Images of various potters & sculptors : I've admired the works of the following ceramicists and sculptors, so it was refreshing to research this post and get to see what they actually looked like. I think images of artists have more impact when you see them in their studio environment. latest page → Stig Lindberg - Gustavberg, Sweden Stig Lindberg was one of the leading designers of household items that were accessible to almost everyone in Sweden. His career lasted from about 1937 to 1980 during a 'golden age' for Swedish industrial arts. Toshiko Takaezu Yoshida in studio (Ogaya,
Nor did art schools prize professionalism over individuality the way they do now, when she...
The first image in “Viola Frey: Center Stage,” supersized on an atrium wall of the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, California, and printed on the cover of the exhibition pamphlet, is a photograph of the artist in 1996. She stands inside one of her just-larger-than-life ceramic female figures looking steadily at the camera—as if to demonstrate that her work is an extension of her person, but that the two are not the same. Her pose conveys the sense of scale, a mastery of her medium, and an easy relationship to both. Frey helped to change notions that ceramics was inherently a medium for craft, not art. Whether because of her gender, the vast variety of her output, or both, acclaim comparable to her contemporaries’ has eluded Frey, despite frequent exhibitions of her work during and after her lifetime. “Center Stage” is the artist’s first major museum survey on the West Coast since 1981.
giant ceramic sculpture at the oakland museum of california - oakland, california
The first image in “Viola Frey: Center Stage,” supersized on an atrium wall of the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, California, and printed on the cover of the exhibition pamphlet, is a photograph of the artist in 1996. She stands inside one of her just-larger-than-life ceramic female figures looking steadily at the camera—as if to demonstrate that her work is an extension of her person, but that the two are not the same. Her pose conveys the sense of scale, a mastery of her medium, and an easy relationship to both. Frey helped to change notions that ceramics was inherently a medium for craft, not art. Whether because of her gender, the vast variety of her output, or both, acclaim comparable to her contemporaries’ has eluded Frey, despite frequent exhibitions of her work during and after her lifetime. “Center Stage” is the artist’s first major museum survey on the West Coast since 1981.
One thing about Viola Frey's self-portraits: They did not lie. Even by an inch. Frey…
Outside di Rosa Preserve Artist: Viola Frey
American Nude Series, 1994. Ceramic. Nash Collection (1933-2004) Oakland Museum
Casino-restort mogul, Steve Wynn, calls on Ferguson & Shamamian Architects to craft a space that showcases his extraordinary art collection amid sumptuous, inviting interiors by designer Roger Thomas
A retrospective for one of California's most admired ceramic sculptors. Mark Van Proyen reviews.
Viola Frey once said that she sculpted figures because in her hometown of Lodi, California, there was nothing else to portray but the women in printed dresses walking through town on Sundays.
Viola Frey, a powerful woman and rule-busting artist, has not been given enough credit for the ways in which she changed the game for artists working in clay.
clay and glaze
iola Frey: Center Stage at Artists’ Legacy Foundation marked Frey's (1933 - 2004) first major museum survey on the West Coast since 1981.
Viola Frey, a powerful woman and rule-busting artist, has not been given enough credit for the ways in which she changed the game for artists working in clay.
The first image in “Viola Frey: Center Stage,” supersized on an atrium wall of the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, California, and printed on the cover of the exhibition pamphlet, is a photograph of the artist in 1996. She stands inside one of her just-larger-than-life ceramic female figures looking steadily at the camera—as if to demonstrate that her work is an extension of her person, but that the two are not the same. Her pose conveys the sense of scale, a mastery of her medium, and an easy relationship to both. Frey helped to change notions that ceramics was inherently a medium for craft, not art. Whether because of her gender, the vast variety of her output, or both, acclaim comparable to her contemporaries’ has eluded Frey, despite frequent exhibitions of her work during and after her lifetime. “Center Stage” is the artist’s first major museum survey on the West Coast since 1981.
Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection Exhibition
Viola Frey Amphora III 1997
Ask the soft-spoken Hawaiian-born artist Sam Perry about the inspirations for his found-wood sculptures, and he mentions Al Held, Martin Puryear, Isamu Noguchi and Joan Miró. He appreciates their sense of composition and form. And like those great artists, he says, “I like balance.” Now based in Oakland, California, Perry is known for sculptures whose […]
More about the Sculptures as seen in Hotels interiors and their creators on Wescover. American artist Viola Frey’s giant ceramic sculptures of men and women are among the underappreciated wonders of late-20th-century art. Standing 11 feet and higher, wearing business suits and ties and nondescrip… Explore unique Art & Wall Decor and Sculptures by rising artists around Oxon Hill. Find original art such as wall tapestries, wood art, ceramic sculptures, macrame and fabric wall hangings on Wescover.
Read an interview transcript, watch videos, view images from the archives, and more, presented by the Artists’ Legacy Foundation.
Viola Frey, a powerful woman and rule-busting artist, has not been given enough credit for the ways in which she changed the game for artists working in clay.
