PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood
November 10-December 29th, 2018
North Adams, MA
Artist Reception, November 10th 5-7pm.
“To better understand the work, I just had to make the work,” Pincus said. “I began with the Etruscan pot, his primary source for one of his objects; a calyx krater — a traditional wine-holding vessel. I looked very closely at Josiah’s reconsideration of that form, just trying to reproduce those objects; understanding what liberties I had and what things I had to stick to with the original source.”
“Not your grandmother’s Wedgwood …
Ceramic artist, scholar finds inspiration in Josiah Wedgwood’s work”
Peter Pincus, ‘Ewers’ 2018, colored porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 6″.
By Jennifer Huberdeau
November 2, 2018
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