cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no text or exterior markings. no bumps, tears, creases. tight binding.; english text.; gift inscribed by the author to the prior owner, on title-page.; x-290pp., 8 color plates and numerous b/w illustrations. women in american post-war ceramics. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Publication Date

2016

Language

English

ISBN 10

022630311X

ISBN 13

9780226303116

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition /First Printing.

Condition

Near Fine Plus

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine Plus

Signed

Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Ceramics had a far-reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century, as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those for other creative mediums. Live Form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant-garde by looking at the central role of women in the field: potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught male counterparts like John Cage, Peter Voulkos, and Ken Price.

Sorkin focuses on three Americans who promoted ceramics as an advanced artistic medium: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained potter and writer; Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, who renounced formalism at Black Mountain College to pursue new performative methods; and Susan Peterson, best known for her live throwing demonstrations on public television. Together, these women pioneered a hands-on teaching style and led educational and therapeutic activities for war veterans, students, the elderly, and many others. Far from being an isolated field, ceramics offered a sense of community and social engagement, which, Sorkin argues, crucially set the stage for later participatory forms of art and feminist collectivism.

About the Author

Jenni Sorkin is assistant professor in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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