Unexpected

by Koplos, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780810963696
• ISBN10: 0810963698
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Throughout the 20th century, prominent artists from Pablo Picasso to A. R. Penck have experimented with ceramics. The works they produced have complemented and often expanded upon their styles and techniques in painting and sculpture, but they have rarely been studied by art historians. Here for the first time are ceramic works by 23 European artists, all from the extensive collection of artists' pottery at the Museum Het Kruithuis in the Netherlands -- the only such collection in the world. Ceramics by Miro, Leger, Chagall, Braque, Dufy, and Cocteau are beautifully illustrated and discussed, as is the work of Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and other members of the mid-century CoBrA movement, and that of contemporary artists such as Mimmo Paladino and Bruce McLean. Essays set the ceramics in context, and documentary photographs show the artists at work.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	7	(4)
Yvonne G.J.M. Joris, director Museum Het Kruithuis
FROM PICASSO TO PENCK: PLAYING WITH CLAY	11	(112)
Janet Koplos
PlCASSO AND THE PICASSIETTES	123	(20)
Max Borka
COBRA AND CERAMICS	143	(16)
Willemijn Stokvis
THE TANGERINE TEST	159
Jos Poodt