Publisher's Synopsis
Betty Woodman (b. 1930) is internationally recognized as one of the most important ceramic artists working today. Through her inventive use of colour and form and her expert blend of a wide range of influences, she creates exuberant and captivating ceramic sculpture. Drawing no boundaries between traditions of fine art and craft, Woodman takes elements from the rich heritage of each and makes them her own. Employing many forms, from fragmented wall vases to bronze benches to pillow pitchers, she presents a delightful gathering of influences and traditions. Woodman goes beyond the sculptural implications of the ceramic medium, wedding it to the idiom of wall painting. This exhibition catalogue features 40 works and presents, under the theme of theatre, the development of Woodman's production through her morphological objects produced between 1973 and 1999. It then focuses on her more recent works from 2001 to the present in which the objects take on the form of stage décor and whole space installations.
