19 September 2026 – 10 January 2027
About the Exhibition
This exhibition celebrates Groninger Museum's acquisition of Keramikos 2, a collaborative work comprising more than 300 ceramic dinnerware pieces and accompanying tablecloths by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy & Natsuko Uchino. Having served food and drinks during travelling dinner parties, they now live another life in the Starck pavilion.
The title references Ursula K. Le Guin's The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, which proposes the carrier bag instead of the hunting spear, as a foundational human tool: an object for gathering and carrying.
Bringing together Keramikos 2 with further sets of their pottery and selected Groninger Museum's collection pieces, Lutz-Kinoy & Uchino are interested in the power of gathering together. Their selection creates associative connections with their own work, reshuffling historical relationships and generating unexpected encounters between materials, techniques and cultural histories.
Curators
Roos Gortzak and guest curator Nicolas Trembley
Pavilion
Starck
Keramikos 2 was acquired with the the generous support of Groninger Museum Salon.
With thanks to the exhibition partners
Mondriaan Fonds
Groninger Museum Salon
Het Cultuurfonds
Emmaplein Foundation
Stichting Gravin van Bylandt
Roode of Burgerweeshuis
With thanks to our main partners
Gemeente Groningen
Provincie Groningen
Ministerie van OCW
VriendenLoterij
Gasunie
Stichting Beringer Hazewinkel
Vereniging Rembrandt
Vereniging Vrienden van het Groninger Museum
Would you like to visit the exhibition 'Keramikos Carrier Bag’ by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy & Natsuko Uchino? Prepare for your visit by ordering your tickets online, and planning your trip to the museum. Also check out all the other exhibitions and events you will experience during your visit. We look forward to welcoming you at Groninger Museum.