Jim Cooper Ceramics

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Jim cooper ceramics.

Jim has an mfa in ceramics and until recently he taught at otago. 1993 joint winner scotswood award cleveland ceramics awards cleveland ohio usa 2006 premier award norsewear art awards hastings new zealand. 3 2015 in the remote seaside town of port chalmers on the outskirts of dunedin colourful and eccentric ceramics and drawings line the shelves and walls of the port royale. Dunedin artist jim cooper s ceramic sculptures push clay to its absolute limits while adhering to and confirming his fine art intent.

His installations typically include more than 100 pieces with the largest peppermints and incense having 1000 individual pieces the installations of figures with colourful glazes are the result of more than 20 years of refinement during which time jim has been. Jim cooper born 1955 is a new zealand potter. I don t like to write about the work. Continually pushing the boundaries of ceramics and taking clay it its.

2005 jim cooper and ewan mcdougall centre of contemporary art christchurch 2001 being jim cooper fluxus gallery dunedin 2000 recent works fluxus gallery dunedin. His ceramics may take the shape of a figure animal or plant they are are all colourfully glazed and generally form part of unique installations of works. Jim cooper dunedin artist jim cooper s ceramic sculptures push clay to its absolute limits while adhering to and confirming his fine art intent. Jan 22 2018 explore ablumkin s board jim cooper on pinterest.

Nga kaihanga uku celebrate 30 years developing a clay practice responsive to maori aspirations and customary beliefs. Buller high school westport. One of his major works is sgt p a ceramic installation loosely inspired by the album art of sgt. Six of the best contemporary ceramic artists from nz jim cooper works usually made for grouping installation so alongside human figures groups include animals flowers and are often backgrounded with drawings or projected animation so the whole can take on a surreal air while generating wonder and delight.

Ceramic artist jim cooper has traded clay for fabric. Pepper s lonely hearts club band by the beatles. In 2009 jim cooper was the joint winner of the prestigious portage ceramic award in auckland new zealand while last year he was one of three artists invited to complete a residency at the heralded yingge ceramics museum in taiwan with the resultant work a highlight of the 2010 taiwan ceramics biennale. See more ideas about jim ceramics cooper.

He studied ceramics at the otago polytechnic school of art in 1984 and 1989 and completed a masters of fine arts there in 1999.