{"id":11671,"date":"2012-10-03T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2012-10-03T06:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T13:00:37","slug":"amazing-clay-more-wonderful-stuff-from-the-berkeley-art-center-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/amazing-clay-more-wonderful-stuff-from-the-berkeley-art-center-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Clay — More Wonderful Stuff from the Berkeley Art Center Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wanxin-Zhang's-Inauguration-Day-2009-large-ceramic
Detail of Wanxin Zhang’s massive fired clay and glaze statue, “Inauguration Day 2009.” Photo by BF Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some more fabulous inventions made of clay by three artists featured in the show, “Local Treasures: Bay Area Ceramics,” at the Berkeley Art Center<\/a> through Nov. 18. <\/p>\n

\"Massive
Towering ceramic figure, “God Bless You,” by Wanxin Zhang, Photo by BF Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you live in the Bay Area, don’t miss it. It’s a small but rich exhibition, and the Berkeley Art Center is a pleasant place to be on a fall afternoon.<\/p>\n

You’ll find that the gallery space — and all the people in it — is dominated by three massive human figures created by Wanxin Zhang, an immigrant to the San Francisco Bay Area from China.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the Terra Cotta Warriors of the Qin evacuations in China, the imposing figures are commentaries on contemporary life.<\/p>\n

On the day I visited, Clayton Bailey’s animal figures were a favorite of many visitors, especially his “Fire Breathing Demon Dog,” which will oblige you with a howl if you put your hand in its mouth and press on its tonsils.<\/p>\n

As for Ted Fullwood’s “Yolk,” I’m not sure what I think. It reminds me of a song my big brother used to sing in my ear, hoping to gross me out: “Great, green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts . . . ” Is Fullwood hoping for icky here? I guess.<\/p>\n

Other artists in the show are Viola Frey, Jon Gariepy, Mary Law, Annabeth Rosen, Nancy Selvin<\/a>, Richard Shaw, Sandy Simon and John Toki.<\/p>\n

For photos of Nancy Selvin and Richard Shaw’<\/a>s work, check out my earlier post. If you like looking at photos, see “My Rain-Battered Garden<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

\"Ted
Ted Fullwood’s ceramic — urn? — “Yolk 2010.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Detail
Detail “Yolk 2010” Photos by BF Newhall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"clayton
Clayton Bailey’s stoneware, “Fire Breathing Demon Dog”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wanxin
Wanxin Zhang at the show’s opening reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0“Local Treasures: Bay Area Ceramics,” Sept. 22 – Nov. 18, 2012, Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709, (510) 644-6893.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Massive<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Some more wonderful stuff made of clay by three artists featured in the show, &quot;Local Treasures: Bay Area Ceramics,&quot; at the Berkeley Art Center through Nov. 18 — Wanxin Zhang, Ted Fullwood and Clayton Bailey. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[737,792,796,797,34,798,799,800],"class_list":["post-11671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-case-of-the-human-condition","tag-american-pop-culture","tag-berkeley-art-center","tag-ceramic-artists-of-the-bay-area","tag-clayton-bailey","tag-dont-miss","tag-ted-fullwood","tag-terra-cotta-warriors-qin","tag-wanxin-zhang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}