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Playing with fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

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    Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

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Internationally renowned artist and writer Edmund de Waal meets acclaimed Danish ceramist Axel Salto (1889-1961), considered one of the greatest masters of 20th Century ceramic art. Salto was a poet and a critic, an artist and textile designer and this book explores both of their practices. This is a conversation across time that leads us closer to their art and connects words, images and ceramics. The book contains a rich selection of excerpts from Axel Saltos writings, a new essay by Edmund de Waal, a conversation with Edmund de Waal and an essay by co-curator Sanne Flyvbjerg.

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    Oslo: Forlaget Press, 2023

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    • 8232805889
    • 9788232805884

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    • Published in conjunction with an exhibition at CLAY - Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, 8.10.2023-11.8.2024.
    • Texts and ceramic works by the British artist Edmund de Waal and by the Danish ceramicist and designer Axel Salto.
    • Two different cover papers with reproductions of Axel Salto's book covers.
    • Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, sketches and handwritten notes.
    • With poems, texts about art and the artistic process and examples of works such as vases, jars, figures, bowls, illustrations, graphics, book papers, etc.

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