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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · 27d

Claire Partington: Historical Fiction is back in stock @walkerartgallery shop. Thanks to all who bought it! 🩷

Published in 2022 by @kochxbos Amsterdam, it's a delve into ten years worth of work from 2011-2021.

www.clairepartington.co.uk/book

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks @ocula.com for highlighting my painting on Instagram

Claire Partington, 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 2024-25
Oil and acrylic with gilding on panel, 75x110x3cm

Part of 𝓟𝓔𝓓𝓘𝓖𝓡𝓔𝓔
Now until 21 September
Open Thursday - Saturday, 12:00 - 17:00
The Bottle Factory, 12 Ossory Road, London, SE1 5AN

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · May 17

Selkie, 2023 is on show as part of 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 at Aberdeen Art Gallery from 17th May - 26th October 2025
The exhibition explores the legend, myth, and science of the sea, with a mix of artworks and historic objects.
Selkie, 2023, 41x63x37cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media

#art #ceramic

Image of ceramic sculpure.
Selkie, 2023 is on show as part of 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 at Aberdeen Art Gallery from 17th May - 26th October 2025
The exhibition explores the legend, myth, and science of the sea, with a mix of artworks and historic and scientific objects.

My sellke is sunbathing on a rock, sitting on her seal skin and checking out other selkies on her phone. It is part of the Aberdeen Art Gallery's permanent art collection.

Selkie, 2023, 41x63x37cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media

Ceramic sculpure.
Selkie, 2023 is on show as part of 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 at Aberdeen Art Gallery from 17th May - 26th October 2025
The exhibition explores the legend, myth, and science of the sea, with a mix of artworks and historic and scientific objects.

My sellke is sunbathing on a rock, sitting on her seal skin and checking out other selkies on her phone. It is part of the Aberdeen Art Gallery's permanent art collection.

Selkie, 2023, 41x63x37cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Mar 26

Eves after Dürer, 2025, framed wall plaque
🍎🐍👜👟
70 x 60 x 5 cm, Ceramic and Mixed Media

Will be with Galerie Michèle Hayem at PAD Paris
2 - 6 April, 2025

www.padesignart.com/en/exhibitor...

#ceramic #ceramique #art #eve #eves #ceramicrelief #contemporaryceramics #padparis #clairepartington

Framed glazed ceramic plaque, with two Eves on either side of a tree. They are being tempted by an Hermès bag, an apple, a serpent and some Nike sneakers.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Mar 22

La Licorne, 2025
75x65x15cm

Will be @padesignart Paris
with Galerie Michèle Hayem,
2-6 April 2025

Contact @michele_hayem for enquiries

#lalicorne #unicorn #mylittlepony #art #mylittleunicorn #dellarobbia #ceramic #ceramique #relief #ceramicplaque #sculpure #clairepartington

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Mar 9

Exhibition installation views of my work in Common Ground at The Wilson, Cheltenham, curated by Ben Edge.
On show 21 February to 31 August 2025
www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/event/common...

#art #artexhibition #comonground #ceramic #fineart #contemporaryart #contemporaryceramics #clairepartington

Exhibition installation views of Common Ground at The Wilson, Cheltenham, curated by Ben Edge
On show 21 February to 31 August 2025
https://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/event/common-ground/

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Feb 25

La Licorne, pour @michele_hayem 🦄

#mylittlepony #dellarobbia #plaque #ceramic #ceramique #clairepartington #unicorn #licorne #art #contemporaryart

Unfired clay relief of a mother and child in the style of Luca della Robbia. The mother is wearing a hooded sweatshirt, the child is holding a My Little Pony Unicorn toy.

Detail of unfired clay relief of a mother and child in the style of Luca della Robbia. The mother is wearing a hooded sweatshirt, the child is holding a My Little Pony Unicorn toy.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Feb 25

But they say if you dream, 2024, 12x30x12 inches / 30x77x30cm
Ceramic and mixed media.

The sparkling stage clothes of stadium filling artists, are today's fairytale Princess costumes.

