Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects

A beautifully illustrated look at how the acclaimed ceramicist draws on the postcolonial experience in her work

Magdalene Odundo (b. 1950) is a Kenyan-born British ceramicist whose extraordinary works have been widely celebrated for their beauty and universality. Her studies of classical forms across many global traditions—from Greek and Chinese to Aztec and African—are evident in her intimate, evocative shapes. Sequoia Miller sheds light on the colonial and material traditions that inform O...