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6)
How do you feel about the terms “ceramic sculpture” and “ceramic
sculptor”? How do you address the categorization of your own
work?
This brings up my longest running internal battle, which is
to date not fully resolved. These terms “ceramic sculpture”
and “ceramic sculptor” seem to describe a self imposed Ghetto-ization
from the art world. While Pete Volkous (r.i.p.) was able to
lead the charge in bringing a certain level of respectability
to the discipline and broke down exterior barriers to the ‘art
world’ with his work on the cover of Art Forum… It seems that
much of the ceramics community has sought shelter from criticism
behind these terms. Granted, the larger art community is not
the comfiest couch in the parlor. When Grayson Perry won the
Turner prize in London last year half the room walked out the
door of the award ceremony mumbling certain expletives and the
term potter in the same sentence, according to an attendee.
However, I believe that if persons playing with clay, glaze
and fire want their work to be taken seriously they will need
to be able to talk about more than the clay, the glaze, the
fire, and be willing to engage critics of the material. For
me I’m happy to be call a potter if that what people see me
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