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Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo. 1950 (age 73–74) Nairobi, Kenya. Nationality. British. Known for. Studio pottery. Dame Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo DBE (born 1950) is a Kenyan -born British studio potter, who now lives in Farnham, Surrey. [1] Her work is in the collections of notable museums including the Art Institute of Chicago ...
1950. Magdalene Odundo DBE is a contemporary potter whose handmade, meticulously burnished vessels evoke the human form and draw upon a variety of artistic traditions. Born in Kenya, where she was initially trained as a graphic artist, Odundo began experimenting with clay and other materials after moving to London at age 21.
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Oct 4, 2023 · Magdalene A. N. Odundo is a ceramic artist born in Kenya in 1950 but residing in Britain since 1971. Much has been made of her biography and the complexities of her education, training, and rigorous practice of creating beautiful vessels that speak to multiple associations and inspirations across the history of art and their resonances with the human form, especially the bodies of women.
Feb 4, 2019 · The chance element makes the process exciting — “as long as it works!”. Odundo’s minimal aesthetic evolved partly out of knowing what she didn’t want to do. “I knew I didn’t want to ...
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Mar 28, 2022 · Louisa Buck. 28 March 2022. Magdalene Odundo started her career in advertising in Kenya before discovering her calling as a ceramicist, when she began studying art and design after moving to the ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Magdalene Odundo, Untitled (Vessel), 1997, red clay, 50.2 x 33 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) The contemporary ceramic vessels of Kenyan-born artist Magdalene Odundo embody the diverse formal and functional sources that have inspired the artist. Initially trained as a graphic artist, Odundo moved in 1971 to London and enrolled as a student ...
Magdalene Odundo's vessels blend multiple associations and meanings in a manner that makes them simultaneously familiar and novel. Using the ancient coiling method, she begins by pulling a cone of clay upward as its middle is hollowed out to form the body of the vessel.
