Bluecoat Display Centre:Â Walter Keeler Solo
Saturday 1st October – Saturday 12th November 2016
Private View: Friday 30th September 2016, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Bluecoat Display Centre are delighted to present a solo exhibition of around 30 ceramics by the acclaimed potter Walter Keeler.
A potter of international reputation, Walter Keeler has done much to reinvent the language of British functional ceramics over the past thirty years, and has been hugely influential, both as maker and teacher.
Born in London but now based in South Wales, Walter Keeler’s career has spanned over four decades, and has brought him recognition through his beautiful forms, salt glazes, and lustrous ink-wash pieces.
Inspired largely by the British pottery tradition and the history of ceramics in general, his work nonetheless continues to be innovative and contemporary. Walter Keeler’s work captures the imagination with its beauty and charm. His practice bridges the gap between the functional and the decorative, his attention to detail and inventive use of shape allow his pieces to take on a witty character of their own.
‘Sometimes I make simple useful things like mugs or jugs, on other occasions my work is less straightforward, making demands, even challenging the user to negotiate with an unexpected pot to do an ordinary job. I hope my pottery brings with its seriousness, some humour and sensual pleasure’
– Walter Keeler