Bernard Leach: Discovered Archives
- Submitting institution
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University for the Creative Arts
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Olding, S. 2021. BL
- Type
- T - Other
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- T – Other; multi-component project comprising edited book with contribution by researcher and curated exhibition
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
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- Year
- 2021
- URL
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https://research.uca.ac.uk/5549/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- Yes
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- ‘The Leach Pottery’ opened to the public at the Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts at Farnham on 29th September 2020. It was set for a year-long run, but due to the impact of the lockdown, closed on 4th November. The exhibition is scheduled to reopen on 18th May 2021 and will be extended until September. The closure and reopening guidance set out by Government Guidance by the Department for Culture Media and Sport have been strictly observed. The accompanying book, Bernard Leach: Discovered Archives was made available for sale on the Crafts Study Centre’s online book shop
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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1 - Crafts and Textile Research
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- ‘Bernard Leach: Discovered Archives’ is a multi-component research output which consists of a peer-reviewed book edited by Professor Simon Olding, an exhibition at the Crafts Study Centre in Farnham, UK, and a parallel exhibition at the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art in Japan, both curated by Olding.
The book considers unpublished archives, letters (between Leach and Laurie Cookes) and original artworks by Bernard Leach. The Crafts Study Centre (CSC) holds the world’s most comprehensive museum archive and collection of works by the influential studio potter. The CSC acquired two major new archives in 2019, and the book reveals the content and context of these. It includes a chapter by Olding on Bernard Leach’s personal collection of ceramics. This is the first comprehensive discussion in print, and is based on recently discovered archives and testimonies, as well as a new analysis of the content and purpose of the display of the collections at the Leach Pottery. The book also includes a chapter by Olding on the unpublished Alan Bell Archive, a major private collection of etchings, drawings, memorabilia and three paintings by Leach, given by him to Alan Bell in the 1970s.
The exhibitions explore the same material through a different format. The exhibition in Farnham reconsidered the Leach collections that have been acquired by the CSC since the year 2000 when the CSC relocated to Farnham, while the Mashiko exhibition will mark the first display in Japan of materials from the Alan Bell Archive and the Laurie Cookes letters.
The supporting portfolio outlines the project’s underpinning research context, aims and methods and presents a PDF of the ‘Bernard Leach: Discovered Archives’ book. It also includes images of the CSC exhibition. Supporting information on funding and visitor numbers is also included.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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