Ceramics Peter Voulkos Artwork

Three tiered sculptural stack pots and large stoneware platters.

Ceramics peter voulkos artwork.

Peter voulkos artworks select from the categories listed on the left to view. Bryce bannatyne gallery 1 124 5 h. His large clay sculptures often took the form of ice buckets plates and stacks which he then cast in bronze. The artist s influences included zen philosophy asian ceramics american jazz beat culture and abstract expressionist painting.

At 80 ceramics legend ron nagle is still perfecting his otherworldly sculptures. 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. The work is open at the top and has the vessel as a frame of reference. Snowmass is classic peter voulkos.

Bryce bannatyne gallery santa monica california acquired from the above 1993 the carmichael pelsinger. Voulkos 73 applied paper gallery label. Peter voulkoswas an american sculptor of greek heritage. Why the art world is embracing craft.

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

How a revolution in ugly design is upending conventions of beauty. Peter voulkos american ceramics artist born jan. Peter voulkos american 1924 2002 vessel usa 1973 hand built carved slashed and glazed stoneware and porcelain signed and dated. To work on an enormous scale voulkos borrowed structural methods from architecture and devised a way.

In the early 1970 s voulkos concentrated on two basic ceramic forms. 6 000 8 000 description. One way he did this was to dramatically increase the size of his ceramic objects. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art.

Peter voulkos was instrumental in the transformation of ceramics from a traditional craft to a sculptural art form.