Wallace Collection - Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneebone

The acclaimed artist Rachel Kneebone (b.1973) is displaying a series of arresting sculptural interventions
among the dazzling artworks of the Wallace Collection this autumn.

For this installation, she has created two new pieces, Bower and Temple, which can be seen for the first
time as part of the display.

The Wallace Collection is renowned for its sumptuous collection of Old Master paintings and decorative
arts, epitomised by the creations of Rococo painters such as François Boucher (1703-1770) and JeanHonoré Fragonard (1732-1806), and its beautiful Sèvres porcelain. It is into this luxurious setting that artist
Rachel Kneebone will place nine white porcelain sculptures, two of which have been specially made for the
display. In displaying these works at the museum, she follows in the footsteps of artists such as Grayson
Perry (2025), Flora Yukhnovich (2024), Damien Hirst (2009) and Lucian Freud (2004).

White porcelain is a material traditionally associated with stillness and perfection. By contrast, Kneebone’s
white sculptures, finished with a clear gloss glaze, move light across the surface, breaking and connecting
form, inviting the viewer to look closely and delve for meaning. Surreal and profuse, her works also suggest 
narrative and movement, resonating with the Roman poet Ovid’s stories of
metamorphoses and transformation.