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Christine Wagner
About the object: Christine Wagner's almost black object vase made of stoneware has the shape of a cross and therefore four arms. The object is approx. 17 cm high, 14 cm wide and 11.5 cm deep. The ground plan of the hand-built vase defines the clear form. The appeal of the object lies in the tension between its function as a vessel and the demand for a coherent overall form. With the metallic, volcanic rock-like surface and the reduction to the essentials, Christine Wagner has created a unique piece that impresses with its pure beauty.
Manufacturing process: The shapes of Christine Wagner's hand-built stoneware vases follow linear structures. Made from self-mixed, coarse-grained clay from the Westerwald, the black surfaces are created by using a mixture of metal oxides such as manganese and various ochre earths. At high temperatures, the oxides melt into an almost volcano-like, metallic surface. The objects are fired in a gas kiln with a reducing flame. By removing the oxygen in the reduction firing at 1280 degrees, Christine achieves a color spectrum of the fired clay from light grey to beige or darker brown tones, depending on the clay mixture.
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Christine Wagner's rough ceramics have an unmistakable character. She develops her object art from basic geometric shapes in an architectural manner and varies the vessel shapes through the different structures of the clay surfaces. She mixes the clay herself from red and beige mass from the Westerwald and refines it with surfaces made of metal oxides, kaolin and various white engobes.
The artist was born in Munich in 1959. She completed her ceramic apprenticeship with Yasoji Sasaki in Toki-shi, Japan, from 1980 to 1983. She then undertook study trips to Korea and China and continued her training in Landshut until 1985. In 1989 she received her ceramics diploma from the University of Art in Linz, Austria. Christine Wagner has been running her own studio in Munich since 1990. In addition to her artistic work, she has been teaching at the technical college for design in Karlsfeld since 2010 and in Unterschleißheim since 2014.
At first glance, her works appear unapproachable and straightforward. Those who allow themselves to be drawn into her restraint will discover the special features in the details. Delicate curvatures, subtle asymmetries and refined surface structures lend the objects vibrancy. Her ceramics reveal a subtle beauty that demands attention and refined senses.
Christine Wagner's excellent works are regularly exhibited and can be found in private and public collections, including Die Neue Sammlung in the Pinakothek in Munich and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.
