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Material: Ceramic
Ceramic vase attributed to Eugene Lion, to Saint- Amand-en-Puisaye, circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Green and yellow glazed ceramic vase by Eugene Lion. Unsigned. Circa 1920. H : 6.7 x 4.3 inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

La Tolita-Tumaco Standing Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing effigy was crafted in 500 A.D. - 1000 A.D. Mesoamerica using the gray clay paste that characterizes La Tolita-Tumaco ceramics of early Colombia-Ecuador. The art of La Tolita-Tumaco civilization is considered one of the most developed of the pre-Columbian period as metalwork and ceramics were the most popular form of cultural expression. The ceramic creations of this culture were often based on the human figure to create portraits of people and realistic daily scenes of life cycles and the human condition. This figure appears to be wearing a loincloth and is adorned with a beaded necklace and an elaborate coiffure or headdress. There are holes lining each ear indicating the potential use of ear spools...
Category

15th Century and Earlier South American Pre-Columbian Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Majolica Ceramic Pelican Birds in Yellow Cream and Black, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of tall handmade hand-painted ceramic majolica pelican birds. Each bird is glazed in cream, yellow and black. This pair will be fabulous to display on a bookshelf or foyer tab...
Category

20th Century American Hollywood Regency Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Stoneware vase- pitcher by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware pitcher by Georges Martin with glazes decoration. Artist monogram on the base. Unique piece. Circa 1970-1980. H : 18.1 x 12.9 x 14.2 inches.
Category

1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large floor vase in green glazed ceramic by Patrick Crulis, 2024
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Green glazed stoneware large floor vase by Patrick Crulis. 2024. Unique piece. H : 28.3 x 15.7 x 15.7 inches. Approximate sizes.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stylized Bear Sculpture by Richard Lindh for Arabia Finland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylized Bear Sculpture by Richard Lindh for Arabia Finland Item e7279 A vintage ceramic statue depicting a bear. Made by Arabia Finland and de...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Victorian Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Nemadji Vase in Turquoise Brown and Orange, 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic nemadji vase. Marbled in unglazed turquoise, brown, and orange, this will be a beautiful piece to add to a current collection. Dim...
Category

20th Century American Native American Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Terracotta Wall Plate with Lovely Children in Traditional Costumes by Johann Mar
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Terracotta Wall Plate with Lovely Children in Traditional Costumes by Johann Maresch A large terracotta wall plate depicting a relief couple of farmers childs in a rural enviroment....
Category

Late 19th Century German Country Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Ceramic Table by Denis Castaing, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
« Kambi » table in raw stoneware with white glazed top by Denis Castaing. Perfect original conditions. Signed. 2023.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Kutahya Hand Painted Islamic Turkish Decorative Plate 1950 s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Turkish Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Kutahya Platter. Circa 1950's. Hand painted and handcrafted Turkish Kutahya ceramic wall decorative...
Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Islamic Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic vase by Huguette Bessonne to Vallauris, Circa...
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic vase by Huguette Bessone. Unique piece. Circa 1960-1970. H : 10 x 2.4 inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980. H : 5.5 x 3.9 inches (ceramic only). Sold with a European electrical system.
Category

1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware and oxides sculpture « Rondeurs et taches de rousseur » by P Martinon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware and oxides sculpture entitled « Rondeurs et taches de rousseur » by Pierre Martinon. Signed at the base « Martinon ». Unique piece. 2023. H : 13.4’ x 11 x 7.5 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Thomas Ritchie Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Pitcher Catawba Valley c 1870
Located in Mobile, AL
Thomas Ritchie is one of the better documented Catawba Valley NC potters who worked in the mid 19th century up until (it is estimated) about 1900. A number of his jugs, crocks and canning jars...
Category

1870s American Folk Art Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Black glazed ceramic mural sculpture by Patrick Crulis, 2024
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed ceramic mural sculpture by Patrick Crulis. 2024. Unique piece. H : 20.1 x 18.5 x 15.3 inches. Approximate sizes.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Miniature Staffordshire Pottery Spaniel Dog Figurine with Confetti Fur
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Staffordshire pottery figurine. Depicting a seated Spaniel. With confetti fur and painted black highlights. Simply a wonderful Staffordshire dog figurine...
Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Stoneware Sculpture "Solctice", by Mart Schrijvers, 2024
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engobed stoneware sculpture « Solstice » by Mart Schrijvers. Artist signature under the base. 2024. H : 9.1 x 12.2 x 9.8 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Samuel Mazy Biscuit Porcelain White Hydrangea Flower Sculpture
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy. This white hydrangea is handmade in biscuit porcelain, with han...
Category

