Friday, January 11, 2008

V&A Museums...

Rode Rat
Carolein Smit Netherlands 2004
Ceramic filaments glazed in lustrous red

Pectoral cross
David Poston Norfolk 2005
Pectoral cross in the shape of a crucifix, made from flattened steel tops from Coca-Cola bottles, collected in Rwanda, laser welded over a wooden former.

Artwork Pioneer
Gareth Williams Amsterdam 2004
Blown glass with cased light-brown inner layer, and applied brown glass powder which has oxidised during application, cotton/polyurethane mix fabric, sewn and stuffed.



Contemporary art at:
V&A Museums
Beyond South Kensington

The V&A comprises the museum at South Kensington, the V&A Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green, and the archives and stores at Blythe House, Kensington Olympia. All V&A museums are free entry.

V&A South Kensington
V&A South Kensington is the world's greatest museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. Discover 3000 years' worth of amazing artefacts from many of the world's richest cultures including ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, metalwork, photographs, sculpture, textiles and paintings.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/contemporary/index.html




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