Part one: Artists. Arman ; The fire's path (Michael Cardew) ; Caro and Clay: retained innocence ; The queen of découpage: Grayson Perry's guerilla ceramics ; Lucio Fontana's ceramics ; Cracks in the sidwalk: a chronological study of the art and world of Viola Frey ; Geert Lap: some notes on minimalism in ceramic art ; Interior dances: a personal response to the vessels of Babs Haenen ; Sam Haile 1909-1948: a memorial ; Murray and Leach: a study in contrasts ; Pop and circumstance: Ron Nagle's cups ; George Ohr: avant-garde volumes ; The pottery of Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye ; Resident allien from the land of pop: Richard Slee in context ; Searching for Hans Spinner ; Subversive majesty: Peter Voulkos' Rocking pot ; Beatrice Wood: the art of ceramic light ; A true and romantic pragmatist ; Betty Woodman: storm in a teacup--an anecdotal discussion of function -- Part two: issues. Section one - American ceramic and general history ; Section two - Criticism, theory, scholarship and semantics ; Section three - Function and design ; Section four - Marketplace.
Summary:
A compendium of Garth Clark's best writings on modern and contemporary ceramics that cover a twenty-five year period.
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