Through The Glasshouse
Sam Wilde officially debuted his hand-painted ceramic collection Glasshouse at the Turner Contemporary Open in celebration of the gallery’s 10th anniversary.
On display from 23 October 2021 – 20 February 2022. Artworks span across mediums and include work by internationally renowned artists such as Tracey Emin, Rose Wylie and Margo Selby.
![Sam Wilde wearing a mask and standing beneath a huge pink and blue wall mural.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/903eaf4e-b2dc-4f30-b192-097c64160bb3/73b80201-ea45-48ef-9439-e63ada1fe66c_rw_1920.jpg?h=83eb46a343f9cc44c4cddeb0588f1660)
Utopia From Dystopia
The fourteen Glasshouse worlds were hand-painted by Sam Wilde and feature ornate brushwork coupled with vivid swathes of colour.
Each of the individual Glasshouse ceramics has their own story to tell, but together they chronicle a journey through a series of abandoned industrial and leisure spaces. Reimagining these locals in a world where pollutants and nuclear waste have become a permanent fixture of the environment. Having seeped into and mutated the flora that now overruns these worlds.
![A glass cabinet in the Turner Contemporary displaying the Glasshouse ceramic collection painted by Sam Wilde.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/903eaf4e-b2dc-4f30-b192-097c64160bb3/b22464c4-2beb-4e6b-9ab5-a37c2ddf58f5_rw_1920.jpg?h=dde90b71c593c35313b140fcd6f55e02)
![A vibrant hand-painted ceramic showing a nuclear powerplant overgrown with plant life.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/903eaf4e-b2dc-4f30-b192-097c64160bb3/2b2daed1-b68f-4a1e-bc29-40d3687d1bf1_rw_1920.jpg?h=e98780c34b4b44df9c420a88f2ea3fb9)