We’ve told you about Molly Hatch’s work before. The artist paints ceramic plates, often drawing inspiration from older works, and arranges these into clusters so that a larger macro-picture emerges from the smaller components.
Physic Garden, one of Hatch’s clusters, is on display at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta through this year. The two-story-tall work is comprised of 475 plates, featuring an original design by Hatch who was inspired by two ca. 1755 Chelsea Factory plates, which come from the museum’s Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics. The museum states it is Hatch’s largest project to date. The work draws its name from the Chelsea Physic Garden, founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries in London.
Hatch said of the work: “I encourage the viewer to see ceramics as a part of the fine art continuum – viewing plates as one would view a painting,” said Hatch. “For this installation, I’ve re-worked the surface imagery to create a new composition that reflects the historic. The artwork becomes an exploration of the relationship between the historic and the contemporary – crossing over categories of decorative art, design and fine art.”
Despite her very busy schedule, Molly Hatch has created a limited edition plate exclusively for CFile and it is available for sale at the CFile Shop.
Above image: A still image from a time-lapse video showing the installation of Molly Hatch’s Physic Garden at the High Museum. Image courtesy of the Museum.
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Concept views of Physic Garden by Molly Hatch. Renderings by Oliver Hatch.
Plates ca. 1755, porcelain, Chelsea Factory (London, England, 1745-1769). From the Frances and Emory Cocke Collection. Image courtesy of the High Museum of Art.
Born in 1978, Molly Hatch is the daughter of a painter and a dairy farmer. She divided her childhood between physical labor, play and creating art. She studied drawing, painting, printmaking and ceramics and received her BFA from the Museum School in Boston in 2000. For the last two years, Hatch has been teaching a tableware course at Rhode Island School of Design. She also teaches ceramic and illustration workshops across the country as well as online courses through Creativebug. Her first book will be released in 2015. Photograph by Oliver Hatch.
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