While attending my friend Chris Speakman's show SPORTS, ART & PROPAGANDA I discovered another art show going on at the rear of Michelle Willey. It was a display of artisan crafted ceramics. All types of techniques were being exhibited and all forms of vessels. What caught my eye was when one of the display cards noted a vessel was non-functional. See the brownish one at the top of this picture? That's the one. Nothing really to write home about (or in this case blog) because many ceramic artists create vessels with the intention of it being non-functional, or rather, for aesthetic purposes. I came to the realization that this Minimalism embedded in the craft of ceramic arts.
All the vessels were very well made and pleasant to view but as I mentioned, nothing to get excited about. That is until something caught my eye... Located on a bottom shelf and easily overlooked was a ceramic shape, irregular and not vessel-like.
Towels! Towels made of earthen material. Towels that no amount of fabric softener could ever hope to save. Non-functional ceramic sculpture that dared to stand out among the other crafted vessels. Now this is art.
Kudos to you Ingrid Bathe! You broke the mold...
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