February 2012
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"Confess that was what you turned into!"
Xooang Choi is an artist in Seoul, Korea. “While Choi’s work arouses our admiration with its extremely realistic rendition, in a sense his figures, at times seem pessimistic in that aspects of our lives and times are shown only in pathological terms. However, we can call him a shaman. Choi’s work has the power to make us look closely at our world and situation. Although his pieces do not...
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"Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry...
“The sculptures that I make are driven by a desire to investigate how an individual’s personal history affects their identity, behaviors, and actions. …By conveying the sense of the conscience in otherwise unconscious figures, I hope to stimulate pathos between the character’s situation and the viewer.” Andréa Keys Connell
Andréa Keys Connell is a large-scale ceramic...
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"Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close...
“Something conscious and knowing is captured in their gestures and expressions. An invitation and a rebuke.“ - Beth Cavener Stichter
Beth Cavener Stichter is a ceramic artist who sculptures large scale animals with emotion, movement, and life.
Process Shot
The Choleric, 2010, of The Four Humours Series
The Melancholic, 2010, The Four Humours Series
A Rush of Blood to...
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ALCC 28
The Alabama Clay Conference will be in Birmingham again next year. For the first time, it will be in conjunction with a Clay Symposium being hosted by the Birmingham Museum of Art. The overall theme will be the body! (Which means figurative work! Yay!) The Museum will host speakers and the Conference will host artists. Not all of the presenters have been booked yet, but a few big names have...
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"It was the black kitten's fault entirely."
“I am a student of the universe and a participant in the harmonic chaos of contrasts and opposites: dark – light; male – female; good – evil. Working instinctually and using my observations, I create a new, intimate universe that reveals the relationships, connections and contradictions as I perceive them. For me, I find clay to be the most versatile material and it is well suited to the...
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27th Annual Alabama Clay Conference
This year’s conference was in beautiful Birmingham. The presenters were Chris Gryder, Lorna Meaden, and Sergei Isupov! The conference began with a reception for the 1st Clay Market at the Art Folk Gallery. Numerous local potters and sculptors set up tables and sold their wares. It was nice to see work by Alabama artists. The second day, Friday, was pretty basic. The student-teacher art show...
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My husband: a witty, elegant and realistic world... →
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