iandol on sun 5 oct 03
Dear Phil,
You ask "Who the hell is this 'Rawson' guy anyway?"
I recall Phillip Rawson was a lecturer at Durham University and curator =
of the Guggneheim Museum of Oriental Arts in that city, must have been =
between the 60s and the 80s. The Museum was, and possibly still is, =
notable for its collection of early Chinese Ceramics.
Sad to say, though I lived close by and travelled through the Durham =
many times between 1963 and 1971 I never visited that Museum.
Best regards,
Ivor
Lee Love on sun 5 oct 03
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From: "iandol"
>I recall Phillip Rawson was a lecturer at Durham University and curator of
the Guggneheim
> Museum of Oriental Arts in that city, must have been between the 60s and
the 80s. The
>Museum was, and possibly still is, notable for its collection of early
Chinese Ceramics.
Philip Rawson was dean of the School of Art and Design, Goldsmith's
College, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Art.
I heard him speak at the Walker Museum in Minneapolis, just
before he died in 1995. Northern Clay Center invited him as a part of
their lecture series. There was a Jeff Koons show going on at the Walker
at the time. Rawson spoke about modern "craftless art" and singled out
the Koons show as a good example of it.
You can read the full table of contents of Ceramics here (if it is
broken, past the pieces):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812211561/ref=lib_rd_ss_TC01/002-6340340-5042447?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader&img=2#reader-link
Wayne Higby is a professor at Alfred University.
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
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