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List of reviews for "Halima Cassell 25" publication
Hepworth Wakefield
"Halima Cassell: 25 Years of Carving" documents the extraordinary breadth of forms and materials in the artist’s practice over a quarter century. The publication delineates the extensive... – Continue Reading this Review
– Dr Abi Shapiro – Curator at the Hepworth Wakefield
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Can it really be 25 years since ceramicist and sculptor Halima Cassell emerged as an artist? Fully-formed it seems. Her innovative, carved vessels had an immediate impact; firstly on galleries and... – Continue Reading this Review
– Dr Amanda Draper – Curator of Art & Exhibitions at the Victoria Gallery & Museum
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Halima Cassell is an artist renowned for creating forms which are simultaneously organic and architectural. She transforms raw material into intricate vessels and monumental sculpture that... – Continue Reading this Review
– Clare Lilley – Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
National Museums Scotland
It really is an extensive deep dive into your practice, and I thoroughly enjoyed the contributing essays, especially the personal note from your former school teacher, which was truly special. But... – Continue Reading this Review
– Sarah Rothwell – Senior Curator, Modern & Contemporary Design, National Museums Scotland
Arts Council England
Thank you so much for sharing your new publication with me. It is a very impressive record of your career. The joy of an artist published book is in the organisation – the way you’ve... – Continue Reading this Review
– Peter Heslip – Director of Visual Arts, Arts Council England
Antiques Roadshow
I readily confess that books, especially reference books, are my private passion, especially those that are profusely illustrated with delicious colour images of spectacular objects of desire... – Continue Reading this Review
– Eric Knowles F.R.S.A. – Antiques Roadshow
Perilla Kinchin
Crammed with excellent photographs this book aims to give a comprehensive account of the work and practice to date of a distinguished sculptor who clearly transcends any distinction between art and... – Continue Reading this Review
– Perilla Kinchin – Author
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
My wife Pauline and I first met Halima in 2007 at her Carved Earth exhibition at Wakefield Art Gallery. Following the exhibition we acquired our first piece, Metamorphosis from Halima. Since then,... – Continue Reading this Review
– John Foster CBE, FRSA – Trustee and Patron, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Claudia Clare
Most people working with clay are wheel-throwing, building, or modelling - all additive processes. Carving is what sculptors do. It reaches back to the ancient prehistoric works of the reindeer... – Continue Reading this Review
– Claudia Clare – Potter and Author of 'Subversive Ceramics’
Jerwood Foundation
I became first aware of Halima’s work when she was selected for The Discerning Eye exhibition in 2004, where I was very pleased to purchase Kirigami and Shiraz for Jerwood Collection. ... – Continue Reading this Review
– Alan Grieve CBE – Chairman emeritus, Jerwood Foundation
National Museums Scotland
Halima Cassell 25 is a catalogue raisonné that documents Cassell’s unique creative talent and how it has been enabled, developed and honed over 25 years. This beautiful publication is... – Continue Reading this Review
– Dr Zachary Kingdon – Senior Curator African Collections, National Museums Scotland
Contra Vision Ltd
I am reporting early as I have now read the book from cover to cover, absolutely captivating, the most enjoyable book on art that I have read, which I don’t think is biased in any way by our... – Continue Reading this Review
– Roland Hill – Chairman, Contra Vision Ltd