Co-curated by Isabella Smith & Frestonian Gallery and supported by loans from The Crafts Council

Private View: Wednesday 11th February 6-8pm

Exhibition Dates: Thursday 12th February to Saturday 21st March

The exhibition Crossings: Hans Coper, Sam Herman, Lucie Rie & Eduardo Paolozzi traces the movement of ideas that reshaped British art in the post-war decades, focusing on four immigrant artists who expanded the nation’s aesthetic and material vocabulary. Together, these artists reveal Britain as a crossroads of global perspectives: a place where exile, migration and cultural exchange sparked new forms of making. The exhibition celebrates their legacy – a modern British art energised, expanded and reimagined by international influence.

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  • Untitled (51)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (51), 1967
    signed and dated
    blown glass
    15 x 9 cm
    5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in
  • Untitled (110)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (110), 1970
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    31 x 24 cm
    12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in
  • Untitled (111)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (111)
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    15 x 13 cm
    5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in
  • Untitled (2)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (2), 1970
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    17.5 x 14 cm
    6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in
  • Untitled (112)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (112), 1971
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    23 x 10 cm
    9 x 4 in
  • Untitled
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    53.5 x 40 x 7 cm
    21 x 15 3/4 x 2 3/4 in
  • Untitled (114)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (114), 1971
    Signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    56 x 35.5 x 9.5 cm
    22 x 14 x 3 3/4 in
  • Untitled (61)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (61), 1970
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    52 x 11 cm
    20 1/2 x 4 3/8 in
  • Untitled (147)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (147), 1973
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    37 x 9 cm
    14 5/8 x 3 1/2 in
  • Untitled (97)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (97), 1975
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    27 x 18 cm
    10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in
  • Untitled (115)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (115), 1975
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    26 x 14 cm
    10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in
  • Untitled (13)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (13), 1976
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    22.5 x 20 cm
    8 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
  • Untitled (116)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (116), 1977
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    16 x 22 cm
    6 1/4 x 8 5/8 in
  • Untitled (83)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (83), 1978
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    29 x 20 cm
    11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in
  • Untitled (84)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (84), 1978
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    35 x 19 cm
    13 3/4 x 7 1/2 in
  • Untitled (117)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (117)
    blown glass
    30 x 16 cm
    11 3/4 x 6 1/4 in
  • Untitled (118)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (118), 1979
    signed & dated on base
    blown glass
    30 x 10 cm
    11 3/4 x 4 in
  • Untitled (119)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (119), 1979
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    34 x 22 cm
    13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in
  • Untitled (120)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (120), 1979
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    41 x 28 cm
    16 1/8 x 11 in
  • Untitled (92)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (92), 1981
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    23 x 20 cm
    9 x 7 7/8 in
  • Untitled (91)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (91), 1981
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    20 x 16 cm
    7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in
  • Untitled (90)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (90), 1981
    signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    23 x 16 cm
    9 x 6 1/4 in
  • Untitled (121)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (121), 1981
    Signed and dated on base
    blown glass
    23 x 18 cm
    9 x 7 1/8 in
  • Untitled (122)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (122), 1981
    blown glass
    24.5 x 16 cm
    9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in
  • Untitled (123)
    Sam Herman
    1936-2020
    Untitled (123), 1982
    signed and date on base
    blown Glass
    19 x 10 cm
    7 1/2 x 4 in
  • Untitled
    Lucie Rie & Hans Coper
    1902-1995, 1920-1981
    Untitled, c.1950
    stoneware with oatmeal exterior and pale green interior
    d: 12.5cm
  • Early Glazed Bowl
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Early Glazed Bowl, 1955
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Glazed Stoneware
    10.2 x 7.6 cm
    4 x 3 in
  • Bowl (P111)
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Bowl (P111), 1967
    Thrown oxidised stoneware with pitted uranium and soda potash glaze; lime green.
    Fired to 1250 degrees c
    12.5 x 12 cm
    4 7/8 x 4 3/4 in
  • Vase (P102)
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Vase (P102), 1967
    Oxidised stoneware with off-white matt glaze and manganese grey oxide spirals in the body
    Made by joining thrown forms.
    35 x 18 cm
    13 3/4 x 7 1/8 in
  • Tall Vase
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Tall Vase, c.1975
    Stoneware,
    all over pure white vase
    33 x 10 cm
    13 x 4 in
