American ceramic history film

Robert Arneson & The Davis Group — Revolutions Of The Wheel

Part Four of the five-part American ceramics history film, Revolutions Of The Wheel, examines the career and work of one of the most controversial of 20th Century American potters, the San Francisco Bay resident and professor, Robert Arneson – the father of ceramic Funk Art.

Fellow artists Jim Brady, Peter VandenBerge and Richard Shaw reminisce about the years they worked along side Arneson at the University of Californi, Davis.
An extensive interview with Arneson's widow, the artist Sandra Shannonhouse, explains his need to explore the human condition. Historians and critics clarify the work of this most extraordinary artist.

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Peter Voulkos & The Otis Group – Revolutions Of The Wheel

Part Three of the American ceramics history film, Revolutions of the Wheel, closely examines the work of Peter Voulkos and the time he spent teaching at the Otis Institute Of Art & Design in Los Angeles.

It also includes excerpts from his last in-depth interview as well as interviews with his first students, Paul Soldner, John Mason, Billy Al Bengston and others.

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