Object Lesson
1.20.15
January 20, 2015

Object Lesson 1-5-2015

Deconstructed Lace: After Royal Copenhagen, 2014

Molly Hatch, American

Hatch’s plate painting sources the historic and beloved patterns of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufacturer.

By re-contextualizing this historic porcelain surface pattern to the large-scale 8ft by 8ft ceramic surface on a group of 93 hand-thrown and decorated porcelain plates, Deconstructed Lace becomes an exploration of the relationship between the historic and the contemporary in its explosion—or deconstruction—of a traditional pattern. 96″ W x 99″ H x 1.5″ D