YORK gallery curator Lotte Inch celebrates the limitless potential of selecting only black and white – and all the tones that lie in between – in printmaking, drawing, painting and ceramic arts in her new show.

Shades Of Black And White, at Lotte Inch Gallery in Bootham, presents work by David Hockney; Salvador Dali; Yuta Segawa; Kyra Cane; Shefford Smith; Florence Boyd; Derrick Greaves; Jean Arp; Jonathan Bonner; Kathryn Sherriff; Peter Coates; Tom Phillips; Colin Self and Anthony Gross.

"This exciting, thought-provoking and polished exhibition revels in the beauty of shape, form and tone, allowing the simplicity of the monochrome pallet to truly highlight the subject of each work," says Lotte. "True to form at Lotte Inch Gallery, the artists comprise a selection of much celebrated names alongside emerging artists and makers.

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Yuta Segawa's mini pots in the window of Lotte Inch Gallery in York

"Showcasing ceramics from 'of the moment' Japanese maker Yuta Segawa, whose mini pots have taken the ceramic world by storm, alongside stunning works by Nottinghamshire potter Kyra Cane, drawings from monochrome-mad Nottingham draughtsman Shefford Smith and prints from celebrated artists Colin Self, David Hockney and Anthony Gross, the show offers up a comprehensive range of styles, media and scales, uniting once again two-dimensional and three-dimensional art forms in a suitably monochromatic gallery setting."

Lotte delights in the gallery window display. "It's full of the teeny, tiny hand-thrown pots by Yuta Segawa," she says. "They're a real 'stop you in your tracks' thing, ranging in height from about 1.5cm to 3.5cm, and contrast wonderfully with the marble sculpture by Peter Coates that also sits in the window."

Alongside the popular names of Self and Hockney, the exhibition promotes regional and national talent with a less far reaching reputation. "It's with great excitement that we're able to exhibit work by these artists and to be able to showcase their varied approach to making work while simultaneously offering the chance to see, up close and in the flesh, work by some of the great names in contemporary art history," says Lotte.

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The Boy Hidden In An Egg, by David Hockney, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm, 1969 © David Hockney

Among the outstanding contributors is Kyra Cane, who says of her work: "Pieces are thrown on a wheel, an intense, physical process that demands immediate responses to material and form; surfaces react to the slightest touch, traces of hand and tools remain, the indents and hollows created by fingers and fists interrupt and contradict symmetry.

"Bold, ostensibly black marks wrap themselves around the porcelain forms, describing and defining spaces; brush marks fade and blur, inky opaque bands change to pale fresh air blues. There are remnants in these vessels of the vast landscapes which have always been my inspiration."

Shades Of Black And White runs until October 15. Opening hours are 10am to 6pm, Wednesday to Saturday, and at other times by appointment on 01904 848660.