Clay, to me, has a historical presence. It seems forever connected to our past and our cultural formation. I find that the material is imbued with a sense of time as if it were saturated with memories themselves.
This work is meant to straddle the present, simultaneously looking back to the past and towards the future. It catalogues the act of making, of constructing, of inventing, and reinventing.
Peter Johnson currently lives and works in La Grande, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Oregon University. He earned his MFA from The Pennsylvania State University and a BS in Environmental Science at Wheaton College. Peter has been a resident artist and Visiting lecturer at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Australian National University, and the Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts. His work has been exhibited in Canada, Australia, and through out the United States.
www.peterchristianjohnson.com
5 comments:
beautiful pieces! love the second piece down.
What amazing work. At first I thought it was multi media but apparently it is all clay work. Incredible technical skills.
I love this work. Beautiful, technically astounding. And I love the variety of ceramic art that you continue to share on this blog, Carole, from functional pieces to conceptual installation work. What a joy to be working in a media with such plurality of making, interpretation, everything. YAy!
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