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3 Apr 2025 (2 min) read
Ceramic artist Madoda Fani presents a hand-coiled, smoke-fired duo of potsas part of LOEWE TEAPOTS, one of the many displays at the Salone del Mobile 2025, the 63rd edition of the international furniture and design fair running from 8 -13 April at the Palazzo Citterio. It also marks LOEWE’s nineth exhibition at Salone.
Curated by Jonathan Anderson, the collection of 25 teapots has been crafted by international artists, designers and architects. It not only reflects a continued investment in craft and dedication to working with artists, but also pays tribute to the everyday object, reimagining the vessel’s sculptural form. It’s hard to imagine a more universal object than the teapot - holding a unique place at the intersection of culture, history and ritual. Familiar across the world (tea is the most consumed drink after water) the humble pot can be both mundane yet magnificent, with a sprawling global history stretching across centuries and continents.
Titled Umpondo zihlanjiwe (meaning washed horns or clean horns) and Imbokotho, taken from the South African proverb “Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokotho” (“You strike a woman, you strike a rock”) originating during the Women’s Anti-Pass March of 1956, an anti-Apartheid protest, Fani’s two pots are a meaningful tribute to women in Fani’s homeland. They are also a contemporary evolution of traditional Nguni ceramics, informed by a lineage of clay masters who have influenced his work.
Each artist has taken a unique approach, drawing on the rich variety of tea making cultures. Some have opted to work with conventional shapes and materials, while others have chosen to subvert the familiar form of the pot by playing with shape, scale or materials. Fani chose to leave his teapots unglazed, porous and vibrant, to allow the flavours of the tea to seep into the clay. They also feature hand-carved embellishments.
Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, had this to say of the fair: "We have always thought of the Salone as a fundamental tool for offering opportunities for growth and development to our industry, creating intercultural dialogues, bringing disciplines closer together, illuminating Milan".
Fani is joined in LOEWE TEAPOTS by the likes of David Chipperfield, Dan MacCarthy, Takayuki Sakiyama, Rose Wylie, Jane Yang-D’Haene, Akio Niisato, Shozo Michikawa, Lu Bin and others.