Jun 12th - Jul 8th, 1983
"American Clay Artists: Philadelphia ’83" was exhibited throughout Old City, an area in Philadelphia where The Clay Studio was founded, and provided a creative connective link with its neighborhood galleries – Rosenfeld, Helen Drutt and Marian Locks East. This exhibition also provided a way for the public to examine the ceramic movement from its classical, Anglo-Japanese traditions to its more recent entrance into mainstream art. As Helen Drutt wrote in the foreword to the catalog: “American Clay Artist: Philadelphia ’83 reinforces the notion that the categories established in art three centuries ago have been dissolved for a myriad of reasons and that the artist working in clay is a dominant force in the art of today.”
The work of 60 nationally known artists will be featured from June 12 - July 8 at the following galleries: Helen Drutt Gallery, 305 Cherry St; Marion Locks Gallery East, 122 Arch St; Rosenfeld Gallery, 113 Arch St. Artist included: Robert Arneson, Clayton G. Bailey, Douglas Baldwin, Bennett Bean, Thom R. Bohnert, Robert Brady, Nancy Carman, Val Cushing, William P. Daley, Ruth Duckworth, Kenneth R. Ferguson, Robert Forbes, David Gilhooly, Andrea Gill, John Gill, John P. Glick, Erik Gronborg, Lois Hennessey, Tony Hepburn, Wayne Higby, Richard Hirsch, Jun Kaneko, Karen Karnes, Howard Kottler, Ron Lang, Bruno Laverdiere, Marilyn Levine, Ken D. Little, Michael Lucero, Graham Marks, David Middlebrook, Judy Moonelis, Jens Morrison, Donna L. Nicholas, Theodore Randall, Don Reitz, Daniel Rhodes, Jacquelyn Rice, Tom Rippon, G. David Shaner, Richard Shaw, Paul Soldner, Rudolf Staffel, John H. Stephenson, Susanne G. Stephenson, Lizbeth Stewart, Toshiko Takaezu, Jack Thompson, George Timock, Robert Turner, Ken Vavrek, Patti Warashina, Paula Colton Winokur, Robert M. Winokur, Betty Woodman, Daisy Youngblood. An exhibition by resident artists of the Clay Studio will be featured at: The Clay Studio Gallery, 49 North Second St. Resident Artists at The Clay Studio Gallery: Judy Axelrod, Ron D'Alonzo, Elizabeth Dailey, Janice Merendino, Kathryn Narrow, Marian Pritchard, Kathie Regan, Elyse Saperstein, Dale Shuffler.
Rat Krater #2
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware
Measurements:
17" x 13" x 13"
Date:
1981
Seated Robot with Photon Emissions
Medium & Materials:
Glazed ceramic with electric light
Measurements:
24" x 14" x 14"
Date:
1979
The Most Disastrous Ball Game in History
Medium & Materials:
Terra cotta, glazes, stains, water, sand; press-molded, handbuilt, slipcast
Measurements:
11" x 21" diameter
Date:
1981
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, glazes, paints; pit-fired
Measurements:
7.25" x 9" diameter
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, wire, glaze
Measurements:
28"
Date:
1983
Defendant
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic with slips
Measurements:
36" x 24" x 27"
Date:
1980
Falling: Land
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, glazed; handbuilt
Measurements:
22" x 14" x 6"
Date:
1982
Covered Jar
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
19" x 13.5" diameter
Date:
1983
Offside
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, unglazed; handbuilt
Measurements:
19.5" x 21" x 21"
Date:
1983
Vessel
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, porcelain
Measurements:
10" x 9.5" diameter
Date:
1978
Covered Jar
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
23" x 11"
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
27.5" diameter
Date:
1980
My Daily Bread
Medium & Materials:
White earthenware, glazes
Measurements:
23" x 12" x 12"
Date:
1982
Interrupted Patterns
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware; handbuilt
Measurements:
23" x 22" x 9.5"
Date:
1982
Wine Ewer
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware; handbuilt
Measurements:
13" height
Plate
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain
Measurements:
1.5" x 11.5" diameter
Date:
1979
Lidded Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain with lusters and photo decals
Measurements:
14" x 9" diameter
Date:
1982
World Beater
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire ceramic, watercolor, wax
Measurements:
21" x 18" x 16"
Date:
1983
Totemic Forms
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, marble, slate
Measurements:
7'2" height
Date:
1982
Seclusion Lake
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, raku technique; wheelthrown and corrected
Measurements:
11" x 19" x 16.5"
Date:
1982
Space Vessel #27
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, terra sigillata, cupric sulfate spray, raku-fired
