School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Richard Slee

Born: 1946, UK, England, Cumbria, Carlisle

Ceramicist. Slee trained at Carlisle College of Art and Design (1964-65) followed by the Central School of Art and Design (1965-70) and the Royal College of Art (1986-88). He now lives and works in Brighton but teaches and assesses at art schools throughout Britain.

Slee’s influences range from pre-Columbian pottery to Staffordshire earthenware, Disney cartoons and the work of surrealists. His ceramic sculptures are bold and colourful, often featuring a heavy element of irony in relation to the forms and the glazes which evoke suggestions of tacky souvenirs or popular traditional ceramics such as Toby jugs.

Slee’s work can undoubtedly be classed as postmodern. His sculptures start from a drawing from which he plans cut-out shapes in white earthenware which are then assembled into the form. The colourful glazes are sprayed on. Slee has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad, and in 2001 won the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts (Ceramics).

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Leaf C1208 Ceramics

Torch C1207 Ceramics




 
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