Polly Apfelbaum Ceramics

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Polly apfelbaum ceramics. Apfelbaum has lived and worked in new york city since 1978. Apfelbaum has been active since the mid 1980s and is best known for her expansive polychromatic floor based installations residing somewhere between painting and sculpture. The sound of ceramics is a musical sculptural collaboration. Work from the 90 s.

Polly apfelbaum tony feher. Two shows explore polly apfelbaum s ceramics and textiles galerie magazine new york ny. The potential of women the artist s first exhibition at the gallery. That same year she received her bfa from the tyler school of art in elkins park pennsylvania.

Selected group shows 2015. The artist has deployed a wide variety of media including fabric paint dyes wallpaper and ceramics materials traditionally associated with craft and domesticity. Eschewing what she calls the big macho structure of the canvas apfelbaum is best known for her brilliantly hued. The sound of ceramics polly apfelbaum and wang lu cohen gallery at brown university providence ri.

The sound of ceramics. Apfelbaum also received training from suny purchase college in new york. Two shows explore polly apfelbaum s ceramics and textiles we catch up with the artist who is best known for her colorful dyed fabric floor pieces. Polly apfelbaum was born in 1955 in abington township montgomery county pennsylvania.

Since the 1980s polly apfelbaum has been filling galleries museums and public spaces with a riot of colors composed into exuberant keenly intelligent works that are simultaneously paintings sculptures and installations. Alexander gray associates presented polly apfelbaum. Ceramics haystack hands haystack mountain school of crafts deer isle me july 21 september 15 moons for through thick thin with betsy kaufman at kerry schuss nyc june 20 july 26. The exhibition featured all new work including gouache drawings hand woven rugs and wall mounted ceramics.

She has been showing her work consistently in the united states and. A handweaver s patternbook. Deep purple red shoes. The key visual motif comes from the 1963 book the potential of woman published in conjunction with a symposium of the same name.