Necked Vessel (uphiso)
Artist
Clive Sithole
South African, born 1971, Soweto, active in Durban
Date2007
MediumEarthenware, hand-built, burnished, and reduction fired
DimensionsHeight: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Diameter (rim): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Circumference (at widest point): 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
Diameter (rim): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Circumference (at widest point): 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Elizabeth Perrill
Object number2019.5.2
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesElizabeth Perrill, "Clive Sithole at the BAT Centre," Art Throb, no. 98, October 2005, illus. (color), unpaginated.
Exhibition HistoryDurban, South Africa, African Art Centre, May 6–June 15, 2007.
Northfield, MN, Carleton College Art Gallery, “World Ceramics: Transforming Women’s Traditions,” September 19–November 2, 2008, cat. no. 41.
Grinnell, IA, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, “Ukucwebezela: To Shine–Contemporary Zulu Ceramics,” November 14–December 19, 2008; Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Art Museum, February 10–May 24, 2009; Greensboro, NC, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Gatewood Gallery, September 14–October 17, 2009.
New Taipei City, Taiwan, Yingge Museum, “Taiwan Ceramics Biennale: Terra Nova,” May 2–November 12, 2014, p. 118.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Break the Mold: New Takes on Traditional Art Making," September 25, 2021-January 30, 2022.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022-May 22, 2023. Object Rights Statement
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