Adrian Saxe Ceramics

This website synthesizes over forty years of information about saxe s life and work and will be an invaluable resource for students curators and critics.

Adrian saxe ceramics.

1993 the clay art of adrian saxe los angeles county museum of art traveled to the museum of contemporary ceramic art shigaraki japan and newark museum new jersey thru 1995 1992 garth clark gallery new york 1991 garth clark gallery los angeles california garth clark gallery kansas city missouri. He lives and works in los angeles california. Smart pots sexy pots cultured pots adrian saxe s gorgeous ceramic vessels are regularly tagged by admiring critics with human attributes of braininess erotic allure and exquisite refinement. Adrian saxe studied at the chouinard art institute with ralph bacerra and finished his schooling at the california institute of art in 1974 saxe s unique style of pottery has been influenced by seventeenth century chinese and mid eighteenth century french porcelain vessels as well as other cultures.

1957 earns a summer scholarship to the otis art institute in los angeles and enrolls in patricia beattie s ceramics course. His work highly regarded by critics curators and collectors presents the simultaneous appeal of dazzling craft in combination with intelligent humor the product of technical brilliance transformed by a poetic sensibility. Ceramics area location. Saxe s fans will now be able to access images of artworks selected exhibitions archival publications and a biographical chronology all in one place.

New work garth clark gallery los angeles california. Website for adrian saxe los angeles artist. Adrian saxe is best known for work that shows influences of classic chinese ceramics which he enhances by adding a humorous twist. Adrian saxe born 1943 is a los angeles based artist who has been working in the medium of ceramics for over five decades.

The vessel and its metaphor. The ceramic studio is equiped with throwing wheels a slab roller gas and electric kilns a walk in spray booth and ample room for production of sculptures and pottery of any size. Southern california ceramics 1950 1985 los angeles county museum of art pacific design center los angeles california. Saxe studied with ralph bacerra and john coplans at chouinard art institute.

He often uses sèvres glazes and gold luster on his pieces which typically began with a cast component.