PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Moderne Gallery, the Philadelphia-based authority on high quality, vintage 20th Century furniture, lighting and accessories since 1984, announces Important Studio Ceramics: 1932-2022, a new exhibition of important American and international studio ceramics. The show opens Friday, June 17, 2022 and runs through September 24, 2022.
The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the gallery’s groundbreaking exhibition Ceramic Masterworks: 1962–2002, mounted at Moderne Gallery in collaboration with Helen Drutt, a world-renowned gallerist and curator who elevated American and international studio ceramics to the global stage.
Robert and Joshua Aibel, co-directors of Moderne Gallery and curators of Important Studio Ceramics: 1932-2022, have brought together more than 100 sculptures and vessels by major ceramic artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Building on Moderne Gallery’s existing ceramic collection, they selected and assembled important works by some of the world’s best known and emerging studio ceramicists including Peter Voulkos, Viola Frey, Bill Daley, Estelle Halper, Karima Duchamp, Zein Daoud, Tanaka Tomomi and Hashimoto Tomonari. A full list of the ceramicists in the show may be found below.
“We spent the last year curating an eclectic collection of unique and important ceramics by illustrious and emerging artists. In addition to foregrounding the beauty, innovation and complexity of studio ceramics, this exhibition is intended to encourage viewers to consider and value the ways in which art transcends cultural and class boundaries,“ according to Robert and Joshua Aibel, father and son co-directors.
American Ceramicists
Robert Arneson • Clyde Burt • F.C. Ball • William Daley • Ken Ferguson • Viola Frey • Betty Davenport Ford • Anne Goldman • David Gilhooly • Andrea Gill • Bruce Grimes • Estelle Halper • Dick Hay • Earl Hooks • Karen Karnes • Nadine Karnow • Ryan Kitson • Wayne Higby, Ken Price • Don Reitz • Daniel Rhodes • Paul Soldner • Rudolf Staffel, • Lizbeth Stewart • Neil Tetkowski, Robert Turner • Peter Voulkos, • Ira Winarsky • Betty Woodman
Japanese, French, English, Dutch and Lebanese Ceramicists
Nicolas Arroyave-Portela Zein Daoud • Karima Duchamp • Ian Godfrey • Teruo Hara • Akiko Hirai • Hiraoka Junpei • Kim Riyoo • Inayoshi Osamu • Tanaka Tomomi • Hashimoto Tomonari • Joost Van Den Toorn. Ryo Toyonaga • Imura Toshimi • Makoto Yabe • Kohyama Yasuhisa
