Edmund de Waal unveils his installation, 'Atmosphere' | Hayward Gallery

'I’m interested in the making, and I’m interested in the placing, and how those two things talk to each other; how that space works’.
The artist and master potter Edmund de Waal introduces us to his installation piece ‘Atmosphere’ (2014), which featured in the Hayward Gallery exhibition, Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Atmosphere consists of a great number of porcelain objects displayed in suspended vitrines, each of which has a different opacity to its glass, altering our sense and perception of the objects contained within them.
De Waal explains how this work was inspired by clouds - particularly the cloud studies of Constable and Ruskin - and by how we consider the changing nature of our outdoor environment, particularly in the face of the current climate emergency. The artist also gives detail on the significance of the vitrines, both within this work, but also through their personal meaning to him, as being representative of a safe space.
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