2010s French Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Copper

Small Ceramic Blue and White Marbled Pinch Pot Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful small ceramic pinch pot vase. Created from clay, this fun piece will be fantastic used in a grouping of other vases and filled with your ...
Category

20th Century American Folk Art Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Very Large Colorful Glazed Earthenware Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Very large colorful glazed earthenware passata bowl from southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in ...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

1970 Outsider Art Figural Stoneware Decorative Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming outsider art charger / decorative plate depicting a jovial young girl. Pleasant color palette and figure with age-appropriate crazing to the glaze...
Category

1970s American Folk Art Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Songbird and Daisies Vallauris Glazed Ceramic Tiles Enamel Wall Decoration c1960
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Songbird and Daisies enamel and glazed ceramic tiles wall decoration, Vallauris, France c1960's Vibrantly coloured enamel and glaze. Signed Vallauris ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Handcrafted Ceramic Pineapple XL Size
Located in Hallandale Beach, FL
Bring a touch of Mexican folk art into your home with this beautifully handcrafted ceramic pineapple. Made by skilled artisans in Mexico, this decora...
Category

2010s Mexican Folk Art Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Vertical Sculpture Castaña Black Clay Burnished Clay Fired with Wood Removable
Located in London, GB
Castañas (chestnuts) is a sculpture made of a series of cups. The individual pieces can be rearranged to create different shapes, and can also be us...
Category

2010s Mexican Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980. H : 5.5 x 3.9 inches (ceramic only). Sold with a European electrical system.
Category

1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Midcentury Ceramic Modernist Collectors Vase by Art Rumi Orobico, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and rare, unique ceramic vase hand painted and signed with N.D.R. by artist from Italian ceramic studio Orobico Arte Artigianato (ART RUMI) in the 1950s. The vase is made of...
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980. H : 6.7 x 5.9 inches (ceramic only). Sold with a European electrical system.
Category

1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Terracotta Wall Plate with Whimsy Children in Farmer Costumes by Johann Maresch
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Terracotta Wall Plate with Whimsy Children in Farmer Costumes by Johann Maresch A large terracotta wall plate depicting a relief couple of farmers childs in a forest enviroment. Man...
Category

Late 19th Century German Country Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Unique and Extraordinary Ceramic Sink by Michelle Hartmann, "Les 2 Potiers"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique and extraordinary ceramic sink by Michelle Hartmann (Born in 1936) "Michell" . "Les 2 Potiers". Perfect original conditions, circa 1970-...
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Big stoneware vase with geometrical decoration by Georges Martin, 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Big stoneware vase with geometrical decoration by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Unique piece. Circa 1970-1980. H : 27.5 x 5.5 x 7.1 inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by Joseph Talbot, to La Borne, circa 1940
By Michael Talbot
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by Joseph Talbot, to La Borne. Signed under the base. Perfect original conditions, circa 1940.
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 19th C. Southern / Mid-Atlantic Redware Cream or Milk Pitcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, small antique redware pitcher. With a squat body, applied handle, and pinched spout. Found in Virginia (near the Maryland border). ...
Category

19th Century American Folk Art Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals
Located in Den Haag, NL
Love this painting. The original "The smiling boy" by Frans Hals, 17th century. This Delfs blue tile panel image is hand painted by Nico Koelewijn in the 19...
Category

1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Colorful Glazed Terracotta Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful glazed terracotta passata bowl from Southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in the Italian c...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Ceramic plate by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1960 s
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic plate by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, signed
Category

1960s French Modern Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Samuel Mazy Glazed White Pink Porcelain Hyacinth Sculpture
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...
Category

2010s French Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Copper

Large Mid 20th Century Gertrud and Otto Natzler Signed Gunmetal Bowl
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Stunning large (11" x 5.5") gunmetal bowl by Gertrud and Otto Natzler circa 1960 This piece is wheel-thrown glazed earthenware. It is signed on the bottom.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware lamp with geometric decoration by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980. H : 7.1 x 6.3 inches (ceramic only). Sold with a European electrical system.
Category