Measurements:
24" x 19" x 19"
Date:
1983
Wall Plate
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed, handbuilt
Measurements:
24.5" x 20.5" x 3"
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, wood-fired, slip-decorated
Measurements:
11" x 11" x 12"
Date:
1982
Nut Art is Nutty
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, underglaze stains
Measurements:
16" x 5" x 15"
Date:
1979
Casement with Grating
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic whiteware with burnished underglazes
Measurements:
26" x 48" x 18"
Date:
1981
Semaphore
Medium & Materials:
Clay and steel
Measurements:
24" x 16" x 24"
Date:
1983
Jim's Case
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
11.5" x 13" x 5.25"
Date:
1981
Jinx
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, shards, oil paint
Measurements:
17" x 21" x 16"
Date:
1981
Untitled (Dog & Bone)
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic and metal
Measurements:
96" x 36" x 20"
Date:
1982
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, coil construction, sandblasted
Measurements:
30" x 29" x 32"
Date:
1982
Face Walk
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
12.5" x 14.5" x 5.25"
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware
Measurements:
28" x 23" x 11"
Date:
1982
Casa de Taza
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, applied slip; handbuilt
Measurements:
40" x 20" x 12"
Date:
1983
Flecked Wedge II
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, pastels and underglaze pencil
Measurements:
17" x 5" x 16"
Date:
1982
Light Box
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, iron and cobalt slips; handbuilt and wheelthrown
Measurements:
12" x 10"
Date:
1982
Clay Painting
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, slips, engobes and stains
Measurements:
34" x 21" x 3/16"
Date:
1983
Pescadero
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic
Measurements:
43" height
Date:
1980
Companions
Medium & Materials:
Terra cotta, glaze, wood, paint; handbuilt
Measurements:
23" x 22" x 12"
Date:
1983
Beautiful Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, lusters
Measurements:
28" x 15" x 9"
Date:
1982
Coil Pot w/ Metallic Glaze
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware; handbuilt
Measurements:
16" x 8"
Date:
1982
Card Basket
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, overglaze decals
Measurements:
4 1/4" x 8 1/8" diameter
Date:
1983
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire, salt-bisqued, unglazed, bas-relief; wheelthrown and altered
Measurements:
17 3/4" x 13 3/4" x 10 3/4"
Date:
1982
Light Gatherer
Medium & Materials:
Translucent porcelain with sulphur wash; wheelthrown and altered
Measurements:
6 7/8" x 5"
Core #4
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, colored slips, clear glaze; handbuilt
Measurements:
15.5" x 18" x 20"
Date:
1983
Pedestal Vase
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, colored slips, airbrushed
Measurements:
26" x 12" x 12"
Date:
1982
Still Life with Coffee Cup
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, porcelain, glazed, lusters, decal, paint; handbuilt and assembled, cup slipcast
Measurements:
4" x 19" x 21"
Date:
1981
Untitled
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed; wheelthrown
Measurements:
17" x 16" diameter
Date:
1982
Cynara
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, painted
Measurements:
49" x 11" x 9"
Date:
1982
Raku Vessel, R3 237
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, raku-fired
Measurements:
12.5" x 26.5"
Date:
1982-83
Ife
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazed, sandblasted
Measurements:
14" x 9"
Date:
1983
Quiet Traces
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, glazes
Measurements:
23" x 54.25" x 11
Date:
1982
Automology
Medium & Materials:
Low-fire clay, underglazes, glaze, mixed media
Measurements:
19.5 " x 33.5" x 20.5"
Date:
1982
White Wall: Narrow Entry
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, unglazed (front), glazed (back), gold chloride and cobalt sulfate
Measurements:
22" x 15"
Date:
1982
North of North Plate: Aerial View: Wall piece
Medium & Materials:
Stoneware, salt-glazed, glaze, slips and engobes
Measurements:
12.5" x 19" x 4"
Date:
1982
Cup and Cup Stand
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware, glazed; two elements
Measurements:
12" x 12" x 7"
Date:
1983
Wiggling
Medium & Materials:
Ceramic, unglazed
Measurements:
28 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 11 3/4"
Date:
1981
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