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All rights reserved 2 Ceramics Monthly September 1988 3 4 Ceramics Monthly Clay RevisionsJust as “rectangularity is rarely invoked as the crucial key to under standing oil painting,” clay artists “should be examined for their visions, not their re visions of pre-existing forms,” points out Matthew Kangas in his review of this tour ing invitational; see page 35. Volume 36, Number 7 • September 1988 Feature Articles Stephen De Staebler’s Archaic Figures by Donald Kuspit.........................27 Thirty Ceramic Sculptors........................................................................ 31 Soup Tureensa review by Victoria Donohoe...................................................32 Clay Revisions a review by Matthew Kangas..................................................35 Contemporary British Lusterware.........................................................43 Thomas Hubert.........................................................................................47 Eclectic Vessels by Jimmy Clark ..................................................................48 Don Sprague .............................................................................................52 The Empirical Strikes Back Color and the Ceramic Surface: Alchemy or Science? by Robin Hopper.........................................................................................57 Soup Tureens, reinterpreted, sometimes even transmogrified, are found in the Departments Campbell Museum’s third exhibition of contemporary tureens; page 32. Shown above Letters.............................................. 6 Comment: from the exhibition is “Triassic Totem,” 26½ Where to Show ............................. 10 Too Long at the Fair inches high, terra cotta, by Elyse Saper- by Timothy Gallucci.............................. 21 stein, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Questions...................................... 12 Suggestions.................................. 62 Itinerary........................................ 14 Classified Advertising.................. 94 New Books................................... 18 Index to Advertisers .................... 96 News & Retrospect Deduction Drought...................................... 61 Early Greek Figures.................................... 78 Patricia Fay ................................................. 61 Swedish Designers in New York............ 80 National Arts Survey................................... 61 Indiana Invitational..................................... 80 Southwest Threesome................................. 61 Viviana Halpern ......................................... 82 NCECA Members’ Show............................ 63 Images in Clay Irene Eilers.................................................. 63 by Amy DeLap............................................ 82 Mary Visser Susan and Steven Kemenyffy.................... 82 by Janice McCullagh .................................. 64 Kevin Hanna................................................ 65 Roy Strassberg............................................ 84 Application Slides Dennis Tobin by Adrian Hoff............................................ 65 by Mary Seyfarth ........................................ 84 Bill Stewart ................................................. 70 Pat Saab....................................................... 84 Makoto Yabe .............................................. 70 Termite Mound Kiln The coverStephen De Staebler with Laney Oxman.............................................. 72 by Ken Hobday................................................. 86 works in progress. Is De Staebler a new Grady Kimsey............................................ 72 Winnie Owens-Hart Rodin? Do we believe in any contemporary by Monifa Atungaye ........................................ 88 artist that much? In a challenging essay, America House Anniversary....................... 72 Crafts at the Armory................................... 88 critic Donald Kuspit analyzes De Stae Mid-Atlantic States Biennial....................... 72 bler’s clay and bronze figures; page 27. Catching Up Christine Federighi ..................................... 94 Photos: Scott McCue. by R. J. Washington..................................... 74 Real, Fake or Masterpiece?......................... 95 September 1988 5 metry, the project might have been a success. dimensional artists organize and present pro As things stand, one wonders how the crea posals for group and individual exhibits that tures recognize each other when approaching gain them an entirely three-dimensional ex from various angles. Perhaps a bit of tidying hibition. 3) When the individual artist, gal Letters up will do. lery and/or exhibition presents the three-di- “It is not clear whether blame for this ca mensional work in a setting that shows the tastrophe should be laid at the feet of the potential purchasers what the work may look For the Collector planners or the builders. But it does not mat like in their own environments (a form of As a collector, I find that one of the most ter; we fired them all. The problem now is unspoken education, if you will—the reality frustrating aspects of collecting in the dec how to correct the situation before He is ready being that galleries and exhibits don’t often orative arts is the lack of printed material. to have a look. look like living, usable, occupied space). Although magazines such as Ceramics “A thorough search of Heaven for the nec Georgeanne Carlisle Gass Monthly fill a vital need, books on various essary personnel left us in despair until we Manchester, Mo. artists and exhibition catalogs are hard to realized that there are potters here. And, of come by. One of the services that CM could course, only potters who appreciate the im Critical Craftsmanship provide is a list of exhibition catalogs that portance of perfectly symmetrical and iden I want to thank Everette Busbee for his can be purchased, along with the publisher’s tical designs have been admitted. The others fine commentary on craftsmanship [May address and the amount to be paid. This would are elsewhere. 1988]. He wrote with a vibrancy and rhythm certainly help me and other collectors inter “Only the most modest recruitment effort which pulled me along despite my initial re ested in building a library, especially [of pub was necessary since, strange to say, most of luctance to accept his main thrust. In words, lications from] smaller museums and uni these craftspeople do not seem to feel that as in art, the union of craft and heart makes versities which normally do not have wide they had an adequate opportunity to display for an eloquence that is hard to resist. distribution of their materials. their dazzling skills in one lifetime. In fact, It is precisely because of this union that I Aaron M. Milrad