Kathy Butterly at James Cohan Gallery, New York City
by Janet KoplosKathy Butterly is a much-celebrated ceramist whose eccentric forms and exuberant colors – and her art-world success with them – mark a notable female extension of the funk humor of Robert Arneson, wit…
Our Pottery Story
Sometimes it’s okay to stand out, or like different things; we need to ruffle a few feathers to make a difference. Chon and I continue to grow in a number of ways but retain our hope to inspire peace…
Form as Embodied Place: The Pottery of Willi Singleton
In this reflective essay, I invite the reader to look at, meaning to see and to think about, pottery differently. I do this by considering place and embodiment in the context of ceramic work created b…
Gay Smith: Animating the Clay
by Janet KoplosPottery was one of the first things that I met in my life that I couldn’t just pick up and do. Most of my learning was through books or conversation. But I couldn’t read a book and solve the pottery p…
Nostalgia, Desire, Wonder: The Work of Jason Bige Burnett
Nostalgia, desire, wonder: all have been used to describe the work of Jason Bige Burnett. And that didn’t change when he switched from clay to fabric. Anyone familiar with Burnett’s ceramic work might…
Artist’s Inner Expression in the form of Public Art
Altogether, these murals are a refreshingly pertinent and new approach to the study of Art. The methodology could be applied with modifications, especially the public art so far analysed only from the…