Ceramic at the Palace

Contemporary Visions of High European Artistic Craftsmanship

An exhibition by European Route of Ceramics

Curated by Viola Emaldi

Ceramics furnishes homes and palaces, from tableware to furnishing objects, to ceramics as a decorative covering. It is a timeless and highly contemporary material around which exceptional contemporary master craftsmen work, using traditions, skills and long-standing knowledge to create splendid objects of lasting value. Celebrating the value of fine ceramic craftsmanship to reinforce its link with the world of design, hospitality and the arts in general, this exhibition presents a collection of unique objects, signed works in limited series, the result of inimitable wisdom and clockwork.

With more than one hundred objects created by masters of art and craft, the exhibition presents itself as the most important exhibition event dedicated to Made in Europe ceramics in the context of Argillà Italia. Not only for the number and importance of the works, but also for the analysis of their current function and the cultural heritage of which they are the result.

The title is deliberately inspired by this excellence of European applied art and its patrons, inviting the public to rediscover the intelligence of the hand and the importance of beauty in objects of use as well as in the most refined furnishing objects, found in private art collections and museums.

The venue of the exhibition is a spectacular and courteous setting, the Palazzo del Podestà, for centuries a symbol of sociality and culture, including theatre: an immersive environment that allows the experience of a shared cultural heritage in an immediate and engaging way, thanks to a scenographic and sound setting that breaks down the boundaries between places of origin, works and spectators in the name of a shared European culture.