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In the late 1800s, self-taught potter George E OHR revolutionised pottery.

From his home in coastal Missisipi, this eldest son of Alsatian immigrants developed an all-consuming practice and persona. OHR's clay pots were precise and prolific. Their radical shapes and modern glazes marked an important shift in three dimensional vessel making. As a body of work, they challenged not only the art establishment, but the cultural conventions of their day.

Yet OHR's proto-abstract experiments proved too unpalatable for local taste. Throughout his lifetime, the entrepreneurial Mad Potter of …