#sculpture #taylorswift #sleepingbeauty #fairytale #contemporaryceramics #contemporaryart #art

Image of a Ceramic sculpture of a sleeping Taylor Swift fan against a red backdrop. The sculpture is shiny glazed white ceramic with gilding and metallic lusters fir the hair and costume. It looks like a funerary effigy and gold text which runs around the plinth is a quote from Disney' Sleeping Beauty "But they say if you dream a thing more than once it's sure to come true"

Detail image of a Ceramic sculpture of a sleeping Taylor Swift fan against a red backdrop. The sculpture is shiny glazed white ceramic with gilding and metallic lusters fir the hair and costume. It looks like a funerary effigy and gold text which runs around the plinth is a quote from Disney' Sleeping Beauty "But they say if you dream a thing more than once it's sure to come true"

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thanks, it looks like an interesting mix of art and historical objects, all puy together by Ben Edge

Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Feb 3

Wild Women flower bricks will be on show at The Wilson, Cheltenham, 21 Feb - 31 Aug 2025.
Curated by Ben Edge, Common Ground invites visitors to explore stories of change, loss, rebellion, and reclamation in relation to common land and the natural environment.

#art #sculpture #ceramics

Image: Claire Partington, Wild Women Flower bricks I & II, 2022. Ceramic and painted artificial flowers. H65 x W28 x D17cm and H53 x W37 x D17cm

Inspired by the depiction of wild women in secular medieval art. These are a mix of wild women and the non secular Mary Magdalene imagery, taking on the poses of "beasts". They sit amongst the artificial wilderness and tamed nature atop majolica style flower bricks.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 28

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate 🐍

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘮, 2023
90x33x33cm / 35x13x13 inches
Glazed earthenware and mixed media

#yearofthesnake

Ceramic sculpture by Claire Partington 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘮, 2023
90x33x33cm / 35x13x13 inches
Glazed earthenware and mixed media

The ceramic sculpture is of a woman in a black Juicy Coture tracksuit and cap, she is wrestling with a giant golden snake.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 28

𝓢𝓽 𝓜𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓮𝓵, 2022
H 82 x W 56 x D36cm
Inspired 15th century panel paintings, in particular that by Josse Lieferinxe, 1493-1505, with the archangels foot in the Devil's mouth/beak!
My St Michael, in the same pose, is a young woman with fancy-dress wings, taking a selfie on her golden phone.

Sculpture of St Michael, bt Claire Partington, 2022. Viewed from the front.
H82 x W56 X D36cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media
The pose was inspired by 15th-century panel paintings. This female St Michael stops to take a selfie as she stands on top of the defeated Devil.

Sculpture of St Michael, bt Claire Partington, 2022. Viewed from the back.
H82 x W56 X D36cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media
The pose was inspired by 15th-century panel paintings. This female St Michael stops to take a selfie as she stands on top of the defeated Devil.

Josse Lieferinxe — St. Michael Killing the Dragon — 1493-1505.
Painting of Archangel Michael standing on the devil with his foot in the devil's mouth

Sculpture of St Michael, bt Claire Partington, 2022. Detail view of the devil.
H82 x W56 X D36cm
Glazed earthenware and mixed media
The pose was inspired by 15th-century panel paintings. This female St Michael stops to take a selfie as she stands on top of the defeated devil.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 27

The Card Game, 2023
H57 X W40 x D37cm
Private Collection.

This devil is based on various medieval depictions, but the rainbow colours come from Hans Memling's devil from the Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation triptych.

Posting old favourites until this becomes the favoured social space!

Claire Partington, The Card Game, 2023. Ceramic and mixed media.

Detail of the Devil, Claire Partington, The Card Game, 2023. Ceramic and mixed media.

Lucifer waiting for the Last Judgement Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur f. 067v 1450-1470

Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, Hans Memling, c1480

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 26

Installation views of my 2023 Edinburgh show, "when the rocks were soft". All the works referenced Scottish lore and stories. I asked author/academic Sarah Dunnighan to write an accompanying essay, in which she shared her knowledge of the world of the fae folk and Scottish folklore shorturl.at/DwziE

Installation views of Claire Partington, When the rocks were soft, Edinburgh, October 2023. Photo by Zac & Zac

Installation views of Claire Partington, When the rocks were soft, October, Edinburgh 2023. Photo by Zac & Zac

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 25

My last solo exhibition of 2024 was Princess at the brilliant Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, which ran from September to October 2024.
Installation photos by Zachary Balber
#art #soloshow #exhibition #ceramics #contemporaryceramics #mindysolomongallery

Installation views of Claire Partington’s exhibition "Princess" at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami. September - October 2024. Photo by Zachary Balber.

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Claire Partington @clairepartington.bsky.social · Jan 24

I have some works in Common Ground, opening 21st February at The Wilson,
Cheltenham.
Curated by artist, filmmaker, folklorist, and all-around brilliant human Ben Edge.
www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/event/common...

Exhibition poster for Common Ground at The Wilson, Cheltenham. 21 Feb - 31 Aug 2025

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