Untitled
1984

Porcelain
15.375 x 4.125 x 9.125 in.
Gift of Richard W. Gold from the Arthur J. Williams Collection
2024.12.48

Paula Winokur studied with Rudolf Staffel at the Tyler School of Art. Winokur's work in porcelain was groundbreaking in its emphasis on the strength and robustness of the material, rather than the traditional emphasis on delicacy. Untitled (1984) evokes a slice of landscape or a wall without being a literal representation.

Winokur was born and raised in Philadelphia. At Tyler she met her future husband, Robert Winokur. Their personal and artistic lives intertwined, raising two sons and sharing a studio. Paula overcame sexism in her early career, being told that as a wife and mother she did not deserve a full-time teaching position. She went on to lead the ceramics program at Arcadia University and became a mentor to countless young women as she gained well-deserved status in her field. In the last decades of her career, she turned her artistic attention to environmental issues. Winokur is best known for the work she made from the 1990s through the 2010s using her sculptures to bring attention to global warming and the melting of the world’s icebergs.

Billie Sessions, PhD.

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This object has the following keywords:

• lines
• prisms - Glass or crystal pendant drops of triangular section used especially to ornament chandeliers or candelabras. For similar drops, smooth or faceted, and made in various forms, use "lusters (lighting device components)."
• sculpture
• spikes - Stout, sharp-pointed pieces of metal, wood, or other hard material, or stout sharp-pointed projecting parts of an object.
• squares

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