No greater reef sculpture by Lisa Geue Dimensions: D 16.5 x W 17 x H 20 cm Materials: Porcelain with Molochite Shino Glazes, multiple firings No Greater Reef is Lisa Geue’s second work series that is made of several vessels, built by hand using the coiling and slapping techniques. Concentrating again on ancient shapes, Geue focuses on thick, organic appearing glazes that will raise associations with marine lifeforms and reefs. A?ected by Australia’s nature and it's prominent, yet endangered underwater world, the title refers to the worlds largest coral reef: The Great Barrier Reef. With it's total loss of 50% of corals, it is on the verge extinction. By reading the title in a comparing way, as in there is no greater reef than (…), the linguistics automatically refer to it's status as the worlds biggest coral cluster. Yet it can also be read with the aspect of time as in there is no greater reef (anymoreThis ambiguity is also part of the creating process in which layers of glazes are built up, only to leave fragments of decay likcraters and holes after being ?red several times. In deliberately destroying the surface with tools, Geue creates sharp edges and leftovers just like the remnants of a destroyed reef. Other vessels seem intact and because of their colorful glazes, alive. These objects have been revoked of their function, while their surfaces almost seem to hide the vessel’s shape. Geue uses reactive slips, Silicon Carbide, Magnesium Carbonate, Tin, shells and sand to create thick layers of organic appearing surfaces which reveal a unique base frame once partially removed. Forms and building techniques again were inspired by the Jomon period and the Uruk period of Mesopotamia (4000–3100 BC). Lisa Geue works primarily in ceramic, creating ancient shape inspired vessels and organic looking sculptures with a focus on form and experimental glazing. With a background in photography and ?lm, composition plays a role in both, the visual language and the photographic archive-like work. Born 1988 in East Germany, she went to Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig from 2013 - 2019 to study Photography. Then moving to Berlin, she worked for Galleries like Julia Stoschek Collection. In 2019 she traveled to Naarm (Melbourne) and Jan Juc, Australia and lived at the ocean. Deepening her connection with nature, natural processes like mineralization, decomposition of coastal rocks through saltwater or cycles like high and low tide, have become inspiration for her clay practice. Geue has always appreciated and felt drawn to indigenous practices and ancient techniques which have been a signicant infuence in terms of resourcing mindfully and appreciating the craft she is doing. Different variations are possible, please contact Pamono for more information.
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