Carol McNicoll

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Carol McNicoll is a studio potter whose work is mainly non domestic slipcast ware, she is credited with helping to transform the British ceramics scene in the late 1970s.[1]

Biography

McNicholl was born in Solihull Birmingham, UK in 1943. She attended a foundation course at Solihull College of Technology[2] and then studied fine art at Leeds Polytechnic from 1967 to 1970 where in 1968 she made a film with three other students titled Musical which collaged and parodied existing musicals, comedian Roy Hudd was invited to open the premiere.[3] McNicholl attended Royal College of Art from 1970 to 1973,[4] where she felt women were "marginalised" and "attention went to the men who were interested in industrial ceramics".[5]

McNicoll worked as a wardrobe assistant at theatres in Birmingham and London in the early 1960s. [6] In 1970 she designed costumes for Brian Eno of Roxy Music who was then her boyfriend.[7] Her black cockerel feathered boa collar achieved an iconic status in the fledgling glamrock period.[3] McNicoll supervised the design of the cover for Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets album with one of her teapot designs being featured on the sleeve cover.[8] She also worked as a machinist for fashion designer Zandra Rhodes,[9] who in 1972 commissioned her to make a unique dinner set,[10] consisting of pink coffee cups with hands for saucers.[11]

McNicholl makes sculptural functional ceramics and has lectured widely including at Camberwell College of Arts from 1986 to 2000.[12] In 2001 she was short-listed for the Jerwood Prize for Ceramics.[13] Recent work has been constructed from slipcast and found objects such as toy soldiers, using commercial and self made transfer decoration.[14]

She exhibits internationally and in 2003 City Gallery at Leicester, England presented a major retrospective of her work.[15]Her work is in the V&A's modern collection.[16]

McNicoll lives and works in a converted piano factory in Camden Town London, designed by her friend the architect Piers Gough in exchange for a McNicoll teaset.[17]

Exhibitions

Selected recent exhibitions include:[18]

  • Well meaning cultural commodities, Barrett Marsden Gallery London 2008
  • Taiwan biennale exhibition curated by Moyra Elliott, 2010
  • Ceramics - Carol McNicoll, Ken Eastman, Alison Britton, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, 2010
  • Ideal Home - Carol McNicoll, Jacqui Poncelet, Sam Scott, Marsden Woo Gallery London, 2011
  • 5 Divas: Carol McNicoll, Jacqui Poncelet, Janice Tchalenko, Elizabeth Fritsch, Alison Britton, Helene Aziza Paris, 2012
  • Pieces together: Carol McNicoll, Sam Scott, 1 Canada square, Canary Wharf London, 2012

References

  1. ^ Harrod Tanya (2003). Carol McNicoll (Craft). Lund Humphries Publishers.
  2. ^ "- Biography - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Centre". bmagic.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014. attended a foundation course at Solihull College of Technology (1966-67)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bracewell Michael (2011). Roxy Music and Art-Rock Glamour: Faber Forty-Fives: 1969-1972. Faber and Faber.
  4. ^ Watson Oliver (1993). Studio Pottery. Phaidon. p. 220. ISBN 071482948X.
  5. ^ Vincentelli Moira (2000). Women and Ceramics: Gendered Vessels Vincentelli. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719038402.
  6. ^ "Top Of The Pots - Carol McNicoll Takes Over Hove Museum | Culture24". culture24.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. McNicoll worked as a wardrobe assistant.
  7. ^ "Carol McNicholl « Paul Gorman is…". paulgormanis.com. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  8. ^ "The Album Covers of Brian Eno". printmag.com. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. ^ "- Biography - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Centre". bmagic.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. worked as a machinist for the fashion designer Zandra Rhodes
  10. ^ "Zandra Rhodes Digital Study Collection: The Button Flower print". zandrarhodes.ucreative.ac.uk. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Zandra Rhodes: The Fashion Designer talks to MidCentury - MidCentury - The guide to Modern furniture, Interiors and architecture". midcenturymagazine.com. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014. pink coffee cups with hands for saucers
  12. ^ "Contemporary Applied Arts: Carol McNicoll". caa.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Carol McNicoll". uwe.ac.uk. 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2014. 2001 she was short-listed for the Jerwood Prize for Ceramics
  14. ^ "Contemporary Applied Arts: Carol McNicoll". caa.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Ceramics Symposium | The Holburne | Art Museum | Bath". holburne.org. 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. a major retrospective of her work
  16. ^ Lutyens, Dominic (2014). "Interiors: It's a jumble out there | Life and style | The Observer". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014. examples of her work in the V&A'.
  17. ^ Whiting David (2009). Modern British Potters and their studios. A&C Black.
  18. ^ Adamson, Glenn (2014). "Open Frequency 2013: Carol McNicoll, selected by Dr Glenn Adamson - Open Frequency, Features | Axisweb". axisweb.org. Retrieved 23 October 2014. Selected recent exhibitions include

Further reading

  • Harrod, Tanya and Roselee Goldberg. (2003) Carol McNicoll (Craft) Lund Humphries Publishers. ISBN 978-0853318835
  • Turner, Ralph. (1985) Carol McNicholl Ceramics Crafts Council. ISBN 978-0903798839
  • Harrod, Tanya and Murray, Peter Carol 2000 McNicoll Knick Knacks Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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