WESLEY ANDEREGG
Wesley Anderegg
Outsider Fair 2023
Booth D20
Wesley Anderegg objects about the complex ceramic
Wesley’s exhibition participated in countless been featured in Clay Figures” and The Artist as Social and “Hand built Craft.” His work is held Museum, the Archie in Minneapolis, Minnesota, mento, California, and the San Angelo country.
He has also curated Columbus State .
Anderegg approaches his work from the perspective of the primitive sculpture artists, fashioning the world he knows and how he sees it. As an avid people watcher, Wesley has created a full and ceramic figurative world, combining dark humor and light spirits.
exhibition history is impressive by almost any standard. He has had over 22 solo exhibitions, and countless group exhibitions and art fairs all across the United States. In addition, his work has in Lark Books’ highly successful catalogue series three times – “500 Ceramic Sculptures”, “500 and “ The Best of 500 Ceramics”. His work has also been featured in “Confrontational Ceramics: Social Critic” by Judith Schwartz, “A Potters Handbook” by Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, Ceramics” from Lark Books. His work has also appeared in “Ceramics Monthly” and “American in numerous public collections including the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Archie Bray Foundation, the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, the Fredrick R. Weisman Museum Minnesota, the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, the Crocker Art Museum in SacraCalifornia, and many others. He’s won awards at the Centennial Celebration at the University of Kansas Angelo Ceramic National in Texas, in addition to various other accolades in institutions across the
curated exhibitions of ceramics and has lectured at UCLA, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, University and the California Conference for the Advancement for the Ceramic Arts.
The attractions of ceramics lie partly in its contradictions. It is both difficult and easy, with an element beyond our control. It is both extremely fragile and durable. Like ‘Sumi’ ink painting, it does not lend itself to erasures and indecision.
Isamu Noguchi
Eating Man
31” x 12” x 12”
handbuilt ceramic
Lady Walking Dog
16” x 8” x 8”
handbuilt ceramic
Barker 17” x 8” x 8”
handbuilt ceramic
Escape Artist 24” x 8” x 8” handbuilt ceramic
Fisherman 39” x 12” x 9”
handbuilt ceramic
Fisherman 39” x 12” x 9”
handbuilt ceramic
Gun Slinger 10” x 5” x 3”
handbuilt ceramic
Lady with Rabbit
10” x 5” x 3”
handbuilt ceramic
Devil
17” x 8” x 8”
handbuilt ceramic
Devil
handbuilt ceramic
10” x 4” x 4”
Guitar Lady 10” x 5” x 3”
handbuilt ceramic
Martini Lady 10” x 3” x 3” handbuilt ceramic
Telescope Man 9” x 3” x 6”
handbuilt ceramic
Flying Dog Lady
10” x 4” x 5”
handbuilt ceramic
Rabbit with Strawberry
handbuilt ceramic
15” x 4” x 4”
handbuilt ceramic
Tangerine Thief
9” x 4” x 4”
Jumping Through Hoops
11” x 4” x 6”
handbuilt ceramic
Politically Correct 14” x 14” x 8” handbuilt ceramic
They are Circling 17” x 13” x 15”” handbuilt ceramic
Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands.
Lupita Nyong’o