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May 30, 2016 · Born in 1953, Robert Dawson lives and works in London. He studied at Camberwell College of Arts and at the Royal College of Art (Department of Ceramics and Glass). Robert Dawson speculates that life would be unbearable without the vulnerability engendered by its inherent uncertainties and mysteries. He likes to focus on the disconcerting ...
Nov 23, 2018 · The creative practice of London-based artist Robert Dawson centers around disrupting the perspective of the viewer. Dawson’s abstract work, titled ‘Aesthetic Sabotage’, uses conventional materials like clay and canvas in unconventional ways, to create works where not all is as it seems.
ROBERT DAWSON. Now based in London where he runs his studio, AESTHETIC SABOTAGE, ROBERT DAWSON was born in New York City but spent most of his childhood in Geneva, Switzerland. He received his MA in Ceramics from the Royal College of Art.
Nov 10, 2021 · Though their ceramic expressions differ considerably – Slee proposes composite objects with bright and shiny surfaces, whereas Dawson explores the texture of raw clay on canvas – both artists constantly question everyday life, challenging the commonplace and shaking up conventions.
The plain, flat, white Modernist surface/plate, on which the most famous pattern in the history of ceramics pivots, is subverted by ornament, which subverts its flatness with its depth.
Selected solo and two-person exhibitions: 2023: Signifying Nothing in Colour, Ken Artspace, London, 11 to 27 May 2023. 2023: Signifying Nothing, Ken Artspace, London, 15 April to 6 May 2023. 2021-22: Pièces à problèmes - Robert Dawson and Richard Slee , Musée Ariana, Geneva,18 June 2021 to 9 January 2022.
Visit the gallery/home setting of Petronilla Silver in Battersea to see works by Robert Dawson, Anthony Bryant, Elizabeth Degenszejn and Sarah Drew. To book a viewing, email petronilla@petronillasilver.co.uk Images at this Instagram post: Faith clay, pigments and ceramic brick dust on wood 90 x 45 cm Robert Dawson 2024
