A famous ceramic artist from Kielce - interview with Marek Cecuła

A striking exhibition by the Polish-Jewish-Israeli ceramic artist Marek Cecuła, titled Disintegration, has opened at Beit Binyamini – the Center for Contemporary Ceramics. Born in Kielce, Poland, he was two years old at the time of the infamous pogrom on July 4, 1946. His family later moved to Israel, where he grew up and began his artistic career. His uniqueness lies in combining ceramics as pure art, industrial design, and craftsmanship. Cecuła curated the Third Israeli Ceramics Biennale at the Eretz Israel Museum in 2004, and he lives part of the time in his hometown. There, he has created public works, a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance in Kielce, and designs products for the Ćmielów porcelain factory.