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Hardback. New. Walter Ostrom has been described as an "innovative traditionalist," a disruptive force shaking up ceramic conventions while simultaneously enriching them. Hired to teach studio and Asian art history at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1969, Ostrom was one of many American artists who moved north to Canada in the fallout from the Vietnam War. Ostrom's work, from his embrace of conceptual art in the 1970s to his current exploration of the vast history, hybridization, and social foundation of ceramics, marks him as a major force in the development of contemporary ceramics. As Ray Cronin writes, Ostrom's works "declare themselves to be art and craft at once, tradition and innovation merged, beauty and function reconciled, thought and action combined. What more could one ask from any work of art?"Accompanying a major retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia opening in May 2020, Good Earth features essays by leading scholars and curators…
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- Title Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom
- Author Walter Ostrom (Artist)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Goose Lane Editions
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9781773101972 / 1773101978
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Art pottery - 20th century, Majolica
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020476194
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"The Good Earth: the pots and passion of Walter Ostrom" by Peter Greenhagh et al. Introduction by Shannon Parker, Curator of Collections at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. [Halifax, NS]: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and [Frederiction, NB]: Goose Lane Editions, [2021]. exhibition checklist loosely inserted. pp. 175. numerous colour illus., some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, illustrated boards (top & bottom of spine bumped, one top corner bit bent, interior clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 11 1/4" x 9 1/4" (28.5cm x 23.5cm).This book accompanies a major retrospective exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from October 2020 to March 2021.
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