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Repository 170: Clay Two Ways | Antemann versus Lahti
Is it fair to compare apples to oranges? Only when you are learning what fruit is, and in this case many of us do not really have a context for clay as a medium in contemporary art. So I will proceed in comparing two ceramic artists, one an apple and one an orange in order that you can understand what “fruit” is, or in this case ceramics. While I clearly appreciated one over the other, neither are better or worse…
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Repository 116: Artists Get Dirty in Dallas | A Return to Earth
Per my suggestion for artists to get dirty in 2014, I can look no further to the complicit and dirty exhibit in Dallas at the Nasher Sculpture Center this week to prove my point of getting dirty. The entire exhibit is based on the clay works of major artists – nothing is more primal than clay. Clay is the cheapest, basic, most common and dirty material. It’s also very sexual – it’s warm, smooth and slithery when wet, and the…
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