Joanna Mires makes objects and creates worlds which fuse a contemporary aesthetic with timeless design. Her practice of slip cast ceramics enables her to tread the line between recreating an existing object and making a whole new artefact. Her subject in this case is vintage Avon perfume bottles which depict a host of animals from dolphins to penguins and rhinos. Where once these bottles were attractive but essentially practical containers, they are now mere ornaments; far from reducing them to something crass, this elevates them to the level of fine art.
Joanna cuts against the fashionable suspicion of ornament by making things that are seductively nostalgic.
The Avon Series by Joanna Mires
Nancy Victor, 6 Charlotte Place, Fitzrovia, London,
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This event ended on Friday 19th of October 2012
This event ended on Friday 19th of October 2012
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