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adequate substitute for the vulgar reality of actual experience. In his opinion, it was perfectly possible to fulfil those desires “ THE WORK CELEBRATES

‘Already he had begun dreaming of a refined Thebaid, a desert hermitage equipped with all the modern conveniences,
DECORATION AS RESTORATION
a snugly heated ark on dry land in which he might take refuge from the incessant deluge of human stupidity’ (2021:21).
‘Travel, indeed, struck him as being a waste of time, since he believed that the imagination could provide a more than
MODERNISM’S MANTRA THAT
commonly supposed to be the most difficult to satisfy under normal conditions, and this by the trifling subterfuge of IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO WINDSTRUCK II
producing a fair imitation of the object of those desires’ (2021:8). AUGUST 2021
ORNAMENT AND ADORNMENT TRANSFERWARE ON A PAIR OF THROWN VESSELS
The viewer is transported into the windstruck landscape, evoked by the imagery on the ceramic IS A CRIME. �THROWN BY PETER MTHOMBENI
vessels on display and their surface development. A celebration of patternmaking offers an 410 MM HEIGHT
escape into the beauty thereof, as does a momentary immersion in the pleasure of experiencing — Eugene Hön ”
handcrafted excellence.

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