From September 8, 2012 through December 30 2012, the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown has an exhibition featuring 10 artists. It is called "Creative Hand, Discerning Heart: Story, Symbol, Self" and this film profiles the sculptor Robert Winokur.
Robert Winokur is an innovative sculptor whose medium is clay. For over 50 years he has been producing imaginative, thought provoking, and technically superb pieces of ceramic art.
Robert and Paula Winokur and Ken Vavrek show their amazing ceramic sculptures at Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia. All three have been practicing artists for decades and have developed highly personal and innovative approaches to ceramic art.
Robert D. Mowry
Ceramics made expressly for the Chinese Imperial Court first came to the fore during the Northern Song period (960–1127) with ivory-hued Ding ware and celadon-glazed Ru ware. Guan ware, with its crackled, grayish-blue glaze, enjoyed Imperial favor during the Southern Song period (1127–1279), and brought to a close the long tradition of subtly hued monochrome-glazed ceramics as those most preferred at court. Beginning life as a relatively humble ware during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), blue-and-white porcelains had claimed pride of place among Imperial wares by the early decades of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Porcelains embellished with designs painted in overglaze enamels, which had appeared already during the Ming, soared to popularity during the Qing (1644–1911), their naturalistic, pictorial designs exquisitely mimicking paintings on paper and silk.
In preparation to move to the new museum at 2 Columbus Circle, the Museum of Arts and Design has sent Robert Arneson's "Alice House Wall," 1967, to the conservator to restore it to it's original condition.
Gift of the Johnson Wax Company, through the American Craft Council, 1977.
The restoration of Alice House Wall was made possible through a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
