The Undressed Art Wally Schwab's Black Ceramics

Andres explores the latest ceramic works by Wally Schwab: a series of platters and vessels all uniformly glazed in matte black. For Schwab, an artist known primarily for his elaborate surfaces of complexly colored fish-scale patterns and his decorative and luminously layered glazes, these latest wor...

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Published inCeramics Monthly Vol. 72; no. 1; p. 30
Main Author Andres, Mark
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Columbus American Ceramic Society 01.01.2024
Subjects
Ceramic glazes
Ceramics
Creativity
Glazes
Vessels
Visual artists
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Summary:Andres explores the latest ceramic works by Wally Schwab: a series of platters and vessels all uniformly glazed in matte black. For Schwab, an artist known primarily for his elaborate surfaces of complexly colored fish-scale patterns and his decorative and luminously layered glazes, these latest works came as a surprise. More than just a paring down of color, they are a rejection of all applied embellishment to reveal the movement manipulated into the surface of the clay itself. Glazes and decoration can conceal surfaces as much as they animate them. Compared to Schwab's previous body of works, these plates and vessels are undressed, but they reveal a surprising sculptural dimensionality and numinous presence.
ISSN:0009-0328
1930-8930