
Brouhaha
- Object:
Vase
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
2007 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Clarke, David, born 1966 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Electroplated Britannia metal with soldered, lead inserts.
- Credit Line:
Given to the V&A as one of the winners of the Sotheby's Award at COLLECT 2007
- Museum number:
M.3-2007
- Gallery location:
In Storage
With this piece David Clarke has moved away from the comfortable elegance of his previous works, creating a startling juxtaposition of the old and new. Clarke uses a 19th-century teapot as the basis for this composition. The teapot is sawn in half, the pieces joined together with lead inserts to create another functional object: a vase. The title, literally meaning a commotion or uproar, could refer to the treatment of the teapot, as well as being a play on words, referring to the former function of the pot, to brew tea.