  • Globular Vase
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Globular Vase
    Stoneware long neck and short flaring rim,
    all over white volcanic glaze
    height 30 cm
    height 11 3/4 in
  • Footed Bowl
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Footed Bowl, 1968
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Porcelain,
    matte yellow glaze with manganese rim
    7.6 x 16.5 cm
    3 x 6 1/2 in
  • Bowl (P107)
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Bowl (P107), 1971
    Porcelain bowl with a narrow base that widens out towards the rim,
    with a yellow glaze.
    8.5 x 16.5 cm
    3 3/8 x 6 1/2 in
  • Bowl
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Bowl, c. 1972
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Glazed stoneware
    7 x 17.8 cm
    2 3/4 x 7 in
  • Conical Bowl
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Conical Bowl, 1972
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Porcelain,
    radiating inlaid lines, manganese bands to rim and foot, with kiln splits
    12.7 x 29.2 cm
    5 x 11 1/2 in
  • Bowl (P108)
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Bowl (P108), 1972
    Thrown oxidised porcelain with manganese and copper bronze glaze,
    rust iron oxide on base of inside and on underneath of bowl.
    Fired to 1250 degrees c.
    10.5 x 23 cm
    4 1/8 x 9 in
  • Untitled
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Untitled, 1978-80
    stoneware with manganese drip
    d: 19cm
  • Bottle Vase
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Bottle Vase, 1979
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Glazed porcelain with sgrafitto decoration
    17.1 x 7.6 cm
    6 3/4 x 3 in
  • Vase with Flaring Rim
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Vase with Flaring Rim, c. 1980
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Porcelain with two bands of blue with sgraffito and manganese glaze
    24.1 x 10.2 cm
    9 1/2 x 4 in
  • Byzantine-style Vase
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Byzantine-style Vase, c. 1982
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Porcelain,
    golden manganese glaze, sgraffito on the shoulder and the interior
    23.5 x 10.2 cm
    9 1/4 x 4 in
  • Stoneware Bowl
    Lucie Rie
    1902-1995
    Stoneware Bowl
    Impressed with artist's seal
    Porcelain,
    with manganese glaze and sgraffito decoration, and pitted white glaze
    7.6 x 15.9 cm
    3 x 6 1/4 in
  • Early Planter
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Early Planter, c.1958
    Stoneware conical base with flared horizontal rim,
    layered white and buff slip over textured body rubbed with manganese.
    13 x 33 cm
    5 1/8 x 13 in
  • Large Bottle Form
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Large Bottle Form, c.1965
    Stoneware bulbous lower section with chamfered foot,
    cylindrical neck beneath a broad disc-shaped lip,
    dry buff slip over textured body rubbed with manganese
    30 x 24 cm
    11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in
  • Monumental Composite Vessel
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Monumental Composite Vessel, c.1965
    Stoneware satellite form, dry buff slip over a textured body rubbed with manganese.
    46 x 60 cm
    18 1/8 x 23 5/8 in
  • Pot (P41)
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Pot (P41), 1975
    Oxidised stoneware with matt manganese surface; black.
    height 28 cm
    height 11 in
  • Pot (P35)
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Pot (P35), 1972
    Oxidised stoneware with matt manganese surface; black.
    21.8 x 5 cm
    8 5/8 x 2 in
  • Oval Pot (P11)
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Oval Pot (P11), 1972
    Oxidised stoneware with iron and cobalt oxides under a matt white glaze with textured surface,
    manganese black on rim and inside,
    Thrown
    height 30 cm
    height 11 3/4 in
  • Large flattened pot on foot (P34)
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Large flattened pot on foot (P34), 1972
    Oxidised stoneware with iron and cobalt oxides under a matt white glaze with textured surface, manganese black on rim and inside.
    Made by joining thrown forms.
    height 54 cm
    height 21 1/4 in
  • Pot (P8)
    Hans Coper
    1920-1981
    Pot (P8), 1975
    Oxidised stoneware with iron and cobalt oxides under a matt white glaze with textured surface, manganese black inside.
    Thrown in two parts.
    18.5 x 12.5 cm
    7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in
  • Richard Rogers as Newton
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Richard Rogers as Newton, 1990
    Signed and dated on base ''Eduardo Paolozzi 1990'
    Inscribed and numbered on base 'For Rudi 3/6'
    Bronze
    41 x 50.5 x 36 cm
    16 1/8 x 19 7/8 x 14 1/8 in
    Edition 3 of 6
  • Vulcan
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Vulcan, 1998
    signed (inscribed) 'Paolozzi' a/c
    Bronze - a/c (after edition of 2)
    60.5 x 24 x 29 cm
    23 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 in
  • Engine - Racing Car
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Engine - Racing Car, c.1998
    signed (inscribed on base)
    cast bronze
    16 x 34 x 17 cm
    6 1/4 x 13 3/8 x 6 3/4 in
  • WunderKammer II
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    WunderKammer II, c. 1990-2000
    Stamped Paolozzi Foundation
    Unique plaster elements (41 pieces) in oak & perspex vitrine
    100 x 100 x 26cm
  • London to Paris
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    London to Paris, c.1999
    Plaster
    5 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in
    15 x 34 x 20 cm
  • Faraday
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Faraday, 2000
    Unique plaster maquette
    54 x 26 x 27cm
  • Untitled (Drawing) VIII
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Untitled (Drawing) VIII, 1964
    Signed E Paolozzi
    Graphite on paper
    31.5 x 22cm
  • Untitled
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Untitled, 1974
    Signed E Paolozzi
    Graphite on paper
    19.5 x 21.5
  • Untitled
    Eduardo Paolozzi
    1924-2005
    Untitled, 1972
    Signed E Paolozzi
    Graphite on paper
    25.4 x 35.7cm