Contemporary Art Resource Packet
Submitted by: Debra Troyanos
Contemporary Ceramic Artists and Sculptors In this collection that I have curated on the social media website, Scoop-It, I have gathered a group of Ceramic artists working today. I feel these artists would be of interest to my high school pottery class, since they are assigned to do both realistic and abstract sculptures. This grouping has a large variety of both types of sculpture. I also wanted to include a good cross section of both male and female artists, not only to be more equitable, but also because boys in a high school class do not want to be forced to make work that does not feel “masculine” to them. I found several contemporary male artists that I feel would really appeal to them, one is Richard Notkin, that does these cool, edgy work with skulls and other references reminiscent of tattoo work. Another male artist, Steve Wang, does work on monsters, aliens, and other creatures. I also found a clay artist who creates sculptures of women’s dresses he designs. This could be a crossover to my Fashion Design class as well. I found several artists that deal with the interaction of Humans and Nature or the environment, which is a topic I deal with extensively in all my classes. Two artists, Coe and Waito, create exquisite jelly fish and spruce cones made of porcelain. There are several animal sculptors as well. Another artist, Amanda Small, based her biomorphic abstract sculptures on nature and science. I included a few artists who are inspired by their culture (local or ethnic), such as Nancy Adams, who is inspired by Native American culture around where she lives, and she creates Totem boxes. Since my class makes personal boxes as one assignment, this would be a new interesting twist to add to it that would make it even more special. There is also Pueblo artists, such as Cochiti, who are known for their Storyteller sculptures. I have had my eighth grade
create these in the past and now I can show them this artist’s work for additional resources. Another example of an artist influenced by their culture is contemporary Japanese artist, Hayashi Shigeki, who creates futuristic looking child-like sculptures that are based on Japanese cultural icons like manga. An example of creating art with deeper meaning, and art that is a therapeutic release for the artist, would be Susan Wortman. After surviving breast cancer herself, she began creating the female sculptures with wings that represent that transformative life event. This illustrates something I am always trying to instill in my students. Finally, I also have searched for and found several examples of abstract or non-representational sculptures. I have my students make one of each, and I would like to have them do a clay head this year, so in addition to the artists I have included a couple of tutorials in the folder that were pertinent. One sculptor makes smooth shapes and forms, while another makes wavy organic undulating forms. Another artist makes fanciful, complicated abstract forms and another has a funky, outrageous and frightening sculptures that look like a nightmare. The fascinating array and variety of contemporary artists I discovered will be a great resource for me to use in future classes. In addition to these contemporary ceramic artists listed on ScoopIt, I have also collected a vast amount of additional contemporary artists and clay artists on Pinterest if you would like to peruse those two lists as well. http://www.scoop.it/t/contemporary-potters-and-ceramic-artists?page=1 http://pinterest.com/mrstsphoto/contemporary-ceramic-and-clay-artists/
Contemporary Ceramic Artists Resources:
Submitted by: Debra Troyanos
1. Adams, N. (2011). Nancy Y Adams 路 Clay Artist. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.nancyadams.net. 2. Canyon Art. (2008). Dorothy Torivio under Acoma Pueblo pottery, Southwest Indian pottery, Native American Pottery Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.canyonart.com. 3. Canyon Country Originals. (2008). Southwest Indian Art- Cochito Pueblo. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.canyonart.com. 4. Ceramic and Pottery Arts Resources. (2012). Ceramic D茅cor Designs. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.veniceclayartists.com. 5. Chiru, M. (n.d.). Amazing Ceramic Art Combines Human and Nature Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.frendz4m.com. 6. Fisher, D. (2008). Hayashi Shigeki Ceramic Art. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.highsnobiety.com. 7. Go Carving. (n.d.). Famous Clay Sculptor Steve Wang. Art gallery. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from gocarving.com. 8. Hidden Ridge Gallery. (2012). Mitchell Grafton - Octopus Jug. Retrieved September 2, 2012 from www.hiddenridgegallery.com. 9. Hulala. (2008). Richard Notkin Ceramic Art . Retrieved August 31, 2012 from hulalahulala.blogspot.fr. 10. Learn Sculpture with Professional Sculptor, Charles Oldham. (2012). Sculpture Examples. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.learnsculpture.org. 11. Messenger, M. (n.d.) Messenger Ceramics. Retrieved September 2, 3012 from www.messengerceramics.com. 12. Ogihara, M. (n.d.). Mari Ogihara, Odalisque. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.mariogihara.com. 13. Red, K. (2007). Ceramic Artists: Alissa Coe and Carly Waito (aka Coe & Waito). Retrieved August 31, 2012 from whipup.net .
14. Small, A. (2011). Amanda Small Ceramic Sculpture Artist under Projects. Retrieved August 31, 2012 from www.amandasmall.com.
15. Wortman, S. (2010). Susan Wortman. In Sculpture. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from www.susanwortman.com