1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase with White Glaze Decoration of Michel Leveque to La Borne, 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase with white glaze decoration by Michel Levêque, Potter of La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed " M. Levêque" under the base. Circa 1970.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tashiko Tazaezu Signed Japanese Studio Pottery Closed Form With Rattle Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging colorfully glazed closed-form sculpture with rattle by renowned Japanese Hawaiian American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu, famed for her use of color, texture, scale, multiple glazes, and various free-form shapes, including her orb-like moon pots. This high-fired porcelain piece features a vast array of shifting, whirling, vibrant, colorful glazes (with traces of reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, etc... ). It is a unique and one-of-a-kind work. The closed-form vessel sculpture is signed on the base with her traditional "TT" mark/ monogram. A rare and special piece. Would be a great addition to any collectors of Toshiko's work or other Mid-Century Modern...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Pottery

Mid-20th Century Clay Pot Found in Guerrero, Southern Mexico De Guerrero
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
The pichancha or Tlalchiquihuite is a clay pot with small holes, which is used to wash the nixtamal. This utensil allows you to strain the nejayote (the lime water in which the corn ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Plate Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, freeform, large, heavy plate/ charger by American master potter Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures. Very unique and scarce work with rare use of color. Very hard to come by. One of our personal favorites along with the Chawan tea bowl. Signed on base and dated (1961) by Voulkos. This was made during one of his most magical and experimental phases. From of Private Collection, New York. Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramist of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum Prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards. His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including: Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan Albany Mall, Albany, New York American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Important stoneware sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Cadence #10", 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important stoneware sculpture entitled " Cadence" by Maarten Stuer. Unique piece. Artist monogram under the base. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. 2023.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hans Coper Small Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hans Coper, small pot. -Stoneware, black glaze -Circa 1958 -Impressed with artist's seal Literature: Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Yeovil, 2013, p. 99 for a...
Category

1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Glazed Vase with Equine Design
Located in Denton, TX
Avocado and spruce colored glaze surround this vase with horse and tree design. Made in Italy.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Collection of Seven 19th Century Flo-Blue Spinach Leaf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of seven flow blue collection in mint condition and hand-painted. This is a real find and great colors. Mush cup and saucer measure - Mush cup - 6 inches x 5 inches x 3.5 in...
Category

Late 19th Century Dutch Country Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Collection of Six Matching 19th Century Spongeware Dinner Plates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a collectors dream! Six matching blue and white matching sponge ware pottery dinner plates. They are all in pristine condition.
Category

Late 19th Century American Country Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

1980 Ceramic Weed Pot
Located in Denton, TX
Hand crafted weed pot with scribble design and green and orange glaze. signed J.bock80.
Category

20th Century North American Modern Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Moroccan Blue Ceramic Dish Bowl Adorned with Silver Filigree from Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Moorish Moroccan Bleu de Fez decorative ceramic Bowl, dish. Ceramic bowl in Bleu de Fez, very nice designs hand painted by artist in Fez. Geometrical and floral Moorish ...
Category

Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Belgian Entry Door Pull Handle by Artist Juliette Belarti
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Architectural door pull by Belgian ceramic tile artist Juliette Belarti. Vintage midcentury Belgian tile faced entry door pull handle. Great bri...
Category

Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique French Ceramic, Shoe With Mice, Circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful antique ceramic from France, around 1900. Beautiful small ceramic in the shape of a shoe with two mice climbing on it.
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by Gerard Brossard to La Borne, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by Gerard Brossard to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. Circa 1990.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s Accolay was a pottery center in France, north of Burgundy, founded amongst others, by 4 students of Alexandre Kostanda. Active between 1945 and 1...
Category

1960s French Vintage Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Big Ceramic Vase by Eugene Lion, to Saint- Amand-en-Puisaye, circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A big ceramic vase by Eugene Lion with glaze decoration. Signed under the base " E. Lion". Circa 1920.   
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Round White Ceramic Candleholder in Basketweave Rope Pattern, Spain
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round ceramic vessel fashioned in a rope or basketweave pattern. Four scrolled feet. Made in Spain. Specifications: 5.25" diameter 4" tall ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

17th CENTURY MAJOLICA PLATE MONTELUPO
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid polychrome majolica plate belonging to the Montelupo ceramic workshop. The enamel has also been applied to the rim, in an elegant aqua green, while the background is white d...
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Maiolica

Bernard Rooke Small Studio Pottery Nature Vase
Located in Norwich, GB
British studio pottery small vase by Bernard Rooke. Featuring leaves and bird decoration. Inscribed BR. Circa 1970. In very good condition, with no damage. Bernard Rooke studied p...
Category

Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic