Ceramic Artist John Mason
By carly olso n.
Ceramic artist john mason. Cirrus gallery and cirrus editions ltd at ifpda fine art print fair online spring 2020. In this video tour narrated by the exhibition s curator rani singh mason s early career and aesthetic development receive a deeper look. His process based method of working emphasized the clay and what he could do with it as he pushed to material well past conventional limits and tradition. He shook up the modern art scene in the 60 s and has spent the last 68 years mastering the ar.
John mason march 30 1927 january 20 2019 was an american artist who did experimental work with ceramics. Pioneering ceramic artist john mason gets a posthumous debut at gagosian. Mason s work focused on exploring the physical properties of clay and its extreme plasticity. Over four decades john mason has created a body of ceramic art noted for its increasingly conceptual and geometric nature.
In the mid 1950 s as a student of peter voulkos in los angeles he was an active participant in the aesthetic revolution that reshaped the field of american ceramics transforming tradition bound studio potters into avant garde clay sculptors. John mason a california sculptor known for groundbreaking large scale ceramic abstractions died sunday at his home in carlsbad at age 91 said his wife vernita mason. Jan 13th 2020. May 13 jun 14.
Sep 3 oct 4. Why the art world is embracing craft. John mason s innovations in the field of ceramic sculpture opened the art world s eyes to the possibilities of the medium. John mason an artist who helped expand the boundaries of what could be done in ceramics by creating imposing wall reliefs and other expressionistic sculptures in a field that had often been.
The first thing i learned about john mason who died sunday at 91 was that he made big things out of clay. An exhibition of ceramic sculptures by john mason in early 2020 focused on the artist s mature work. The new york exhibition explores mason s genre bending clay works. In the 1950s mason and other art school cohorts made ceramics cool transforming.