Playing with relationships between both the hand and the brain, Bettina Samson leaves chance to play a crucial role: these ceramics bear the appearance of accidental marks from the process of shaping and firing. The shapes made visible by the hollow can be seen to echo as much Chinese scholarsâ rocks as the sculptures of Henry Moore. In the same dynamic, the gelatin silver prints are obtained according to a simple physical process: uranium dust is directly applied to negatives, in complete darkness, subtly attacking the photographic emulsion. Once enlarged, the image reveals abstract, almost supernatural forms.


May 9 â May 12, 2014


Bettina Samson
More Honourâd in the Breach, 2014
Faïence émaillée / Glazed earthenware
30 x 37 cm

Bettina Samson
Kink (More Honour'd in the Breach) III, 2015
Terre cuite chamottée / Terracotta
45 x 30 x 30 cm

Bettina Samson
More Honourâd in the Breach 2, 2013
Faïence émaillée / Glazed earthenware
30 x 23 x 14 cm


Bettina Samson
Silver Nuclear Dust (I & II), 2014
Tirage argentique sur papier baryté contrecollé sur dibon
Gelatin silver print on baryté paper mounted on dibon
175 x 140 each