Toshiko Takaezu in 1997 Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was a technically masterful and innovative artist best known for her ceramic sculptures, which she treated as abstract paintings in the round. Her gestural style, distinctive palettes, and complex layering of glazes align with the practices of Abstract Expressionists who were her […] We all looked up to […]

One of the things that I find surprising about contemporary ceramic art is the range of technique combined with whimsy that has been used. This has been an ongoing development made possible by wide-ranging discoveries in glaze and clay body research and combined with amazing references to ancient ceramic work as well. “Although traditionally used

Art Craft All images © Janny Baek, shared with permission “I’ve always been drawn to art in different ways, but sculpting clay by hand seems to come most naturally to me. I think it is my most effective means of communication,” says Janny Baek , whose playful, abstract ceramics […] It’s a lot harder than

Photographer unknown Biography Selected Publications film / videos Periodicals / newspapers Books / Catalogues Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was one of the twentieth century’s greatest abstract artists. Gifted with prodigious drive and vision, she combined inspirations from her own cultural background with currents from contemporary painting and sculpture, arriving at […] –Though she is being given

Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), “Master and Tics” (2002), Cochiti red clay, white clay slip, red clay slip, black (wild spinach) paint, 27 inches x 15 inches x 12 inches (courtesy Robert Gallegos, image courtesy the museum) SANTA FE, N. Mex. — ReVOlution , an exhibition at the Museum of […] This is a fun and

Lucie Rie, Bowl, 1977, thrown porcelain with manganese glaze and sgraffito decoration, Middlesbrough Collection. Purchased with assistance from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund. “To make pottery is an adventure to me, every new work is a new beginning.” Kettle’s Yard is delighted to present Lucie Rie: The Adventure of […] So beautiful and so perfect,

Art “Visceral vision.” All images © Tour Kurokawa, shared with permission The natural growth process, which begins with the replication of a single cell and eventually produces bodily systems and lifeforms, informs the practice of artist Toru Kurokawa ( previously ). Based in Kyoto, Kurokawa transforms amorphous hunks of […] These feel like spines and

Installation view of Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art at the Hayward Gallery, London. Pictured: Takuro Kuwata, “Untitled” (variously 2015, 2016), porcelain, glaze, pigment, steel, gold, lacquer (all photos Olivia McEwan/Hyperallergic) LONDON — Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art is a bold move by the Hayward Gallery: many will […] I’ll admit it. I don’t

Potter Shin Sang-ho uses bold colors to paint his pieces that take the form of animals at his studio called Bugokdobang in Yangju, Gyeonggi. [PARK SANG-MOON] Past the picturesque landscapes along the national highway in Yangju, Jangheung-myeon, Gyeonggi, then up a rocky, winding road, awaits a large door adorned […] When an artist has made

I still vividly recall my early days training as a studio potter in New Delhi . The internet and access to WWW were still very limited. What may be considered archaic now – books – were our only source to open up the world of information. There were two […] Many of us who began