Sam Bakewell

Sam Bakewell is a London-based artist who continuously explores and challenges the limits of clay as a medium. His works, ranging from tiny to enormous, are often abstract, colourful and conceptually eloquent. Bakewell often uses clay dust in his works, reevaluating the usefulness of that which is deemed as waste. The malleability and historical connotation of the material inspire themes of collective human experience, iconography and historical parallels. Bakewell finds inspiration in poets and artists, such as Ted Hudges, Martin Brothers and William De Morgan. His practice reimagines distant artistic elements of poetry, painting, or woodwork into clay-based interpretations, striving to undo the learned professional skill of pottery-making. Bakewell’s personal connection to the material goes back to the artist’s childhood where he would make magical creatures out of clay found in his parents’ garden. The sensation of joy he experienced as a child transcends the years and can be felt by his audience today. ...

Corvi-Mora is a contemporary art gallery based in Kennington, South London. The gallery currently represents over 30 artists, including Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Alvaro Barrington, Jennifer Packer, Brian Calvin, Tomoaki Suzuki and established international artists such as Turner Prize nominees Roger Hiorns and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Corvi-Mora was founded by Tommaso Corvi-Mora in 2000 at premises in London's Warren Street after the closure of the gallery Robert Prime which he founded in partnership with Gregorio Magnani in 1995. Corvi-Mora moved to a space on Kempsford Road in 2004 with the contemporary art gallery greengrassi. Notable exhibitions include Sorrow for A Cipher by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye in 2016, Roger Hiorns in 2004 and 2015, The Commune Itself Becomes a Super State by Liam Gillick in 2007, Rachel Feinstein in 2007, and Richard Hawkins in 2009. ...