Tending the Fires
Sculpture
2016 (made)
2016 (made)
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Claire Curneen (born 1968) creates figurative sculptures that poignantly reflect on humanity. Universal themes of loss, suffering, sacrifice and rebirth underpin her works. Hand-built in white porcelain, sometimes with touches of blue or gold, their translucent and fragile qualities offer metaphors through which we can consider the human condition and experience. Born in Ireland, Curneen studied at Cork, Belfast and Cardiff, where she now lives and works.
'Tending the Fires' is Curneen's most expansive work to date. A complex diorama, it presents a fragmented world in which figures jostle with birds, branches and broken pottery. Despite an appearance of destruction, it also suggests resilience and hope.
'Tending the Fires' is Curneen's most expansive work to date. A complex diorama, it presents a fragmented world in which figures jostle with birds, branches and broken pottery. Despite an appearance of destruction, it also suggests resilience and hope.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 39 parts.
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| Title | Tending the Fires (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, hand-built, with blue glaze and gilding |
| Brief description | Claire Curneen, 'Tending the Fires', installation in multiple parts, porcelain, hand-built, with blue glaze and gilding, Cardiff, 2016 |
| Physical description | A porcelain diorama in multiple parts, mostly white with touches of blue and gold, depicting a fragmented world in which figures jostle with birds, branches and broken pottery. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Given by Claire Curneen |
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| Summary | Claire Curneen (born 1968) creates figurative sculptures that poignantly reflect on humanity. Universal themes of loss, suffering, sacrifice and rebirth underpin her works. Hand-built in white porcelain, sometimes with touches of blue or gold, their translucent and fragile qualities offer metaphors through which we can consider the human condition and experience. Born in Ireland, Curneen studied at Cork, Belfast and Cardiff, where she now lives and works. 'Tending the Fires' is Curneen's most expansive work to date. A complex diorama, it presents a fragmented world in which figures jostle with birds, branches and broken pottery. Despite an appearance of destruction, it also suggests resilience and hope. |
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| Accession number | C.23:1-39-2018 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2018 |
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