Jessica Harrison Ceramic

Found ceramic enamel paint 2015.

Jessica harrison ceramic.

Jessica harrison s works more often than not represent women however the work is less about body politics and more about the formal conceptual readings of the skin. Small ceramic figurines have mostly been spared that association. Jessica harrison born 1982. Open menu close menu.

Jessica s work is held in numerous private and public collections including edinburgh university art collection edinburgh pallant house gallery chichester and the new art gallery walsall walsall. Each sculpture is covered neck to wrist in ornate sailor tattoos. Harrison undertook a practice based phd at the university of edinburgh in 2013. The found figurines 2015 and 2017 series are re workings of mass produced decorative figurines that have been sourced by the artist from the online auction site ebay.

Royal doulton figurine elaine hn 3307 excellent condition 2015 found ceramic and glaze height 19cm. For her series broken harrison uses found ceramic figurines according to hyperallergic with beautiful faces dresses and poses that resemble old school disney princesses. But artist jessica harrison has truly tapped their macabre potential. These ghastly ceramic figures look like something you d expect to find on the dinning room table of a serial killer jessica harrison is an artist who creates bizarre porcelain dolls that creep.

As part of a new body of sculptural work artist jessica harrison has created a series of delicate porcelain figurines depicting idealized women in ball gowns with one glaring difference from the collectibles found in your grandmother s curio. Courtesy the artist and university of edinburgh. Jessica harrison jessica harrison s art is rooted in long standing research into the body and how our shared understanding of inhabiting a particular form shapes our experience of the world and objects that surround us.