Things Made Over Time offers a major retrospective of South African artist-potter Hylton Nel’s ceramics, spanning more than six decades of his ceramic work, from early pieces he made as a student in Antwerp in the 1960s to recent plates painted in his Calizdorp studio in South Africa’s Klein Karoo. Richly illustrated with 335 colour photographs, this volume charts Nel’s evolution as a singular voice in the ceramic arts.
In 2024, Nel reached new audiences when Dior Men’s creative director, Kim Jones, unveiled his Summer ’25 Collection, inspired by Nel’s life and work. In his foreword, Jones reflects on Nel’s wide-ranging sources of inspiration, from 18th-century Staffordshire to Tang Dynasty China. These influences resonate throughout Nel’s practice and in his meticulously curated home, captured here in a stunning photographic series by award-winning photographer Pieter Hugo.
Things Made Over Time is an essential volume for collectors, admirers of contemporary ceramics and anyone drawn to Nel’s unique artistic work.
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