Thats what I call him.
I think theres someone hiding inside and looking at me.
Andres Anza,I only know what I have seen,ceramics, 2023.
Photo: Courtesy of Loewe
Each piece was marked by its artful balance of playfulness and precision.
Heechan Kim,#16,ash wood and copper wire, 2023.
Emmanuel Boos,Coffee table Comme un Lego,porcelain, tenmoku black, and wood, 2023.
Andrés Anza,I only know what I have seen,ceramics, 2023.
Are the conversations around craft that the prize sparks part of the joy of doing it every year?
They are, said Anderson.
You have to try and see it from every different viewpoint.
Heechan Kim,#16,ash wood and copper wire, 2023.
It feels like a nice cross-section, said Anderson of the final selection.
To think that we had almost 4,000 applications this year… its kind of insane.
Raven Halfmoon,Weeping Willow Women,ceramic and glaze, 2022.
Emmanuel Boos,Coffee table ‘Comme un Lego’,porcelain, tenmoku black, and wood, 2023.
(The prices for ceramic and glass and textile works have all skyrocketed.)
Theres a different appreciation of these objectsnot just in the commercial sense.
Theres been a real change in how we see the hierarchies of these artistic practices.
Miki Asai,Still life,wood, paper, kashu, eggshell, seashell, and mineral pigment, 2023.
Jeremy Frey,Symphony in Ash,black ash, sweet grass, and synthetic dye, 2022.
Polly Adams Sutton,Ebb Tide,cedar bark, binder cane, and magnet wire, 2023.
The viewer was left to marvel not just at its technical prowess, but its soul.
Raven Halfmoon,Weeping Willow Women,ceramic and glaze, 2022.
I think it lies in technology, he says.
When you look at TikTok or Instagram, people are fascinated by watching people make things.
I think people find it therapeutic.
Jeremy Frey,Symphony in Ash,black ash, sweet grass, and synthetic dye, 2022. Polly Adams Sutton,Ebb Tide,cedar bark, binder cane, and magnet wire, 2023.
This I think is going to help craft ultimately, even if youd think it would be the opposite.
One cant help but feel its exactly the kind of compelling contradiction that Jonathan Anderson gets off on.
Patrick Bongoy,CY15,recycled rubber, inner tubes, silicone, metal valves, and wire, 2032.
Ange Dakouo,Harmony of Grisgris,cardboard, newspaper, cotton thread, acrylic, and cowrie shell, 2023.
