Comments on: YOUR LAST CHANCE IS TOMORROW: Dirt on Delight

By: SHOW REVIEWED: Nathan Prouty: Piles & Countertops

SHOW REVIEWED: Nathan Prouty: Piles & Countertops — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:26:27 +0000

[...] I am now also wondering if I find the sculptures of Nate Prouty so refreshing and surprising because my own knowledge of ceramic art is so lacking. I blame myself and the art world and the art school that I attended for this. I have overlooked ceramics in my own art education but I believe the reason I have overlooked it lies in the compunction of most artists and art professionals to label any work conceived in clay as a “craft” or somehow some lower form of art. The ICA recently made a rather important statement concerning this conundrum with Dirt on Delight and I already spewed some words in favor of that exhibition and this dilemma on theartblog. [...]

By: JoyJoy

JoyJoy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:24:22 +0000

“She’s All That” is to “Not Another Teen Movie” as “Dirt on Delight” is to…

By: libby

libby — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:51:03 +0000

Hi, Annette, I was thinking about this show when I went to the Clay Studio’s associate and student exhibits recently. I was reminded about the variety of work there can be in clay. And the miracle of it is that it can serve as a cup, or it can serve up an idea, or it can serve both functions at the same time. To put it another way, a work of art can be of any material, just so long as that’s the material that’s necessary to create that particular work of art and communicate the particular idea. I don’t know why clay should be a second class medium. Clay may start as mud, but when it’s dry and fired, its nothing like mud; it’s transformed. But until then it’s an artist’s dream–completely maleable, so it can be shaped to whatever purpose–and better than the sandbox.