Christy Keeney Flat Head (CK025)

Christy Keeney's figurative ceramics are an investigation into the human condition. His sculpted slab-built heads and figures demonstrate a wonderful sense of draughtsmanship as details are drawn into the wet clay surface. The forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.

On his inspiration - "I visited a retrospective exhibition of Picasso, at the Tate gallery, in the early 80s when I was at college, and many of my influences came from seeing that work. Especially a collection of small cardboard cutouts and folded figurative sculptures. These simple, two-dimensional pieces opened a world of possibilities for how I would approach my own work."

Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London. After spending 17 years in London, he returned to his native Donegal, where he now lives and works.