australia.<\/p>\n

Gubbio is the home of the Italian lustreware thanks to the undisputed fame of Mastro Giorgio Andreoli<\/a>, who settled here in 1498 and elaborated a lustre technique that was to become the Italian standard of excellence for Renaissance pottery and the times to come.<\/p>\n

Gubbio and Alan Caiger-Smith\u2019s paths crossed for the first time in 2005 when the British artist was invited to an international conference.
\nAs reported by Ettore Sannipoli, the curator of the exhibition about to start, Caiger-Smith had a positive sharing of experiences with the local potters. Giampietro Rampini<\/a>, one of the best Gubbio potters<\/a>, invited him to his workshop and the two of them worked together on some lusterware techniques.<\/p>\n

The exhibition \u201cGubbio honors Alan Caiger-Smith\u201d will feature 25 works from his last kiln firing in 2006 and some 30 pieces representing his artistic evolution.<\/p>\n

The artist specifically\"Large<\/a> requested that his studio pieces be complemented by the works of Umbrian potters who are familiar with the Italian tin glazing technique so as to highlight how the lustre pottery has never ceased to charm the daring potter.<\/p>\n

Building on the magic of Number Three \u2013 the artist\u2019s three-letter acronym ACS, three Saints protecting Gubbio, and the symbolic repetition of number three in the Eugubine Tables – the exhibition will feature three works by three artists from Deruta, Gualdo Tadino and Gubbio, that is 27 works made in Italian towns where the lustre technique has always been a relevant symbol of the tradition of pottery making.<\/p>\n

Excellent potters have been invited to represent Umbria lustreware tradition:<\/p>\n