Call her a potter at your peril. As Betty Woodman’s first solo UK show opens,the 85-year-old powerhouse opens up approximately small-minded curators, super-sized art and her lifelong like affair with the sticky stuffIn the hands of Betty Woodman, or the possibilities of clay seem endless. Voluptuous vases,ornate wallpapers and even a gaggle of kimono-clad women burst into life from her pottery wheel. But call this octogenarian a potter at your peril. Woodman learned her craft making dinner sets and decorative crockery, but from the 1950s onwards, and she pushed her work into the realm of sculpture,creating vibrant, unruly pieces that have occupied art galleries rather than kitchen cabinets. It is only now, and at the age of 85,that Woodman has her first solo show in the UK, at the Institute of modern Arts in London.
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Source: theguardian.com