Dave Finkelnburg on tue 9 dec 03
Dear Rikki,
Amen! Well said! Good, very good, rant! Needed saying, too!
A couple weeks ago I saw a workshop presentation by an emerging artist,
Jason Walker, see images at:
http://ferringallery.com/gallery/walker/sofach2003.htm
I was impressed by how Walker manages to weave his social awareness into
his ceramic art, being creative, having fun, and saying important things all
at the same time. That's a challenge for any artist, in any medium. Now
you've made me want to see the work of Grayson Perry, and thanks to Millie
Carpenter posting a URL, I've had a look! Isn't the Internet great?
All the best,
Dave Finkelnburg, firing the kiln by moonlight on a frosty morning
in Idaho, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rikki Gill"
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:50 PM
> His work is in the Saatchi Gallery in London, along with Chris Offili [
> Elephant dung Madonna] Dameon Hirst [the formaldehyde sheep sections]
and
> other assorted trivia. He is far and away the best artist there, which
> pleased me no end. I was a bit saddened to read that both he and the
Turner
> committee insisted that his win didn't mean that ceramists would be
included
> in this 'Olympus' of artists. No indeed, they all insisted that this is
> most certainly a unique event.
>
> This in a world that is dropping the word 'craft' as in 'California
college
> of arts and crafts' and I guess in their eyes we are all out there in
limbo.
> Some of us probably don't even exist ....not craft, not art, shadows like
> Indonesian puppets. Just drones. When you realize how much more is
> demanded of an artist who works in clay, than a painter, buyer of paint
and
> canvas, brushes,
> it makes me sad to see us so demeaned. I have no intention of putting
> painters down. Good ones, that is. They have their own path. But it
> really hurts me that our paths which demands so much learning before you
can
> even begin, is so poorly understood. To be a fine artist in clay, think
> about what you need to know.
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