A CERAMIC LEGACY:
Selections from the Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection

Running concurrently:
THE CERAMICS OF R. MICHAEL JOHNS

Arizona State University Art Museum
Ceramics Research Center
February 11 through August 5, 2006

Robert Arneson, Rooted, 1983. Bronze head on ceramic pedestal, 74 x 24 x 24 inches. Collection of the ASU Art Museum; Gift of Stephane Janssen
Art © Estate of Robert Arneson/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Ceram*a*Rama: California Dreamin’
Ceramics Gala Weekend
February 24, 25, 26

Visit the Ceram*a*Rama webpage for event schedule and ticket information.

A CERAMIC LEGACY: Selections from the Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection
This exhibition celebrates Stéphane Janssen's impressive 2004 gift to the ASU Art Museum's Ceramics Research Center: his entire contemporary ceramics collection, which consists of 686 ceramics. Acquired over a decade with his late partner, ceramist R. Michael Johns, the collection was built by combining two approaches - choices made with Johns' studied eye for technical merit and those made with Janssen's eye for pure aesthetic. The result is extraordinarily powerful and diverse, from massive figurative sculptures to elegant functional pottery.

Artists in the Exhibition:
The exhibition includes work by major international ceramists, including Robert Arneson, Ruth Duckworth, Viola Frey, Asger Jorn, Jun Kaneko, Harrison McIntosh, Richard Notkin, George Ohr, Adrian Saxe, Akio Takamori, as well as a variety of emerging artists.

THE CERAMICS OF R. MICHAEL JOHNS
Running concurrently will be a featured exhibition of the ceramic art of R. Michael Johns, an M.F.A. graduate of Ceramics at the Otis College of Art + Design in California. Under the tutelage of ceramics master Ralph Bacerra, Johns created a unique body of work comprised primarily of sculptural teapot forms.

ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Peter Held, A Ceramics Legacy: Selections from the Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center location.

Duration
A Ceramics Legacy: Selections from the Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns and The Ceramics Work of R. Michael Johns (February 11 through August 5, 2006) is open at the ASU Art Museum: Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Support
The exhibitions and related programs are supported in part by CLA (Ceramics Leaders of ASU) and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.