Ceramics Test 2 (Final)

This artist made functional pots for everyday use. He was interested in creating "pottery for the people" and built the framework for a handmade pottery market in Minnesota. Who am I?

Warren Mackenzie

warmth, simplicity, and ruggedness. Making pottery for common people and seeking beauty in Utilitiranian objects born of the local environment. Identify this Japanese aesthetic's core characteristics

Mingei

What is the term used to describe the community of potters that formed around Warren MacKenzie in Minnesota?

Mingei Sota

this form was created by Warren MacKenzie, and it's made on the potter's wheel where part of the clay wall is folded over on itself and collapsed on purpose. What am I called?

drop rim bowl

Japanese potter Shoji Hamada introduced what concept to Warren MacKenzie and his mentor Bernard Leach?

mingei*

What type of ceramic form was Bernard Leach a staunch proponent of

functional pottery

This Minnesota potter founded Grupo Turgua, a nonprofit organization that supports Venezuelan crafts persons making handmade objects

Cuellar

Originally known as Pottery Inc., this Organization's founder established one of the top 3 residency programs in ceramics world wide. Who am I?

Archie Bray

Where did Rudy Autio and Peter Voulkos first begin working in the ceramics field?

Archie bray foundation

Who was the first resident artist director of Pottery Inc./Archie Bray Foundation

Lillian Böschen

What was the name of the book Bernard Leach published that helped people interested in ceramic arts make the transition to opening their own studios?

A Potter's Book

Bernard Leach's mentor and long-time collaborator helped Leach revive the art of making pottery by hand in England. Who am I?

Shoji Hamada

This Montana artist had been dubbed the "Matisse of Ceramics" due to his inventions in sculptural form, and painterly style on ceramic surfaces. He was also one of the first directors of the Archie Bray Foundation.

Rudy Autio

What school was Ken Ferguson known for developing into an undergraduate ceramics powerhouse after leaving Archie Bray?

Kansas City Art Institute

List the 3 organizations Ken Ferguson connected to build a national ceramics pipeline where young artists were moved through undergrad, grad school, and their first professional opportunity as a working artist

1. Alfred University
2. Archie Bray Foundation
3. Kansas City Art Institute

In addition to a long career as a studio artist, what residency program did David Shaver run for several years?

Archie Bray Foundation*

What type of ceramics was David Shaner known for mastering

Pottery

True or False: Kurt Weiser is known for using the pastiche technique on the surface of his forms.

True, because he picks and chooses sources from different areas of life and things he's seen

This movement in ceramics was a reaction to perfection of form and glaze in utilitarian pottery. Peter Voulkos led the charge in the 1950s.

California Clay Movement

What aspect of clay led it to be considered less than a fine art like painting or sculpture for centuries?

Utility

What defines Abstract Expressionism in fine art?

- big open fields of color
- emphasis on dynamic energetic gesture

Describe how Voulkos' work changed after encounters with Abstract Expressionism.

He removed the function out of the equation and made sculptures on multiforms of the wheel

Name the abstract sculptor who was a contemporary of Voulkos and Autio who needed to be Convinced that clay was a worthwhile medium to pursue.

Jim Leedy

What 3 forms was Peter Voulkos known for creating?

- Plates
- Stacks
- Ice buckets

In addition to making ceramic objects, what two things was Soldner known for in the ceramics field?

1. American Raku
2. clay mixers
3. advertising posters

What movement in ceramics was John Mason most closely associated with?

California Clay

True or False: Rudy Autio was a master sculptor and predated Voulkos' trajectory into ceramic sculpture by many years

true

What two ways of working with Clay were most common in Rudy Autio's studio practice?

1. Tile
2. Sculpture

What movement in ceramics was Robert Arneson known for leading?

Cali Funk

Describe what California Funk was all about.

An anti established mentality, with inappropriate humor, and sculpted tangible objects

True or False: Funk artists were concerned with public morality.

False

This artist is known for creating funk sculptures built upon a never ending series of frogs. They state "even my most maiden old aunt or my dragged-out cousin can get at the meaning of the work or at least experience it!"

David Gilhooley

What was Margaret Dodd's Holden FX ceramic car series all about?

- Male and female roles

True or False: Richard Shaw's work is not a good example of Trompe l'oil ceramics?

False, it is a good example

Who created this work, and what technique was used on the surface of the plates?

Howard Kottler, decals

What type of ceramic forms was Robert Arneson known for creating?

self-portraits/ figure sculptures

Before Clayton Bailey started working with clay, what line of work did he pursue? One can say it carries over into his sculptural creations.

Cartoonist

What are the 3 approaches to visual art in the Post Modern era?

1.) Pastiche
2.) Blending of high and low art forms
3.) A broad overall style that's nonunified

Define Pastiche.

Collaging, picking and choosing, borrowing things from different sources and applying then to a work of art

What 3 camps emerged within the ceramics field as a result of more engagement with the fine art world beginning around 1980?

1.) Figuration
2.) Abstract sculpture
3.) Pottery

Describe how this Doug Jeck sculpture traffics in the uncanny aesthetic.

The figure is familiar because it's human, but appears foreign because the body parts are unnatural

Describe how this Mark Burns sculpture uses Pastiche in this artwork.

Collaging, applies images from other sources

What two major influences on Johnathan Christensen Cballero's work?

- His parents' work ethic
- Latino culture

What material does Johnathan Christensen Caballero often incorporate with clay to create his sculptures?

clothing, fabric, found objects

Name this artist who is known for hyper-realistic figure sculpture.

Tip Toland

Name two elements of the human condition Beth Cavener is channeling through her sculpted animals.

- Emotion
- Behavior

What lived experience is this piece by Raven Halfmoon based upon?

life as a Native American women

In addition to ceramic drums, what does Winnie Owens-Hart create ceramic works about?

Racism

Syd Carpenter's work is about this.

African Americans as stewards of the land

Name the theory that Wesley Harvey looks towards to create his ceramic objects.

Queer Theory