Ceramics Peter Voulkos Artwork

A participant in the resurgence of american studio crafts he helped change the viewpoint that ceramics were merely utilitarian objects.

Ceramics peter voulkos artwork. 16 2002 bowling green ohio helped the craft of pottery gain acceptance as an art form through his creation of ceramic works that were highly esteemed for their originality. Peter voulkos was instrumental in the transformation of ceramics from a traditional craft to a sculptural art form. In the early 1970 s voulkos concentrated on two basic ceramic forms. How a revolution in ugly design is upending conventions of beauty.

There he developed a kind of abstract expressionist ceramics embraced by critics in both artforum and craft horizons and influenced outstanding painter ceramists including ken price and ron. One way he did this was to dramatically increase the size of his ceramic objects. Articles featuring peter voulkos. Voulkos 73 applied paper gallery label.

The work is open at the top and has the vessel as a frame of reference. At 80 ceramics legend ron nagle is still perfecting his otherworldly sculptures. Why the art world is embracing craft. He had first experimented with platelike forms in the late 1950 s and early 1960 s slashing gouging pinching tearing and rearranging their common archetypal shapes.

29 1924 bozeman mont died feb. Peter voulkoswas an american sculptor of greek heritage. Three tiered sculptural stack pots and large stoneware platters. Bryce bannatyne gallery santa monica california acquired from the above 1993 the carmichael pelsinger.

His large clay sculptures often took the form of ice buckets plates and stacks which he then cast in bronze. Peter voulkos born panagiotis harry voulkos on 29 january 1924 in bozeman montana deceased on 16 february 2002 in bowling green ohio was an american artist of greek descent. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art. Peter voulkos american 1924 2002 vessel usa 1973 hand built carved slashed and glazed stoneware and porcelain signed and dated.

Snowmass is classic peter voulkos. 6 000 8 000 description. The artist s intent was clearly sculptural not functional. Peter voulkos artworks select from the categories listed on the left to view.

To work on an enormous scale voulkos borrowed structural methods from architecture and devised a way.