Les Blakebrough b. c.1930

  • Designer (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Renowned ceramicist and ceramics educator based in Tasmania.
Tags: Porcelain, Ceramics, Southern Ice porcelain
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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
Smart works, design and the handmade
Date
2007
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Les Blakebrough: a retrospective
Date
1989
Place
Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, TAS
Description

Art Exhibition Committee, Tasmanian School of Art. Funded by Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council. The Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board and the University of Tasmania. This retrospective exhibition spans three decades of Les Blakebrough’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Exhibition catalogue.

Exhibition Catalogue:
Les Blakebrough: a retrospective. Hobart, Tasmania: Centre for the Arts Gallery, 1988.
ISBN 0858013995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Ceramics

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Related collections
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Melbourne Stage College Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Melbourne Stage College Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)