Jenni Sorkin Ceramics

Jenni sorkin is assistant professor in the department of the history of art and architecture at the university of california santa barbara.

Jenni sorkin ceramics.

Jenni sorkin writes on the intersections between gender material culture and contemporary art. Through shining a light on the careers of these women she proves that ceramics as a. In doing so sorkin elevates ceramics out of the binary dialogue of ceramics as pottery and ceramics as sculpture. Her current book project is art in california written for thames hudson s acclaimed world of art series as a state california is the site of tremendous diversity in the visual arts and has been at the forefront of cultural production throughout the 20th century.

Ceramics had a far reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those for other creative mediums. Live form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant garde by looking at the central role of women in the field. Women ceramics and community by jenni sorkin hardcover 45 00 only 6 left in stock more on the way. She is best known for her writing in art criticism and for highlighting work by feminist artists and artist working in fiber and associated crafts.

She is associate professor of the history of art architecture at university of california santa barbara. In her new book live form. Potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught. Jenni sorkin born august 29 1977 is an art historian born in chicago illinois.

She received a phd in art history from yale university in 2010.