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Forbidden Fruit

10 November 2016

Cristina Morozzi

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New York’s MAD is dedicating the exhibition, Forbidden Fruit, to the ceramic vignettes of Chris Antemann, running from September 22nd to February 5, 2017. The artist was invited in 2011 to Meissen in Germany to work alongside the ceramic artisans in a workshop focusing on limited edition series. The result is a collection of vignettes that focus on a renovation of the legendary tradition of manufacturing ceramic miniatures. Antemann created a 17th century, raunchy banquet, centering on a table-top romp involving many, and a series of cameos depicting tables strewn with delicacies and crowned with sensual, reclining women. The compositions are classic, but the pastoral feel has been replaced with an almost pornographic air, giving the pieces a modern, comic strip feel.

WHERE: 2 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, Stati Uniti

New York’s MAD is dedicating the exhibition, Forbidden Fruit, to the ceramic vignettes of Chris Antemann, running from September 22nd to February 5, 2017. The artist was invited in 2011 to Meissen in Germany to work alongside the ceramic artisans in a workshop focusing on limited edition series. The result is a collection of vignettes that focus on a renovation of the legendary tradition of manufacturing ceramic miniatures. Antemann created a 17th century, raunchy banquet, centering on a table-top romp involving many, and a series of cameos depicting tables strewn with delicacies and crowned with sensual, reclining women. The compositions are classic, but the pastoral feel has been replaced with an almost pornographic air, giving the pieces a modern, comic strip feel.

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