Bard Graduate Center Gallery is currently closed due to building maintenance.
Updates on reopening plans will be available in the coming weeks. If you would like to receive notifications by email about the reopening, click here.
During this closure period, we welcome online visitors to explore the digital exhibition, Sèvres Extraordinaire: Sculpture from 1740 until Today, which examines the sweep of design and production of sculpture made at Sèvres from the Manufactory’s founding in 1740 to the present.
Updates on reopening plans will be available in the coming weeks. If you would like to receive notifications by email about the reopening, click here.
During this closure period, we welcome online visitors to explore the digital exhibition, Sèvres Extraordinaire: Sculpture from 1740 until Today, which examines the sweep of design and production of sculpture made at Sèvres from the Manufactory’s founding in 1740 to the present.
Exhibition Description
Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today presents the history of the Sèvres Manufactory and its production of extraordinary sculptural objects in various ceramic pastes. Organized by Sèvres, Manufacture et Musée nationaux, and Bard Graduate Center, the exhibition is the first outside of France to highlight the production of sculpture made at the famed porcelain manufactory.
From extravagant Rococo to restrained Neoclassical, from romantic, neo-Gothic inventions to the elegant curves of the Art Nouveau or the geometries of the Art Deco, and in partnership with artists associated with Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop art, Sèvres has continually pushed the boundaries of ceramic production, creating objects that are neither functional nor decorative but rather art that it simply calls “sculpture.”
From extravagant Rococo to restrained Neoclassical, from romantic, neo-Gothic inventions to the elegant curves of the Art Nouveau or the geometries of the Art Deco, and in partnership with artists associated with Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop art, Sèvres has continually pushed the boundaries of ceramic production, creating objects that are neither functional nor decorative but rather art that it simply calls “sculpture.”
