Playing With Fire - Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto
About this book
Internationally renowned artist and writer Edmund de Waal meets acclaimed Danish ceramist Axel Salto (1889-1961), considered one of the greatest masters of 20th Century ceramic art. Salto was a poet and a critic, an artist and textile designer and this books explores both of their practices. This is a conversation across time that leads us closer to their art and connects words, images and ceramics. The book contains a rich selection of excerpts from Axel Saltos writings, a new essay by Edmund de Waal, a conversation with Edmund de Waal and an essay by co-curator Sanne Flyvbjerg.The book is published in connection with the opening of the exhibition Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto. The book is in English.The book is available with three different covers, the inside of which is printed with extraordinary reproductions of Axel Salto paper designs.