Postmodern Ceramics provides a stunning international overview of the richness and diversity of ceramic art since 1980.
Mark Del Vecchio surveys the achievement of over 130 masters of contemporary ceramics from more than twenty-five countries, among them Ralph Bacerra, Adrian Saxe, Betty Woodman, Akio Takamori, and Andrew Lord, presenting their various approaches in twelve themes:
the postmodern look
post-minimalism
pattern and decoration
the multiple vessel
organic abstraction
the real/super-real
history, culture, and time
the image and the vessel
the vessel as image
figural sculpture
abstract sculpture
post-industrialism
Garth Clark, perhaps the best-known ceramic historian in the world, shows how this great burst of creative energy and innovation provided an escape route from the antagonistic relationship that had existed between ceramics and modernism.
Postmodern Ceramics includes with illustrated biographies of each of the artists and a detailed bibliography.