Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic

by Judith S. Schwartz

Those who associate ceramics with functional vessels or charming knick-knacks are in for a shock. Clay may start out soft, but in the right hands it can deliver a hard blow. From British Toby Jugs to Marcel Duchamp's Fountain to a wall of gruesome tiles that forms a portrait of President George W. Bush, ceramic art has the power to provoke and subvert.

Confrontational Ceramics surveys the work of contemporary sculptors, potters, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812241398
• ISBN13: 9780812241396
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.1" x 11.1"