20
November 2024

Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) The Doyenne of Art Deco

Welcome to The Arts Society Clapham Common
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 11:00
Clapham Picturehouse London SW4 OAT
Online Event

We explore an artist whose work, inventiveness and ability to catch the zeitgeist is still admired today.

This lecture explores an artist whose work, inventiveness, and ability to catch the zeitgeist is still admired a century after her 'Bizarre' masterpieces were launched in 1927. She went on to produce designs that keyed into the cutting-edge trends of the period, setting the bar for ceramics as a commercial art form.  

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Ms Vivienne Lawes

I am an art historian, curator, author and journalist with over 25 years’ experience in the art market. I teach at several Higher Education institutions, including the University of the Arts London, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, the City & Guilds of London Art School, SOAS (University of London) and Imperial College. In January 2021 I received the Geoffrey Bond Bursary for Art, an annual prize awarded by the Worshipful Company of Educators to an “outstanding educator” nominated by their institution.

My articles, essays and reports have been published in numerous specialist journals, newspapers, catalogues, handbooks and websites, aimed at both the academic and general readership in print and online. The title of my current book project is The Bronze Horse: Themes in Equine Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present Day; in Spring 2021 I will embark on a critique and biography of contemporary Filipino artist Andres Barrioquinto.

Since 2011 I have been Senior UK Consultant to Singapore gallery One East Asia and have co-curated many exhibitions of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art in London and Singapore. I am also Head of Education for the London Asian and African Contemporary Art Fair (founded 2020).

When time allows I lecture as an on-board art historian for cruise lines.