The work of Canadian artist Aaron Nelson is in my mind one of the most important social commentaries happening in ceramics today. Rather than moaning that the smart phone pulls us out of our bodies, he notes the complex dexterity needed to operate a touch screen and finds that we may be growing closer to …
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International Top 10: Keith Harrison
I have been thinking over which artist I wanted to add to my International Top 10 for a few days now. Then today I was included in a conversation that helped make up my mind. The discussion was about the intentional breaking of a work by Ai Weiwei , whom I featured in my last …
International Top 10: Alexandria Engelfriet
The second artist in my personal international top 10 is Alexandra Engelfriet. I have a very strong personal connection to the work of this artist that relates to the way I discovered her. Almost two years ago I divorced a man who was not only marriage partner but a ceramist and a collaborator. The first …
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