Masterclass with Masterpotter Ahmad Abu Bakar: Clay & Concept - Ceramics in Contemporary Sculpture

On-Site & On Zoom

Ahmad Abu Bakar is an award-winning artist who uses ceramics, particularly vessel forms, in his contemporary sculptures and installations. Candy Garden (2021) is one of his latest large-scale installations at the Esplanade Concourse that premeditates perfection in life. Earlier series of works have been focused on ideas of home, homelands and belonging as in Langit, Bumi, Tanah (2019) and Tanah ini Ku Punya (2015, 2012).

Listen to Ahmad discuss how he approaches using ceramics in contemporary vernacular, whilst alluding to the meanings and values held within natural forms, a focus of his latest series of works at Shaping Clay – Masterpotters & Clay Makers.

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