TABLED

TABLED presents tableware designed and made by potters in collaboration with a chef, cook or an artisan food producer. The exhibition uses the terrain of the tabletop as the platform to discuss the age-old relationship between food and pots.

This presentation of ceramic tableware will show the breadth of artists working with clay and with food. The collaborations between potter and chef will highlight their shared connections and shared respect for their crafts. Simultaneously, these creations will explore the narratives behind the function of tableware; community and culture.

TACA and Manly Art Gallery & Museum are pleased to announce the recipients of the TABLED exhibition:

Kris Coad with Rhett D’Costa / Kirsty Collins with Nathan Quinell, Sabeeha Abdo, Craig Shanahan / Paul Davis with Ito-en / Janet DeBoos with The Wee Jasper Distillery / Claire Ellis with Simone Jude at Seasonal Simone / Malcolm Greenwood with Lennox Hastie of Firedoor and Gildas / Georgina Yen Qin Lee with Raymond Tan of Raya / Vanessa Lucas & Emma Jimson with Annie Smithers of duFermier / Jeremy Simons (Slip Ceramics) with Emma Knowles / Leia Sherblom (GRIT Ceramics) with Ben Devlin & Yen Trinh of PIPIT / Timna Taylor with Palisa Anderson / Clare Unger with Anu Haran at Flour Shop.

Thirteen ceramicists will work with their chosen collaborator/s to create a table setting that exemplifies excellence in skill, that presents a cultural narrative, explores both traditional and experimental ways of cross disciplinary collaboration, and creates a rich storytelling landscape within the gallery space. TABLED will be presented 19th April – 9 June 2024.

As with previous years, our exhibition partnership with MAG&M will feature an accompanying catalogue in the April 2024 Journal of Australian Ceramics.

A special thank you to chef Peter Gilmore for his knowledge and expertise in helping select the finalists, and Katherine Roberts, Senior Curator at MAG&M.