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Sep
2019
COOL CLAY: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics | Crocker Art Museum

COOL CLAY: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics | Crocker Art Museum

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

July 21, 2019 — July 21, 2021

From raw textures to meticulous details, to glazes bursting with color, the works in Cool Clay represent one of the most exciting and expansive fields of contemporary art. This exhibition highlights a selection of notable acquisitions that strengthen the Crocker Art Museum’s ceramics holdings in both diversity and scope. These pieces represent the work of influential figures such as Rudy Autio, Jun Kaneko, Tony Marsh, Edwin Scheier, Nancy Selvin, and Akio Takamori, as well as more recent leaders like Peter Olson, Zemer Peled, Brian Rochefort, and Dirk Staschke. Although the artists pursue a great variety of approaches and techniques, each embraces the experimental and playful sensibility this versatile medium engenders. Spanning six decades of studio practice, this exhibition celebrates the ground-breaking achievements of 20th-century ceramists as well as those who today continue to reimagine the possibilities of working in clay.

Read more on the Crocker’s blog, the Oculus, HERE.

Exhibiting Artists:

Anthony Bennett, Claude Conover, Annette Corcoran, Viola Frey, David Gilhooly, Babs Haenen, Matthias Merkel Hess, Anne Hirondelle, Sergei Isupov, Cliff Lee, Ah Leon, Whitney Lowe, Kris Lyons, Calvin Ma, Mineo Mizuno, Steven Montgomery, Peter Olson, Edwin Scheier, Nancy Selvin, Peter Shire, Mara Superior, Akio Takamori, Claudia Tarantino, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Peter VandenBerge, 

Learn more about FC Artists:

SERGEI ISUPOV
MARA SUPERIOR

and from the archives:

VIOLA FREY
AKIO TAKAMORI

“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
Sergei Isupov, ‘Lightness’ 2008, stoneware, stain, glaze, 33 x 18 x 9″. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
Sergei Isupov, “Lightness”, 2008, stoneware, stain, glaze, 33 x 18 x 9″.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
Mara Superior, “Fantasia Teapot”, high-fired porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, faux painting, wood, brass pins, 13.5 x 8.5 x 20″.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020.Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020.Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020.Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.
“Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020. Image courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum.