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Contemporary Perspectives on Italian Ceramics brings together six Italian artists—Francesca Romana Cicia, Etra Masi, Riccardo Monachesi, Daniela Daz Moretti, Alice Reina and Anna Resmini—whose practices explore ceramics across craft, design, installation and sculpture. Rather than presenting ceramics as a single discipline or tradition, the exhibition proposes a plural and contemporary reading of the medium, shaped by process, material research and individual sensibilities.

The works on view are produced in small batches and conceived as part of a spatial experience. Installed in dialogue with one another, they invite visitors to reflect on the making process as interpreted in distinct and individual ways.

Each artist approaches clay and porcelain as a living language—one that responds to touch, time and experimentation. Francesca Romana Cicia engages with ceramics as fragments and traces, using the medium to preserve nature and memory. Etra Masi’s research-driven porcelain practice is rooted in Faenza’s historic ceramic culture, yet articulated through contemporary forms and technical inquiry. Riccardo Monachesi is a master of his art; he brings together minimalist structures and playful colour, creating works that balance precision with irony. Daniela Daz Moretti treats ceramics as a philosophical language, developing vessels that explore rhythm, restraint, and quiet expression. Alice Reina’s porcelain pieces explore themes of memory and fragility. Anna Resmini works intuitively, allowing material behaviour to guide form rather than imposing control.

Curated by Avant Craft, the exhibition foregrounds contemporary ceramic practice as a field in constant evolution—one that moves fluidly between tradition and experimentation, object and installation, intimacy and spatial presence. Together, these six artists offer an intimate yet expansive perspective on Italian ceramics today, demonstrating how material research and sensitive making continue to shape new possibilities within contemporary craft and design culture.