A.D.F.A.S. Scone

Association of Australian Decorative & Fine Arts A.D.F.A.S

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This lecture explores an artist whose work, inventiveness and ability to catch the zeitgeist is still admired a century after her bold ‘Bizarre’ wares were launched in 1927. Born in 1899, Clarice Cliff was a working professional as women began to break through barriers in the art world and the pottery industry offered female artists opportunities to excel. Cliff’s talents were recognised when she was still a teenager and she went on to produce designs that keyed into cutting-edge Art Deco trends, setting the bar for ceramics as a commercial art form.

An art historian, art market analyst and curator/ writer, Viv Lawes combines a hands-on career in the art business with research and teaching in Higher Education at several London-based universities. Her courses include The Art Market, History of Western Art and Design 1350-1970, and Asian Art. Viv has curated numerous exhibitions of Southeast Asian contemporary art in London and Singapore. She writes for many publications and private clients, for both academic and general readership.