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Richard Shaw - New Work
Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to present an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures by Richard Shaw.
The exhibition will present several new figures, stick characters cobbled together from humble objects remade in porcelain. The artist will also present tables with settings describing the artist鈥檚 process. All are in a format where things are not what they appear to be, whether in their material, function or silhouette.
Shaw has been an integral part of the San Francisco Art scene since he began studies at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1963. His artworks have become key to California鈥檚 re-think of postwar modernism bringing trompe l鈥檕eil, humor and word play together into three dimensional imagery. Teachers and friends Jim Melchert and Ron Nagle helped him define his own approach to ceramic sculpture. Where funk artists brought together found or used ordinary objects, Shaw鈥檚 own take on assemblage and construction has been to 鈥渜uote鈥� them in illusionistic reproduction from everyday life. Shaw鈥檚 way of addressing craft and its presumed functionality has been very influential to other artists.
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Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to present an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures by Richard Shaw.
The exhibition will present several new figures, stick characters cobbled together from humble objects remade in porcelain. The artist will also present tables with settings describing the artist鈥檚 process. All are in a format where things are not what they appear to be, whether in their material, function or silhouette.
Shaw has been an integral part of the San Francisco Art scene since he began studies at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1963. His artworks have become key to California鈥檚 re-think of postwar modernism bringing trompe l鈥檕eil, humor and word play together into three dimensional imagery. Teachers and friends Jim Melchert and Ron Nagle helped him define his own approach to ceramic sculpture. Where funk artists brought together found or used ordinary objects, Shaw鈥檚 own take on assemblage and construction has been to 鈥渜uote鈥� them in illusionistic reproduction from everyday life. Shaw鈥檚 way of addressing craft and its presumed functionality has been very influential to other artists.
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