Ceramics of Release – The Crying Plates

As part of its ongoing collaboration with Domus Art Gallery, Okupa presents Ceramics of Release – The Crying Plates, the third exhibition in a rotating series of contemporary artists and exhibitions.

Featuring a new body of work by Roxanne Brennen, The Crying Plates explores ceramics as a vessel for emotion, memory, and personal release. The exhibition presents a ceramic installation of hand-crafted plates and masks, where expressive faces become quiet portraits of emotional release, exploring the relationship between body, emotion, and everyday ritual. Challenging the perception of crying as something to be hidden or suppressed, Brennen invites viewers to see tears as an essential part of transformation and self-discovery.

Exhibition Details

📅 18 June – 28 July

📍 Okupa Basement

Happenings Details

  • Thursday 18 June I 19:00 I Exhibition opening
  • Thursday 02 July I 19:00 I Sound Bath experience by Nicolaos Unalome
Description

Roxanne Brennen, an artist and ceramicist, works at the intersection of art and design. Through handcrafted ceramic objects, she transforms everyday forms into vessels for storytelling and reflection. Central to her practice is an exploration of the relationship between nourishment and release, where domestic objects become carriers of personal and collective experience.

Through her ongoing project Ceramics of Release, Brennen investigates how clay can hold and communicate moments of vulnerability, inviting viewers to reconsider emotional expression as an essential part of growth and transformation.