For Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850–1915, Bard Graduate Center commissioned ceramic artist Walter McConnell to create a sculpture that acknowledged the dark side of the industry. Working conditions in the potteries where majolica was produced were hazardous, and the use of lead-based glazes to decorate these wares caused widespread poisoning and even death. McConnell’s A Requiem in White commemorates those whose lives were damaged or lost, depicting five pottery workers within a dense assemblage in the shape of a traditional Buddhist stupa.

Watch the assembly process by Walter McConnell, and purchase tickets to see the sculpture in person before the exhibition leaves BGC on January 2, 2022.

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3D Models
Get as close as you can to handling pieces from Majolica Mania with our new 3D models! Bard Graduate Center commissioned Sasha Arden, the Rachel and Jonathan Wilf and Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Time-Based Media Conservation at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, to create 3D models of 12 majolica objects featured in the exhibition using a process called photogrammetry.

Audio Guide
Learn why the 15 objects in this audio guide look the way they do and how they might have been used in the Victorian home. Your audio docent, Nicholas de Godoy Lopes, is a Bard Graduate Center PhD student who selected the objects especially for this guide.

Banner Image: Photo by Bruce M. White. A Requiem in White. Walter McConnell (born 1956) 2020. Cast porcelain with crystalline glaze on tiered plywood shelving. Courtesy of Walter McConnell and Cross-Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC.

3D rendering process of Heron, shape no. 1917. Paul Comoléra (1818–1897), designer. Minton & Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, manufacturer. Designed ca. 1873–74; this example 1876. Earthenware with majolica glazes. 39 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (100.3 x 55.3 x 40 cm). Joan Stacke Graham Collection.

Shell and Lizard, shape no. 4/93. Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Worcester, Worcestershire. Designed ca. 1868. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Collection of Marilyn and Edward Flower. Photograph: Bruce M. White.

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      <p>For <a href="https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/majolicamania/"><em>Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850–1915</em></a>, Bard Graduate Center commissioned ceramic artist Walter McConnell to create <span class="il">a</span> sculpture that acknowledged the dark side of the industry. Working conditions in the potteries where majolica was produced were hazardous, and the use of lead-based glazes to decorate these wares caused widespread poisoning and even death. McConnell’s <i><span class="il">A</span> <span class="il">Requiem</span> in <span class="il">White</span></i> commemorates those whose lives were damaged or lost, depicting five pottery workers within <span class="il">a</span> dense assemblage in the shape of <span class="il">a</span> traditional Buddhist stupa.</p>
<p><a href="https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/majolicamania/requiem-in-white/"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-6762" src="https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req.jpg" alt="" width="585" height="328" srcset="https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req.jpg 1490w, https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req-300x168.jpg 300w, https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req-768x431.jpg 768w, https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req-340x191.jpg 340w, https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/req-650x365.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px" /></a></p>
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            <p>Banner Image: Photo by Bruce M. White. A Requiem in White. Walter McConnell (born 1956) 2020. Cast porcelain with crystalline glaze on tiered plywood shelving. Courtesy of Walter McConnell and Cross-Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC.</p>
<p>3D rendering process of Heron, shape no. 1917. Paul Comoléra (1818–1897), designer. Minton & Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, manufacturer. Designed ca. 1873–74; this example 1876. Earthenware with majolica glazes. 39 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (100.3 x 55.3 x 40 cm). Joan Stacke Graham Collection.</p>
<p>Shell and Lizard, shape no. 4/93. Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Worcester, Worcestershire. Designed ca. 1868. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Collection of Marilyn and Edward Flower. Photograph: Bruce M. White.</p>
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