Edmund de Waal: “Why make pots?” - The 92nd Street Y, New York
Cart 0
Log in
Donate

Your Cart

Subtotal: $0.00

Does not include service & handling fees, if applicable.

On Demand

Virtual Clay™ OnDemand

Virtual Clay

Edmund de Waal: “Why make pots?”

An OnDemand Online Lecture

Nov 14, 2020


Edmund de Waal has been making pots for over 50 years, since early childhood. In this illustrated talk, he wants to explore why making pots feels so crucial at this particular moment of fracture and crisis; what makes vessels so central to our lives. He will be talking about poetry, kintsugi, alchemy and bad firings.

Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal is an internationally acclaimed artist and writer, best known for his large-scale installations of …

Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal is an internationally acclaimed artist and writer, best known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels, often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. His interventions have been made for diverse spaces and museums worldwide, including The British Museum, London; The Frick Collection, New York; Ateneo Veneto, Venice; Schindler House, Los Angeles; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna and V&A Museum, London. De Waal is also renowned for his bestselling family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010), and The White Road (2015). He was made an OBE for his services to art in 2011 and awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction by Yale University in 2015. 

b.1964 Nottingham. He lives and works in London.

Categories: Virtual Clay


Did you know that donations cover nearly half of our costs?

As a nonprofit community and cultural center, The 92nd Street Y, New York relies on support from people like you. Your donation today helps us continue connecting you to the programs you love, no matter where in the world you are.

© 2024 The Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association

All Rights Reserved.

All material accessed via the 92NY website (“content”) is protected by copyright under U.S. Copyright laws and is the property of The Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association or the party credited as the provider of the content. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any such content, nor may you distribute any part of this content over any network, including a local area network, sell or offer it for sale, or use such content to construct any kind of database. You may not alter or remove any copyright or other notice from copies of the content accessed via 92NY’s website. Copying or storing any content except as provided above is expressly prohibited without prior written permission of 92NY or the copyright holder identified in the individual content’s copyright notice.