Alla Moda – Mid 20th Century Italian Ceramics0

I was delighted when I found out that the talented Graham Cooley & Mark Hill have been collaborating on an exciting and desirable area of mid-century collectables that little is generally known about.  They have both been invaluable to me over the years  – helping me identify West German Ceramics &  Czech Glass. This is what they are saying about the forthcoming exhibition and book….both of which I’m sure will be brilliant!

“Italian ceramics from the 1950s-70s are hotly collected, but have always been a design mystery. Who designed them? Who made them, and what do the marks on the base mean? Striking examples of craftsmanship and design, they reflect modern art and the fashionable styles of the day. Following their successes with ‘Fat Lava’ West German pottery and postwar Czech ‘Sklo’ glass, Graham Cooley and Mark Hill are delighted to present the results of their latest collaboration. An exhibition of over 300 bold and colourful ceramics from the Graham Cooley Collection will reveal the designers and factories behind many of these design treasures – including the rediscovery of a ‘forgotten’ factory. This will be accompanied by a fully illustrated book written and published by BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Mark Hill, which is the first dedicated body of research on this much-loved, but largely neglected, design area.”

alla moda – Mid 20th Century Italian Ceramics
From the Graham Cooley Collection
Accompanying book by Mark Hill
Kings Lynn Arts Centre, 29 King Street, King´s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HA
From 14th July to 18th Aug 2012
Admission is Free