Download or read book Living with Clay California Ceramics Collections written by Rody N. Lopez and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with Clay: California Ceramics Collections" pays homage to distinguished collectors of ceramic art in California and salutes their tastes, ideas, and eccentricities. Together they have amassed impressive collections of works by many of the most respected artists in the field.This book is published on the occasion of an exhibition by the same name at the Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery at California State University, Fullerton. "Living with Clay: California Ceramics Collections" honors each collector's story and the deep connection between the clay medium and their way of life. The collectors represent a distinct group whose profound love of ceramic and art boldly marks the history of the medium. This book offers small glimpses in to the private lives and motivations of these collectors. Enter the homes and lives of Julie and David Armstrong, Judy and Richard Jacobs, Gloria and Sonny Kamm, MAW Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Richard Oelschlaeger, Diane and Igal Silber, and share in their cherished clay collections.
Download or read book Live Form written by Jenni Sorkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramics had a far-reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century, as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those for other creative mediums. Live Form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant-garde by looking at the central role of women in the field: potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught male counterparts like John Cage, Peter Voulkos, and Ken Price. Sorkin focuses on three Americans who promoted ceramics as an advanced artistic medium: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained potter and writer; Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, who renounced formalism at Black Mountain College to pursue new performative methods; and Susan Peterson, best known for her live throwing demonstrations on public television. Together, these women pioneered a hands-on teaching style and led educational and therapeutic activities for war veterans, students, the elderly, and many others. Far from being an isolated field, ceramics offered a sense of community and social engagement, which, Sorkin argues, crucially set the stage for later participatory forms of art and feminist collectivism.
Download or read book Master of the Midcentury written by Catherine Cody and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master of the Midcentury: The Architecture of William F. Cody is the first, long-overdue book on this key Palm Springs architect, abundantly illustrated and detailed. Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as "Desert Modern." While his architecture was disciplined and technically innovative, Cody did not practice an austere modernism; he imbued in his projects a love for social spaces, rich with patterns, texture, color, and art. Though the majority of Cody's built work was concentrated in California and Arizona, he had commissions in other western states, Hawaii, Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba. From icons like the Del Marcos Hotel (1946), to inventive country clubs like the Eldorado (1957), to houses for celebrities (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney), Cody's projects defined the emerging West Coast lifestyle that combined luxury, leisure, and experimental design. Cody also pushed the boundaries of engineering, with beams and roof slabs so thin that his buildings seemed to defy gravity. Master of the Midcentury is the first monograph devoted to Cody, authored by the team that curated the acclaimed exhibition Fast Forward: The Architecture of William F. Cody at the Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles: his daughter, Cathy Cody, design historian Jo Lauria, and architectural historian Don Choi. Replete with photographs of extant and now-lost structures, as well as masterful color renderings and drawings for architectural commissions and plans for vanguard building systems, Master of the Midcentury is the authoritative resource on Cody.
Download or read book Feat of Clay written by Susan Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Live Form written by Jenni Sorkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sorkin focuses on three Americans who promoted ceramics as an advanced artistic medium: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained potter and writer; Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, who renounced formalism at Black Mountain College to pursue new performative methods; and Susan Peterson, best known for her live throwing demonstrations on public television. Together, these women pioneered a hands-on teaching style and led educational and therapeutic activities for war veterans, students, the elderly, and many others.
Download or read book Scripps Clay Connection written by Lang Art Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Clay Resources and the Ceramic Industry of California written by Waldemar Fenn Dietrich and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Centering on Contemporary Clay written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tile Makes the Room written by Robin Petravic and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Heath Ceramics, the beloved California designer, maker, and seller of home goods, comes a captivating and unprecedented look at beautifully designed interiors where tile is an important and integral part of the design. Tile Makes the Room, by Heath’s owners Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey, winners of the National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, is about exceptional spaces and places—the kind you want to step into and examine each and every detail of—where tile is the main ingredient, though not the only star. From the dwellings of notable designers to everyday homeowners, grand installations and subtle designs all showcase tile’s role in the form and function of architecture and interiors. The book, for design professionals and aficionados alike, features inspiration on every page; a look at tile making; a unique perspective on color, pattern, and texture; and public installations around the world to visit and enjoy, Tile Makes the Room is essential reading on interiors and tile.
Download or read book California Pottery written by Bill Stern and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With color photographs featuring hundreds of pieces, California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism provides a comprehensive history of the extraordinarily diverse and colorful pottery of California."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Confrontational Ceramics written by Judith S. Schwartz and published by Herbert Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book looks at the use of ceramics as a tool for confrontation, where artists use this ancient and most plastic of media to make provocative commentaries about the inequities of the human condition. It is a massive overview of the ceramic scene from this perspective, showcasing representative artist' work juxtaposed against their statements, to provide the contexts for the issues against which they rail."--[book cover].
Download or read book Contemporary Ceramic Vessels written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revolution in clay written by Mary Davis McNaughton and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book California Design written by Jo Lauria and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly receptive world, and showcased objects that still influence craft and design today. Book jacket.
Download or read book Ken Price written by Kenneth Price and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ken Price was born in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1935. He enrolled in his first ceramics course at Santa Monica City College in 1953, a year after he took classes in life drawing and cartooning at the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts). His notion of ceramic sculpture evolved significantly during his studies with Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), from 1955 to 1957, at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later the Otis Art Institute). In 1959, he earned an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He had his first solo exhibition in 1960 at the now legendary Ferus Gallery. Since then, Price's work has been extensively published and exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1992, Walter Hopps, founding director of The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, organized a prescient survey of Price's sculptures that our book commemorates. In 2004, the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, mounted an exhibition of sculptures and works on paper dated from 1994 to 2004." -- Publisher's website
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Download or read book Out of Clay written by Lewis Krevolin and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
