Milton Moon b. 1926

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Milton Moon has been a key figure in developing close links between Japanese studio pottery and Australia. In 2012 he wrote: 'I remain concerned, if a little obsessed, with the challenge of making pots, which although belonging to a ceramic tradition of some eight thousand years or more, are undeniably and uniquely Australian.'
Tags: Stoneware, Japanese influence, Calligraphy
exhibited at
Milton Moon: Crafting Modernism
Description

Milton Moon: Crafting Modernism is on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia until August 6, 2023.

“The beauty of the exhibition curated by Rebecca Evans is its distilling of his output over 60 years to a coherent and poetic display. Its framing in a white space, in a top-lit gallery with natural light augmented by artificial light, makes the works sing.”

from review by Catherine Speck.

Tags
studio pottery, Japanese ceramics, Damon Moon
Website
https://theconversation.com/milton-moon-the-australian-artist-who-brought-a-zen-buddhist-modernist-and-painterly-sensibility-to-pottery-205480?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2030%202023%20-%202640426590&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2030%202023%20-%202640426590+CID_384a7b99073b6cf2ef9796930a4bc2df&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Milton%20Moon%20the%20Australian%20artist%20who%20brought%20a%20Zen%20Buddhist%20modernist%20and%20painterly%20sensibility%20to%20pottery
Note
curated by Rebecca Evans, AGSA
exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Milton Moon retrospective
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Sponsored by Santos Ltd

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGSA annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Menz, Christopher, Milton Moon retrospective. Adelaide : Art Gallery Board of South Australia, 1991
ISBN 0730807762

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Ceramics
exhibited at
Project 13: The Calligraphic Image
Date
24 April 1976
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
28 February 1970 - 18 April 1970
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Type
Exhibition