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Unearthed | 1950s and 1960s
The ethos of experimentation and hands-on learning embraced during the 1930s and 40s laid the foundation for ceramics to flourish in the West during the 1950s and 60s. California, due to its well-established academic programs and bounty of natural materials became the central hub of ceramics production in the American West.
Voulkos sits at the center of a crucial debate in American ceramics of the ‘50s and 60s. Tensions grew between potters working in the vessel tradition and those, like Voulkos, who began playfully deconstructing the traditional norms of vessel making. For this rule-breaking avant-garde, the gestural possibilities of handbuilding with clay embraced the principles of Abstract Expressionism.
The 1960s marks a definitive break within the identity of the American ceramist. While many makers continue to adhere to the vessel tradition and identify as potters, the emerging younger generation invested in the sculptural possibilities of clay became artist-craftsman—signaling a push away from traditional crafts and toward fine art that would dominate future decades.
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Jar
Eunice Prieto
Porcelain
Jar
Bowl
Eunice Prieto
Stoneware
Box with lid
Bottle
Kenneth Ferguson (aka Ken Ferguson)
Stoneware
Jar
Planter
Viola Frey
Stoneware
Planter
Lidded Jar
Eunice Prieto
Stoneware
Jar with lid
Untitled
John Mason
Stoneware with grog and quartz
Sculpture
They Thought It Was My Last Trip
Patti Warashina
Earthenware, porcelain, mixed media
Sculpture
Plaque
Adele Chase
Earthenware
Sculpture
Jar
Nellie Nampeyo
Earthenware
Native American Jar
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