Crafting modernism explores the life and career of Australian potter Milton Moon, contextualising his sixty-year practice in ceramics into the broader story of Australian art, and examining the influence of the Australian landscape, Australian modernism, and Japanese culture on his work.
A pioneer of the modernist approach to ceramics in the post-war period, the exhibition features seventy-two pieces from Moon’s earthenware ceramics of the late 1950s to his larger, more conceptual works in clay, through to his experiments in glazes and oxides; alongside rarely-seen paintings and archival material.
Milton Moon, born Melbourne 1926, died Adelaide 2019, Dome sculptures, 1990–95, Summertown, Adelaide Hills, stoneware, various sizes. Richard Boland Collection. © Estate of Milton Moon. Courtesy Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of South Australia
6 May to 6 August 2023
Adelaide
