With Connecting the Pieces, Gwen Anderson presents a new, bold and unexpected chapter in her artistic career but still entirely continuous with her practice. Known for her layered, delicate and atmospheric works, Anderson now turns toward Pique Assiette, a mosaic technique in which broken porcelain, discarded tableware, found fragments and other materials are carefully reassembled into new forms.
In this exhibition, fragments become more than material. They become memory, movement, reflection, and transformation. What was once broken or overlooked is given new meaning. Through works such as her striking skull sculptures, of which we have already given you a glimpse on the invitation, Anderson invites us to look closely at the relationship between loss and renewal, fragility and strength, the fragment and the whole.
This is a rare opportunity in Curaçao to experience a Solo Exhibition centered on Pique Assiette, a technique that embraces irregularity, resourcefulness, and the expressive power of found materials. In Anderson’s hands, each shard carries its own history, yet together they form something entirely new.
Connecting the Pieces rewards careful observation. A single glance will not reveal everything. Each return brings another detail, another connection, another surprise.
‘The Red Skull’ portrayed on the invitation is made from a water buffalo skull, porcelain, gold leaf, glass beads, and small ornaments, and offers only a glimpse of what awaits!
These remarkable artworks are bold, intricate, and full of unexpected detail.
They invite you closer, then reward your attention again and again.
Anderson studied at the Art Students League of New York and later completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Fine Art at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design in London. After living and working in Amsterdam and Tokyo, she returned to Curaçao in 2019 and is currently based here.