The ASU Art Museum was one of a few fine art
museums to consciously undertake the building of a contemporary studio ceramics
collection at a time when craft-based media was relegated as a decorative or
minor art form. From its inception, the collection was displayed in open
storage. This concept allows year-round access to a majority of our permanent
collection, providing students, scholars and the general public an opportunity
to view important works.
Every year, the
Ceramics Research Center features three to five exhibitions on important
movements and artists who have made significant contributions in the ceramics
field. The holdings demonstrate the full range of technique, aesthetic
approaches and possibilities within the medium.
Major artists
represented in the collection include Rudy Autio, Hans Coper, Ruth Duckworth,
Shoji Hamada, Karen Karnes, Bernard Leach, Maria Martinez, Otto and Gertrud
Natzler, Lucie Rie, Edwin and Mary Scheier, Angus Suttie, Akio Takamori, Peter
Voulkos, Kurt Weiser and Betty Woodman, to name a few.
With more than 3,500
objects and more than 5,000 square feet of open storage area, the Ceramics
Research Center is an important resource for artists, students and art
enthusiasts to explore and enhance their understanding of the craft.
The combination of
gallery space and open storage at the Ceramics Research Center enables visitors
to enjoy more than half of our collection of 3,500 ceramic pieces at any one
time. They are also building an online database of ceramics information to
provide extensive ceramics research capabilities for scholars, teachers,
artists and collectors worldwide.
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