Artist Ruan Hoffman does a fine turn of witty phrase on his ceramic plates. All together here, they seem to be communicating a cryptic message for the new year, but don’t spend too long trying to decypher it, instead, head to Ruan Hoffman’s website to see more of this versatile artist’s work on paper, tile, vases, and lots more.
Derelict to delicate
I find this kind of ceramic art very intriguing – wished it was without the phrases. I find it destroys the interesting form and the urge to explore what these plates are made from.
Greetings, Petra
The phrases, iconography, colour, shape, composition, line, repetition, etc. all provide a message in symbioses with each other – I am intrigued with the words and phrases because it informs the viewer in a subtle way – and probably “speaks back” and this might unsettle viewers for various reasons!
Yours sincerely
Gerrit Oosthuizen at http://www.mytile.co.za