Ceramics Peter Voulkos Artwork

Three tiered sculptural stack pots and large stoneware platters.

Ceramics peter voulkos artwork. The artist s intent was clearly sculptural not functional. Peter voulkos american ceramics artist born jan. Why the art world is embracing craft. To work on an enormous scale voulkos borrowed structural methods from architecture and devised a way.

6 000 8 000 description. 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. Voulkos 73 applied paper gallery label. Bryce bannatyne gallery santa monica california acquired from the above 1993 the carmichael pelsinger.

Peter voulkos american 1924 2002 vessel usa 1973 hand built carved slashed and glazed stoneware and porcelain signed and dated. Peter voulkos artworks select from the categories listed on the left to view. How a revolution in ugly design is upending conventions of beauty. The artist s influences included zen philosophy asian ceramics american jazz beat culture and abstract expressionist painting.

Peter voulkoswas an american sculptor of greek heritage. One way he did this was to dramatically increase the size of his ceramic objects. His large clay sculptures often took the form of ice buckets plates and stacks which he then cast in bronze. Snowmass is classic peter voulkos.

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. Peter voulkos was instrumental in the transformation of ceramics from a traditional craft to a sculptural art form. Bryce bannatyne gallery 1 124 5 h. In the early 1970 s voulkos concentrated on two basic ceramic forms.

At 80 ceramics legend ron nagle is still perfecting his otherworldly sculptures. A participant in the resurgence of american studio crafts he helped change the viewpoint that ceramics were merely utilitarian objects. Articles featuring peter voulkos. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art.

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.