Welcome to Spotted, our weekly must-see list of works from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary ceramics. This week we begin with a dribbly porcelain pitcher by Helen Frankenthaler and a cheeky jug.
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler, Hand painted pitcher, 1998, Hand painted porcelain pitcher. KPM Porcelain, 6 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 6 1/5 inches. Offered by Alpha 137 Gallery. Click for larger image
While not a ceramic artist, we Spotted American abstract expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler‘s (1928–2011) collection of 250 hand-painted porcelain pitchers, each is unique, signed and numbered.
NYC Antiques Weekend Find: Jolly Bricklayers
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We Spotted this 1815 dated pearlware jug at New York City’s Antiques Weekend (January 19–20, 2018) featuring bricklayers and a jovial inscription (below). The pitcher was acquired by curator, writer and antiquarian Rob Hunter who said he had offers from several American museums for the object.
Roger Law
A many of many talents, satirist turned ceramist, Roger Law is known in the world of contemporary ceramics for his monumental celadon Paradise Pots, but we’ve Spotted some examples of Law’s more delicate blue and white porcelain works.
Roger Law, Running Emus IV, 2017, Hand-painted porcelain plate, 8 7/10 inches. Available from Sladmore Contemporary. Click for larger image
Roger Law, Eels Plate, 2017, Blue and white porcelain, 14 3/5 inches. Available from Sladmore Contemporary. Click for larger image
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Roger Law, Pig, 2017, Hand-painted porcelain dishes, 11 × 20 inches. Available from Sladmore Contemporary. Click for larger image
Roger Law, Angeln Sattelschwein (English Saddleback Pig), 2017, Brush drawing, 8 3/10 × 11 4/5 inches. Available through Sladmore Contemporary. Click for larger image
Shona McGovern
We Spotted London-based artist Shona McGovern‘s grotesque anthropomorphic corpses at Mall Galleries.
Reparation is a mixed media work incorporating sculpture, drawing and poetry. It is the embodiment of thoughts and imaginings over some years. Birds are the focus and I have made many small porcelain forms, each unique with anthropomorphic characteristics.
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Shona McGovern, Small Bird Sketch, 2014 Graphite on paper
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