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Dirt on Delight at the ICA

[This is part 2 of a 2 part article that first appeared in the March issue of Ceramics Monthly. Click on the Dirt on Delight tag at the bottom of the post to find part 1.] Not everything in the exhibit is explicitly about body and bodily functions. Numerous pieces revel in clay’s historic use as a decorative medium. Jeffry Mitchell, Pickle Jar, 2005, glazed ceramic, 15.5 x 13 x 13 inches, collection Ben and Aileen Krohn

Weekly Update – ICA’s Dirt on Delight is sexy and great

This week’s Weekly has my review of Dirt on Delight at ICA. Below is my copy with some pictures. Robert Arneson Lustred Rose, 1966 glazed ceramic 29×60 1/2 x 28″ From earthly delights in clay to pithy word art and a cerebral video animation, ICA’s Spring shows are bon bons of creamy goodness, crunchy ideas and beautiful packaging. Kathy Butterly speaking about her sexy pots at ICA’s opening. The big downstairs show, Dirt on Delight, commands attention by sheer volume of gorgeousness on display.  The survey of sculptural clay brings together 22 artists breaking ground in the traditional craft material.  ... More » »

Kohler Art Center: Fever dreams and utopian nightmares

Kitty, Joe and I drove up to Sheboygan to the John Michael Kohler Art Center on Sunday. What we found inside was a group of exhibits and installations that connected through a thread of architecture and visionary thinking — both hopeful and pessimistic –about the future. Randall Sellers’ Untitled (Landscape with Loop Road) 2005, graphite on paper. Unfortunately the Center forbids the taking of photographs in the exhibitions. But not in the bathrooms, remember whose art center we’re talking about. So we snapped away in the toilet areas both male and female which are full of commissioned art by Carter ... More » »