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John mason s innovations in the field of ceramic sculpture opened the art world s eyes to the possibilities of the medium.
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1927 is one of the essential los angeles based artists of the postwar period.
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.
Modular forms often installed as ensembles they were decorated with glazed geometric surface patterns that either accentuated or contradicted their elemental shapes.
In 1984 john mason returned to making ceramic objects vessels and plates as well as free standing triangles squares and rectangles.
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.
A pioneering ceramic artist mason who died last january expanded the technical feats of clay.
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Known for imposing abstract works like red x 1966 mason produced monumentally large work in fired clay and experimented with new approaches to form and color.
Born in 1927 in madrid nebraska mason spent most of his career in los angeles and new york.
John mason who died in early 2019 at the age of 91 was one of the first ceramists to view himself as a sculptor rather than a potter and one of few to attain art world renown.
John mason march 30 1927 january 20 2019 was an american artist who did experimental work with ceramics.
Allied with the ceramic sculptors peter voulkos who was briefly his teacher and john mason he insisted on ceramics as high art an argument that mr.
John mason a california sculptor known for groundbreaking large scale ceramic abstractions died sunday at his home in carlsbad at age 91 said his wife vernita mason.