GEORGINA CAULTON · EXHIBITION ARCHIVE

Portage Ceramic Awards 2013

Commemorating stamps

Six ceramic commemorative stamps on display at the Silo exhibition in Auckland, 2013. — The six stamps exhibited together at the Silo, Portage Ceramic Awards 2013. Select to enlarge.

Stamps, letters & changing technology

Georgina Caulton's series of ceramic stamps was selected for the Portage Ceramic Awards 2013, presented by Lopdell House Gallery at Silo Park, Auckland.

The work commemorates the anticipated passing of stamps and handwritten letters as email takes their place. Enlarged and made in clay, the familiar postage stamp becomes a lasting object: a record of a form of communication facing an uncertain future.

Perforated edges frame colourful, comic-style images. The contrast between a small, disposable paper stamp and its substantial ceramic counterpart gives the work both humour and a sense of remembrance.

View the 2013 exhibition record

Artist: Georgina Caulton
Medium: Earthenware
Catalogue dimensions: 1 × 53 × 48 cm
Catalogue: Page 48
Exhibition: Portage Ceramic Awards 2013
Selection: Selected for exhibition
Venue: Silo Park, Auckland
Presented by: Lopdell House Gallery

THE SIX STAMPS

The individual stamps

Red Delicious, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Red Delicious

Once Upon a Time, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Once Upon a Time

Land of the Hungry, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Land of the Hungry

Holy Unseen Force, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Holy Unseen Force

Dear Mr Postman, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Dear Mr Postman

Email vs Snail Mail, ceramic stamp by Georgina Caulton — Email vs Snail Mail

FROM THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE

Portage 2013 catalogue

Commemorating Stamps appears on page 48 of The Portage Ceramic Awards 2013 catalogue, published by Lopdell House Gallery. The page shows all six ceramic stamps.

These works reflect on the role stamps have played in the past, in particular, storytelling, and they acknowledge changes in technology and the move towards electronic messaging.
Georgina Caulton · Artist statement, 2013 catalogue, p. 48

Page 48 of the Portage Ceramic Awards 2013 catalogue showing Georgina Caulton's six earthenware stamps, artist statement and artwork details. — Georgina Caulton's catalogue page, showing the complete group of six stamps. Select a photograph to enlarge it.

Cover of The Portage Ceramic Awards 2013 catalogue, Lopdell House Gallery. — The original 2013 catalogue cover.

View the original printed statement and artwork details

Close-up of Georgina Caulton's original artist statement on page 48. — Original artist statement.

Catalogue details: Commemorating Stamps, earthenware, 1 × 53 × 48 cm. — Title, material and dimensions as printed in the catalogue.

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