Ceramics, Art and Perception
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 516
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The Unknown Craftsman
Author: Muneyoshi Yanagi
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780870119484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical.
The Grain of the Clay
Author: Allen S. Weiss
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2016-09-15
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1780236905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCeramics give pleasure to our everyday lives, from the beauty of a vase’s elegant curves to the joy of a meal served upon a fine platter. Ceramics originate in a direct engagement with the earth and maintain a unique place in the history of the arts. In this book, Allen S. Weiss sharpens our perception of and increases our appreciation for ceramics, all the while providing a critical examination of how and why we collect them. Weiss examines the vast stylistic range of ceramics and investigates both the theoretical and personal reasons for viewing, using, and collecting them. Relating ceramics to other arts and practices—especially those surrounding food—he explores their different uses such as in the celebrated tea ceremony of Japan. Most notably, he considers how works previously viewed as crafts have found their rightful way into museums, as well as how this new-found engagement with finely wrought natural materials may foster an increased ecological sensitivity. The result is a wide-ranging and sensitive look at a crucial part of our material culture.
Confrontational Ceramics
Author: Judith S. Schwartz
Publisher: Herbert Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book looks at the use of ceramics as a tool for confrontation, where artists use this ancient and most plastic of media to make provocative commentaries about the inequities of the human condition. It is a massive overview of the ceramic scene from this perspective, showcasing representative artist' work juxtaposed against their statements, to provide the contexts for the issues against which they rail."--[book cover].
The Ceramics Reader
Author: Kevin Petrie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: 2020-09-17
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781350198944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ceramics Reader is an impressive editorial collection of essays and text extracts, covering every discipline within ceramics, past and present. Tackling such fundamental questions as “why are ceramics important?”, the book also considers the field from a range of perspectives – as a cultural activity or metaphor, as a vehicle for propaganda, within industry and museums, and most recently as part of the ‘expanded field’ as a fine art medium and hub for ideas. Newly commissioned material features prominently alongside existing scholarship, to ensure an international and truly comprehensive look at ceramics.
Sloppy Craft
Author: Elaine Cheasley Paterson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-09-24
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1472533070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of 'sloppy craft' – craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance, or both. The contributors address 'sloppiness' in contemporary art and craft practices including painting, weaving, sewing and ceramics, consider the importance of traditional concepts of skill, and the implications of sloppiness for a new 21st century emphasis on inter- and postdisciplinarity, as well as for activist, performance, queer and Aboriginal practices. In addition to critical essays, the book includes a 'conversation' section in which contemporary artists and practitioners discuss challenges and opportunities of 'sloppy craft' in their practice and teaching, and an afterword by Glenn Adamson.
Slab Techniques
Author: Ian Marsh
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1408110075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical handbook exporing the possibilities of ceramic work using slabs.
Contemporary British Ceramics
Author: Ashley Thorpe
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2021-09-27
Total Pages: 591
ISBN-13: 1785008897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCeramics is one of the most vibrant and engaging fields of contemporary British art. This lavishly illustrated book reviews the work of twenty-two artists and celebrates their contribution to its rich landscape. Written from a collector's point of view, it explores what contemporary ceramic objects can mean, what emotions they evoke and how artists draw upon different facets of the art and crafts worlds in their work. A vital visual and critical resource, Contemporary British Ceramics showcases British ceramics as a compelling interdisciplinary practice, attuned to the contemporary world. Featuring more than 280 images, it encourages readers to look beneath the surface, to discover the vibrant contribution that British ceramics makes to the broad field of contemporary art.
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture
Author: Laura Gray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-01-02
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1351626418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the 'higher' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.
