Magdalene Odundo
Artist interviewinterview
Magdalene Odundo discusses dancing with clay ahead of Venice Biennale exhibition
Ceramics have at last gained due prominence in contemporary art. After decades of making her sensual vessels, the Kenyan-British artist explains why
A closer Lukecomment
Ceramics are central to humanity. To dismiss them as 'decorative' is absurd
Artists from Magdalene Odundo to Ai Weiwei are demonstrating that the art form goes way beyond the "applied"
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