Comments on: China returns to Saltram

By: Emile de Bruijn

Emile de Bruijn — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:13:41 +0000

Courtney, I like it how you have combined the Karen Tam image on your Tumblr page (http://scourtneybarnes.tumblr.com/) with the Gaberlavage painting, the Lily Lodge bowl and the Erica Tanov spread – a little trail of oranges

By: style court

style court — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:23 +0000

The soap facsimiles and mixed-media works captured my imagination right of the bat and after reading your comment here, Emile, I’m anxious to learn more about the artists.

By: Emile de Bruijn

Emile de Bruijn — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:47:02 +0000

Yes, with interesting dichotomies between porcelain and soap, hard and soft, genuine and fake, original and facsimile, craft and consumption (or crafting something with a ‘comsumer’ product to recreate an ‘art’ original – but then that leads to the question as to whether Chinese imperial porcelains were ‘art’ or in fact sophisticated semi-industrial products – and so on and so forth)

By: Susan Walter

Susan Walter — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:11:42 +0000

The soap is intriguing.