| Elizabeth trained as a harpist and pianist before taking up pottery in 1966, and this deep understanding of music and rhythm greatly informs her work. Inspired by the early Renaissance frescos of Piero della Francesca and the work of Russian Constructivists including Malevich, she never uses glazes and instead employs coloured slips for her painterly decoration.
Elizabeth understands and plays with perspective in a way few artists can achieve; drawing on her extensive personal research into archaeology, philosophy, world literature and quantum physics, she creates surreal vessel forms that appear to transcend their 3 dimensional nature. At once intimate and monumental, her use of melodic line and harmonic colour place her pots in what she often calls the 21/2 dimension. In this regard, every edge, angle and curve is clearly considered and articulated. In 1971, Fritsch had her first solo show at Bing and Grondahl porcelain factory in Copenhagen, where she won a major prize in the Royal Copenhagen Jubilee competition. In 1987, she was chosen for Bernard Leach’s Centenary Post Office Stamp issue alongside her former mentors Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. Since then, she has won several prestigious awards and had many solo exhibitions, including at the Fine Art Society in 2008, which was curated by Joanna. |
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Moon Pocket, Optical Boat Shaped Pot >
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Moon Pocket H 8.25 x W 18 cm
Optical Boat Shaped Pot H 11 x W 18 cm
Circa. 1970s
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