{"id":139872,"date":"2023-10-16T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/such-joyous-work-the-thrillingly-subversive-ceramics-of-simon-pettet-find-a-perfect-stage\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:12:25","slug":"such-joyous-work-the-thrillingly-subversive-ceramics-of-simon-pettet-find-a-perfect-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/such-joyous-work-the-thrillingly-subversive-ceramics-of-simon-pettet-find-a-perfect-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Such joyous work\u2019: the thrillingly subversive ceramics of Simon Pettet find a perfect stage"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith its ceiling rose made of plastic fruit from Tesco, the extraordinary house\/museum\/art installation that was home to Dennis Severs is a magnificent setting for the witty, wonderful pottery of his partnerI only met Dennis Severs once but it\u2019s an encounter I\u2019ve never forgotten. We were introduced in the basement kitchen of 18 Folgate Street, the 18th-century townhouse in London\u2019s Spitalfields he\u2019d lived in since 1979 , which now bears his name. Severs eyed me up from the Victorian cooking range as a tube train thundered beneath our feet, so close it seemed it might burst through the floor. It was a summer\u2019s day but, as Severs had banished mod cons and lived by candlelight, the room was pitch dark. It was also bitingly cold. I bumped into a chair draped with a mobcap, an old-fashioned type of frilly hat. No wonder it made an impression.This was 1992 and I had just started at the World of Interiors. I would go on to edit the magazine for 22 years \u2013 and to keep a fascinated eye on this house\/museum\/art installation that, after Severs\u2019 death in 1999, was saved and run by The Spitalfields Trust. When I left the magazine last year, I was asked to curate an exhibition \u2013 the house\u2019s first \u2013 of ceramics by Simon Pettet, the long-term partner of Severs. I jumped at the chance. It has now opened \u2013 but you can\u2019t fully understand the exhibition without first learning about this extraordinary house and its past, both fictional and real. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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