From The High Museum of Art
“Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina” (Thru-May 12, 2024), a critically acclaimed exhibition featuring nearly 60 ceramic objects created by enslaved African Americans in Edgefield, South Carolina, in the decades before the Civil War. Considered through the lens of current scholarship in the fields of history, literature, anthropology, material culture, diaspora and African American studies, these 19th-century vessels testify to the lived experiences, artistic agency and material knowledge of those who created them.
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Watercooler
___________Maker(s) once known, likely enslaved at Phoenix Stone Ware Factory (ca. 1840), and attributed to Thomas M. Chandler, Jr. (American, 1810–1854), Watercooler, ca. 1840, alkaline-glazed stoneware with iron and kaolin slip, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase in honor of Audrey Shilt, President of the Members Guild, 1996–1997, with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment and Decorative Arts Acquisition Trust, 1996.132. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
108 (Face Jug Series)
Simone Leigh (American, born 1967), 108 (Face Jug Series), 2019, salt-fired porcelain, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. © Simone Leigh. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Eileen Travell.
Secrets Safe
Woody De Othello (American, born 1991), Secrets Safe, 2022, ceramic, glaze, and wood, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Dwayne Majors and Belinda Stanley-Majors, the Decorative Arts Acquisition Trust, Gregor Turk and Murphy Townsend, Jane and Clay Jackson, and Friends of African American Art, 2023.8. Photo © Woody De Othello.
Large Jug
Simone Leigh (American, born 1967), Large Jug, 2022, glazed stoneware, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. © Simone Leigh. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Eileen Travell.
Images Courtesy of the High Museum of Art
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