This week Garth Clark anointed New York City as Ceramic Gotham, the world capital of contemporary ceramic art. No art center elsewhere can compete with the sheer mass of ceramics on view. Once an inhospitable town for contemporary ceramics (although a major center and market for historical), New York has gradually become more accepting, particularly in the 20th century. Clark’s editorial looks at this phenomenon. It focuses on two months that were one of the highest points for the medium in the art world and the art market. Ceramic shows and works are everywhere, including in this overview of the Frieze Fair.
Takuro Kuwata, Bowl, 2013, porcelain and stone, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 7/10 inches. At the Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo and Singapore.
There was, to use a great Italian word, an “abbondanza” of ceramics in the Frieze Art Fair (New York, May 14-17). Indeed, there was so much on show that we have divided this post into two parts. Part one shows works that deal with a vessel aesthetic and the second part next week will focus on sculpture.
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Takuro Kuwata, Bowl, 2013, porcelain and stone, 4 7/10 x 6 7/10 x 5 9/10 inches. From the Tomio Koyama Gallery.
Grayson Perry from Victoria Miro, London. Photographs by Leslie Ferrin.
Guðmundur Thoroddsen, Urn (Best Dead Father), 2014, glazed earthenware, 11 x 6 x 4 inches. From the Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York.
Vases on exhibition at Frieze Fair with Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York.
Guðmundur Thoroddsen, Best of October 2013 II, 2013, glazed earthenware, 13 1/2 x 8 x 3 1/2 inches. From the Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York.
Charles Long; Two Unknowns, One Known and One Unknown, 2015; aqua-resin and stoneware, 50 x 31 x 20 inches. From the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.
Hannah Wilke, Untitled, 1976, 12 white glazed porcelain ceramics on painted board, 1 7/10 x 2 4/5 x 1 3/5 inches. From the Alison Jacques Gallery, London.
Josh Smith, Right Above It, 2013, ceramic, 22 x 6 x 4 inches. From the Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.
Betty Woodman, Summer Pillow Pitcher, 2011; glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer and acrylic paint; 26 x 25 x 19 inches. From Salon 94, New York. Click to see a larger image.
Works by Dan McCarthy at Anton Kern, New York.
Fausto Melotti, Untitled (flower/tulip vase), ca. 1950, glazed ceramic, 9 x 5 x 3 inches. From CRG Gallery, New York.
Tom Sachs, Small Chawan Cabinet, 2014; English porcelain, temple white glaze, NASA Red engobe, reduction fired, pine, latex, glass beads and museum glass; 39 x 39 x 8 inches. From Salon 94, New York.
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