500 Figures in Clay. Volume 2 (2014)
Presents a selection of contemporary ceramics based on the human form, including the work of Wesley Anderegg, Jeffrey Mongrain, Scott Stockdale, and Yeon Joo Lee.
500 Figures in Clay : ceramic artists celebrate the human form (2004)
This extraordinary photographic collection features 500 contemporary figurative pieces from today's most accomplished ceramists.
Ceramics : an atlas of forms (2023)
Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms is a global cultural study through the lens of ceramics. Organised chronologically - from an Egyptian ceremonial jar made over 5000 years ago to works by 20th-century luminaries Lucie Rie and Bernard Leach, as well as First Nations artists from Australia and entirely unknown makers.
Contemporary Ceramics (2009)
Over the last decade the narrowing of the gulf that traditionally existed between the realms of fine art and craft has resulted in a shift in perception of what ceramics can be and can mean.
Large scale ceramics (1997)
Large-scale ceramics demand a number of considerations that don't necessarily concern most ceramicists. Questions of size of kiln needed, making over an extended period of time, designing for a specific site, assembling, weatherproofing and installation are all things that must be thought about.
New Directions in Ceramics : from spectacle to trace (2015)
New Directions in Ceramics offers an exciting look at the contemporary ceramic scene, which innovative approaches have been adopted, and which are developing.
Subversive Ceramics (2016)
Divided into two parts, Subversive Ceramics discusses a selection of historical and contemporary works by artists and makers from twenty-one different countries, from 500 BC to the present day
Conversations on Sculpture (2007)
A unique collection of interviews with contemporary sculptors drawn from the 25-year history of Sculpture magazine,
Introduction to Italian Sculpture, Volume III (2000)
First published in 1955-63, Sir John Pope-Hennessy's classic Introduction to Italian Sculpture still stands as the definitive introduction to the subject.
Sculpture and the Garden (2006)
Although the integration of sculpture in gardens is part of a long tradition dating back at least to antiquity, the sculptures themselves are often overlooked, both in the history of art and in the history of the garden.
Sculpture Now (2013)
Established artists such as Jeff Koons, Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, Gabriel Orozco, Isa Genzken, Miroslaw Baka and Doris Salcedo are featured alongside an international cross-section of the most promising new talent, including Sopheap Pich, Anselm Reyle, Karla Black, Sarah Sze and Thomas Houseago.
Stephan Balkenhol : Sculptures and Drawings (1995)
This catalogue is for Stephan Balkenhol's first one-man exhibition in a U.S. museum and shows Balkenhal's memorable scupltures.
The Mouldmaker's Handbook
This is the complete guide for anyone interested in mouldmaking and modelling. It is ideal for any purpose, whether for making repairs to picture frames or designing a pottery tea set, making a sculpture, creating shapes for printmaking, making a toy soldier, or even making chocolate Easter egg moulds.
Extruded ceramics : techniques, projects, inspirations
Step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow, detailed instructions explain how to make 10 projects, each illustrating a different technique.
Mould making
In this lavishly illustrated reference book, Ian Gregory provides an introduction and practical handbook to the subject of sculptural ceramics. He provides essential technical information for the would be sculptural ceramicist, including: the basics of clay; tips for modifying the clay for strength and color and methods for forming the clay.
Goldmark Gallery Videos
Online Articles
Claire Curneen: About to Happen.
Whitney features ceramicist Claire Curneen. Curneen's work is an index of transience...
Claire Curneen About to HappenOnline access
Cristina Córdova - Involuntary Dialogs
The author presents a profile of ceramic artist Cristina Córdova. It talks of her figurative art that is deeply poetical, theatrical, realistic, and conceptual that offer involuntary dialogs.
Fleur Schell: Western Front
An interview with artist Fleur Schell is presented. When asked about her creative practice, she says maker best encapsulates what she does and her practice is driven by ideas rather than process and usually reflects her personal history
Judy Fox: Out of water
The article discusses the exhibition "Out of Water," featuring ceramic sculptures of cephalopods, worms and a nude mermaid by the artist Judy Fox, on view at the PPOW Gallery in New York City
Justin Novak’s Rhetoric of Beauty
Focuses on "Disfigurines," a series of figural and consciously decorative sculptures of sculptor Justin Novak. Conclusion drawn by the artist regarding design while wandering in the streets of Rome
Kim Simonsson - Little girls, big questions
Focuses on the intercultural communicability of several inert ceramic figures created by Kim Simonsson
Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom.
The article reviews the art exhibition "Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom," which featured various works of art by the contemporary ceramic artist Patti Warashina, held at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona, California
Richard Slee - Art : Crafting Anew
Rosemary Hill reviews "Three Ways of Seeing," an exhibition by Fred Baier, Caroline Broadhead and Richard Slee at the Crafts Council gallery
Robert Arneson at George Adams
Levine reviews Arneson and the Object, an exhibition of the works of Robert Arneson at George Adams in New York City
Sergi Isupov - Breaking through illusions
The article presents a profile and discusses the work of the ceramic artist Sergei Isupov. The author notes that the artist is primarily known for his painted ceramics decorated in a hyper-realist technique
Tim Taunton - Dreamworks
The article examines the terra-cotta figures of surrealist artist Tim Taunton.
9 heads : a guide to drawing fashion
This completely updated and expanded fourth edition of '9 Heads' contains over 1000 new drawings featuring the latest fashion garments and numerous new step-by-step diagrams for drawing the fashion croquis and the main garment categories.
Anatomy for Sculptors, Understanding the Human Figure
Our mission is to supercharge them by making anatomy for artists' visible and understandable-anatomy book with clear images that contain the necessary information needed to create a realistic human figure.
Erotic Ambiguities
Art is always ambiguous. When it involves the female body it can also be erotic. Erotic Ambiguities is a study of how contemporary women artists have reconceptualised the figure of the female nude.
The goddesses and gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC : myths and cult images.
The book covers ritual costume, the mask, shrines and the role of figurine sculptures, cosmogonical and cosmological images, the bird and snake goddess, the great goddess of life, death and regeneration, the pregnant vegetation goddess and the year-god.
Ideal and Reality
A comprehensive survey of the image of the human body in 20th-century art, featuring drawings, gouaches, pastels, and watercolors by 200 artists.
The language of the goddess : unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilizations
The purpose of this book is to present the pictorial script for the religion of the Old European Great Goddess, consisting of signs, symbols, and images of divinities. Illustrated with nearly 2000 symbolic artefacts - sculptures, figurines, temple models, frescos and vases.
A Little Feminist History of Art
An introduction to the feminist art movement: one of the most ambitious, influential and enduring artistic movements of the twentieth century.
Michelangelo
The book sets the artist firmly within the political and social world he inhabited, offering a full account of his creative endeavours in sculpture, drawing, painting, architecture and poetry.
The nude : ideal and reality : from Neoclassicism to today : [painting and sculpture]
This volume, which aims to offer a fascinating visual survey of the nude, features over 200 paintings, sculptures, and drawings-often celebrated masterpieces-and examines a period spanning over two hundred years.
