Confrontational Ceramics | 
 enlarge | Author: Judith S. Schwartz
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 10 x 1
ISBN: 0812241398
Dewey Decimal Number: 738
EAN: 9780812241396
ASIN: 0812241398
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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pThose who associate ceramics with functional vessels or charming knick-knacks are in for a shock. Clay may start out soft, but in the right hands it can deliver a hard blow. From British Toby Jugs to Marcel Duchamp's Fountain to a wall of gruesome tiles that forms a portrait of President George W. Bush, ceramic art has the power to provoke and subvert.br /br /iConfrontational Ceramics/i surveys the work of contemporary sculptors, potters, and mixed media artists who have turned the ancient medium of clay into an articulate vehicle for political and social commentary. Educator and curator Judith S. Schwartz gathers the works of more than two hundred artists from thirty different countries into a glossy full-color overview of the radical ceramics scene. Provocative pieces from makers such as Grayson Perry, Robert Arneson, Richard Notkin, Howard Kottler, as well as newer talents, address personal, social, and geopolitical injustices from rape to racism. In their own words, these bold artists discuss the outrage behind their outrageous works. Schwartz provides historical context for current and late twentieth-century protest in the form of ceramics. She also places the artists within thematic groupings: war and politics, the social and human condition, gender issues, the environment, and popular and material culture.br /br /Filled with subtle satire, garish jests, grotesque shock treatments, and moving testaments, iConfrontational Ceramics/i is a radical departure from conventional coffee-table ceramics books on decorative housewares or formal abstractions. This art book will amuse, inspire, and possibly offend art historians, ceramics collectors, and anyone with an eye for the outlandish./p
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Stunning and informative book November 2, 2008
Julie Green
Who would have thought there are so socio-political artists working in ceramics? Judy Schwartz has created a stunning and informative book. In the West, ceramics has long been pigeonholed as craft, and not a serious art form. This book goes a long ways in educating the viewer on the potential of clay. It is an honor to be included in Confrontational Ceramics. br /Julie Green br /Associate Professor br /Department of Art at Oregon State University br /[...]
Eye-opening November 1, 2008
Robert C. Cumbow (Seattle, WA USA)
We always knew writing, painting, drawing, and photography were powerful agents of social comment---but ceramics? Well, yes ... and the use of ceramic art as a means of provocative social and political comment goes back a lot farther than most people might think. Judith Schwartz has assembled an astonishing array of challenging, moving, and forceful pieces of ceramic art, intelligently arranged and superbly photographed. Paging through this book will change the way you look at ceramics specifically and art in general. A powerful and eye-opening collection, worth the attention of anyone who claims to care about art.
Great Ceramic Book!! October 29, 2008
Tony Natsoulas (Sacramento, CA United States)
Finally a book that takes ceramic sculpture seriously. The art world has put this kind of ART on the back burner too long and this book helps to bring it to the forefront. Thank you for writing it. Also, see her website at http://www.judyschwartz.com
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