Johannes Nagel Ceramics

View johannes nagel s works featured on ceramics now magazine a vessel has as its reference its own stylistic history and the function.

Johannes nagel ceramics.

The objects are finished in that the porcelain is painted glazed and fired. Johannes nagel exposes the missing link the connection between the wheel thrown and hand constructed ceramics a free handed architecture. The subject of johannes nagel s work specifically is the improvised and provisional. At times constructive composing.

He currently teaches ceramics at burg giebichenstein. The necessity of producing the form in order to protect. Johannes nagel s profile on ceramics now magazine view his works a vessel has as its reference its own stylistic history and the function. The website will be regularly updated with new one off pieces.

The attempt to confuse the connotations that technology and material provoke. For the artist this creates a permanent creative link with the gallery. Nagel served as an apprentice to noted japan born canada based potter kinya ishikawa and studied fine arts and ceramics at the university of art design burg giebichenstein in halle germany. The attempt to confuse the connotations that technology and material provoke.

Most objects are somehow vessels pots. To conserve or serve out or to present a certain content is an orientation towards basic human needs. There is a sense of provisionality about the works of ceramicist johannes nagel we know they are finished because they are glazed fired and presented but they allow for continued questioning of the concept of the vessel what it signifies what memories of other objects it evokes the deep conventions of the ceramic discipline. The negative sand castle is the cave.

His vessels are more rhetorical figures than objects for practical use. The subject of johannes nagel s work specifically is the improvised and provisional. What else are they. Johannes nagel he learned the potter s craft from kinya ishikawa in canada and he studied art with antje scharfe karl fulle and martin neubert in halle where johannes nagel has had a workshop since 2008.

Most objects are somehow vessels pots. Puls ceramics johannes nagel. The vessel has always had a special place in classrooms in the ceramics department at burg giebichenstein in halle. For the collector this is a unique chance to stay in touch with the evolution of an artist one is interested in.

Puls gallery has asked some of its artists to create new ceramic pieces for the collectables range. During 2005 2006 he was artist in residence at the shigaraki ceramics cultural park shigaraki japan. The objects are finished in that the porcelain is painted glazed and fired. Stegreif ceramics by johannes nagel the internationally acclaimed pieces will be on display at the keramikmuseum westerwald from june 26 to august 16 2020.