Betty Woodman Ceramics

The artist betty woodman known for her spirited and blazingly colorful ceramic sculptures died of pneumonia on tuesday in new york city according to her new york dealer jeanne greenberg rohatyn of salon 94.

Betty woodman ceramics. Betty woodman groundbreaking ceramics artist with history in boulder dies at 87 woodman was the first living female artist to have a retrospective at the met in new york bruno bruchi courtesy of. 6 23 m glazed earthenware epoxy resin lacquer paint 1996. Betty woodman pictured with house of the south 20 ft. Her work was increasingly sculptural in her later career as she.

Most ceramists worked in the muted tones of high fire stoneware. In high school one ceramics course was sufficient to convince woodman that she wanted to be a functional potter. Betty woodman a sculptor who took an audacious turn when she began to transform traditional pottery her usual medium into innovative multimedia art moving her work from kitchen cupboard shelves. Salon 94 new york woodman began her career as a functional potter in the 1950s when american ceramics were basically brown.

Betty woodman silk pillow pitcher 1985 hand thrown and assembled white earthenware with majolica glazes 61 x 56 x 43 cm. Elizabeth betty woodman née abrahams. She often worked with a deconstructed version of the traditional ceramic vessel with her pieces ranging from massive site specific murals to fragmentary columns and carpet like floor pieces. Among the foremost contemporary american ceramists betty woodman has been inventing and re inventing new and traditional forms producing exuberant brightly colored and witty works since the early 1950s.

Studying pottery at the school for american craftsmen at alfred university she developed a strong interest in the history of ceramics. Betty woodmanwas a ceramic artist best known for her exuberantly colorful and inventive work which gained recognition in the early 1970s. Stefano porcinai courtesy of salon 94. May 14 1930 january 2 2018 was an american ceramic artist.

During the pattern and decoration movement in the 70s her career gained the momentum it has had ever since. Courtesy of david kordansky gallery los angeles california.