Kristina Kitayama ©
Portrait
Kristin McKirdy's works are seductive in their beauty of material and purity of form. The viewer is engaged in a dialogue around a theme. Ceramic forms, having been closely linked to human activity for millennia, are charged with powerful symbols. Kristin McKirdy plays with this suggestive aspect of ceramic forms to express elements linked to human experience. The close link between pottery forms and the human body is also exploited metaphorically.
"Being is what interests me - being facing oneself, facing others, facing the world"
Kristin uses references from the history of ceramics and formal elements to suggest associations of ideas and encourage viewers to reflect on the object by drawing on their personal experience.
Lauréate du Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l'Intelligence de la Main® 2009 En savoir plus