Confrontational Ceramics
Those who associate ceramics with functional vessels or charming knick-knacks are in for a shock. Clay may start out soft, but in the right hands it can deliver a hard blow. From British Toby Jugs to Marcel Duchamp's Fountain to a wall of gruesome tiles that forms a portrait of President George W. Bush, ceramic art has the power to provoke and subvert.\ Confrontational Ceramics surveys the work of contemporary sculptors, potters, and mixed media artists who have turned the ancient medium of...
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Confrontational Ceramics is an international survey of contemporary sculptors, potters, and mixed media artists who have used clay as a medium for political and social commentary. This book features full-color photographs of works by makers such as Grayson Perry, Robert Arneson, Richard Notkin, and Howard Kottler.
Ch. 1 War and politics : societies run amokCh. 2 The social and human condition : internal and external realitiesCh. 3 Gender issues : sexuality and psychosexuality - guilty pleasures and the return to the bodyCh. 4 The environment : confronting decay and indifferenceCh. 5 Popular and material culture : consumerism, the marketplace and Disneyland aesthetics
