Ceramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay
By Kate Singleton and Danielle Krysa
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Kate Singleton
Kate Singleton writes the blog Art Hound and runs Buy Some Damn Art, an online gallery featuring original work. She lives in NYC.
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Ceramics - Kate Singleton
INTRODUCTION
Ceramics has sparked the imagination of a new generation of artists who are redefining this previously overlooked art form. What was considered a quiet, traditional art practice has been reinvigorated by these artists’ creative energy and cross-media experimentation. The stunning ceramics that have come out of this resurgence have not gone unnoticed, and you are likely to see ceramics regularly featured in art blogs and glossy magazines, and handsomely displayed in galleries and design outposts. While some artists featured in this book have devoted themselves entirely to ceramics, many others have multifaceted practices that overlap in areas such as illustration, drawing, and painting. Despite differences in style, background, and geography, the ceramicists featured in the following pages cite the same fundamental reasons for working in clay: its intimate process, versatility as a medium, and rich history. Above all, they choose to work with clay to create art that transcends the canvas or sheet of paper and exists in the three-dimensional, physical, tactile world.
For decades material-based art forms like ceramics were marginalized, downgraded to the category of craft. Many dedicated and distinguished potters continued making exceptional work, but on the whole, ceramics made few waves in the conversation on new art and visual culture. Then, in 2003, renowned British potter Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize, and ceramics was thrust into the spotlight of the international art scene. Perry stated that at that time, pottery was seen as a second-class thing
in relation to more prestigious art forms such as painting and sculpture. In the years since his historic win, the distinction between fine art and craft has crumbled, and a new era of creativity in ceramics has arrived. Today ceramics has emerged as a mainstream and highly relevant contemporary art form. As writer Lily Wei humorously put it in Art News, "Ceramic art . . . has finally come out of the