Conversations with Lucie Rie
Curated by Toby Lawrence | Drury Gallery
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria | Oct 17, 2014 to Mar 9, 2015
Lucie Rie is renowned for her modernist aesthetic and functional
sensibilities. The prolific studio output of the Austrian-born British potter
spanned seven decades–a significant contribution to the history of
ceramics in the 20th century.
With works drawn primarily from the collection of the AGGV,
Conversations with Lucie Rie considers the development of Rie’s work
and the impact she had on her contemporaries and subsequent
generations of ceramic and non-ceramic based artists, curators,
collectors, and admirers.
This exhibition includes works by Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Bernard
Leach, and Stephen Andrews, in addition to a recent performancebased work by British artist Keith Harrison.
AGGV
When it first opened in 1951, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria exhibited art in the historic 1889
mansion that is now adjacent to its seven modern galleries. With almost 18,000 works of art, the
Art Gallery has the largest public collection in BC and is a vibrant and active part of Victoria’s
artist community.