Jay Osgerby selects 14 designers to create installations for Collect Open craft exhibition
Jay Osgerby has curated 14 designers working with craft to present "thought-provoking" installations based on timely issues for this year's Collect Open exhibition.
The Collect Open installations are on show as part of the wider international Collect art fair, which is returning to London's Saatchi Gallery for its 14th edition this year.
While the art fair as a whole showcases "museum-quality" contemporary craft works from around the world, Collect Open focuses on individual makers.
Each of the 14 makers from across the UK have made new works specifically for the fair and are being exhibited there for the first time.
"Collect every year gives us an insight into international craft culture, and for me, Collect Open is one of the most dynamic parts of the fair," said Osgerby. "This year I'm pleased to have been part of the team that has chosen the 12 makers and works for 2018, I hope that it'll prove to be one of the most thought-provoking selections yet."
Following on from last year's selector Faye Toogood, Osgerby ? from design duo Barber & Osgerby ? has chosen the 14 exhibiting artists this year, along with the Crafts Council's head of exhibitions and collections Annabelle Campbell, and project curator Julia Ravenscroft.
"We look for conceptually strong ideas which show a clear vision and skill in making," said Ravenscroft. "I am struck this year by the seriousness of some of the themes that have inspired the...
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