Tristan Hoare is delighted to present Cracked, an exhibition curated by Leonie Mir and dedicated to hand-moulded ceramics made without the use of a wheel. By removing the structure provided by a wheel, the exhibition focuses on contemporary artists who construct, sculpt and mould clay, demonstrating what can be achieved with ‘a little bit of mud and a little bit of genius’ (Paul Gauguin). Paul Gauguin, an early advocate of ceramic art, personally promoted hand-moulding in an effort to replace the potter at his wheel with ‘intelligent hands which could impart the life of a figure to a vase, while remaining true to the character of the material’.