Exhibition of ceramic works by Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge at Studio Eleven Gallery, marking 25 years of Gay Pride in Hull.
Provocative Pots is running at Studio Eleven Gallery in Hull until 31 October, a new exhibition of ceramic works by Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge. It's staged to mark 25 years of Gay Pride in Hull, so it sits right in the middle of the city's 2026 celebrations.
The show is built around the idea that identity, memory and cultural history remain fiercely contested. It looks at the overlap of queerness, visibility, politics and survival, and does it all through clay, porcelain, glaze, image and narrative. That's a lot to pack into a few materials, but that's the point: the work uses the very things it's made of to talk about the things it's about. It's not just about the finished pots, but how they're made and what they're meant to stand for.
Turrell and Dredge are the two names behind the work, and the exhibition brings their ceramics together under one roof. If you're into ceramics, it's a good chance to see how two different makers approach the same themes. If you're not, it's still worth a look for the context it's sitting in.
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It's open at Studio Eleven Gallery until 31 October, so you've got a fair bit of time to get over there if you're around Hull this autumn.
