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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

White Noise

Installation
2011 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wall installation comprsing twenty-two sculptural earthenware forms. Each is composed of geometrical forms associated with pottery, including cones, arcs and circular bands, which are combines with more recognisable historic pottery shapes. Each of the twenty-two forms is glased in white. The forms are arranged in a prescribed configuration against a gloss white painted rectangle on a wall.


Object details

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This object consists of 22 parts.

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TitleWhite Noise (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, white glaze
Brief description
Wall installation, 'White Noise', comprising 22 forms in glazed earthenware, made by Michael Geertsen, Copenhagen, 2011
Physical description
Wall installation comprsing twenty-two sculptural earthenware forms. Each is composed of geometrical forms associated with pottery, including cones, arcs and circular bands, which are combines with more recognisable historic pottery shapes. Each of the twenty-two forms is glased in white. The forms are arranged in a prescribed configuration against a gloss white painted rectangle on a wall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 258cm
  • Width: 123cm
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Credit line
Given by Annie and Otto Johs. Detlefs' Philanthropic Foundation
Object history
Made as a commission for the Ceramics Studio in the Making Ceramics Gallery (Room 143) at the V&A.
Collection
Accession number
C.118:1 to 22-2012

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2013
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