John Mason Ceramic Artist Biography

John mason s innovations in the field of ceramic sculpture opened the art world s eyes to the possibilities of the medium.

John mason ceramic artist biography.

John mason an artist who helped expand the boundaries of what could be done in ceramics by creating imposing wall reliefs and other expressionistic sculptures in a field that had often been. In the 1950s mason and other art school cohorts made ceramics cool transforming. Find the latest shows biography and artworks for sale by john mason. Don t die a copy i have found that it is better to be alone than in the wrong company.

A single conversation with the right person can be more valuable than many years of study. You were born an original. Over four decades john mason has created a body of ceramic art noted for its increasingly conceptual and geometric nature. In the mid 1950 s as a student of peter voulkos in los angeles he was an active participant in the aesthetic revolution that reshaped the field of american ceramics transforming tradition bound studio potters into avant garde clay sculptors.

One of a group of artists who had studied under the pioneering ceramicist peter voulkos he created wall reliefs and expressionistic sculptures often on a monumental scale. With peg griggs generous donation of the property she george mason lynn duryea and myself founded the watershed center for the ceramic arts in newcastle maine. The first thing i learned about john mason who died sunday at 91 was that he made big things out of clay. John mason march 30 1927 january 20 2019 was an american artist who did experimental work with ceramics.

72 quotes from john mason. And an original is hard to find but easy to recognize. Mason s work focused on exploring the physical properties of clay and its extreme plasticity. In 1986 i became involved with a small group of artists interested in saving and preserving an old brick factory in southeast maine.

His process based method of working emphasized the clay and what he could do with it as he pushed to material well past conventional limits and tradition.