Pouch

Sascha Noble
Pouch

ARTBOX, Level 3 Fisher Library (August - November 2024)

Installation view of Sascha Noble's Pouch, 2023. 11 ceramic sculptures of the lower torso and stomach area. Varying textures and glazes. — Sascha Noble, *Pouch*, 2023, recycled stoneware with various glazes, installation view. Photography by Estelle Yoon.

Artist Statement

Pouch explores the concept of women as vessels. It responds to stereotypical standards of beauty and historical views of the “function” of a woman, as a reproductive prize. Ceramics has a history of serving as a skin for storytelling, mirroring how individuals’ skin tells their personal histories. Stretch marks, scars, skin pigmentation are all natural features of growing and living human bodies, however until recently these features have not been depicted as aesthetically valuable. Pouch urges viewers to consider these traditional roles and functions of ceramic, skin, and vessel and how they exist in today’s climate of reclamation, transformation, and acceptance.