Exhibitions

Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser

Arizona State University Art Museum
February 14 – May 16, 2009

Kurt Weiser Many, Many, 2005 Cast porcelain, china paint, bronze, 25 x 21" Collection of Jeanne and William Porter Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Reception: Friday, February 27, 7-9 p.m.
Friday Conversations in the Gallery: Friday, February 20, 11 a.m. – local artist Kurt Weiser

Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser

This mid-career retrospective and accompanying exhibition catalogue examines the stylistic development of Kurt Weiser’s ceramic work from the 1970s to the present. Internationally recognized as an innovator in the field, Weiser is known for his technical virtuosity with porcelain forms, and his use of china painting techniques in a distinct contemporary style.  His subject matter illustrates lush, mysterious landscapes and distorted narratives set amidst color-saturated flora and fauna that read as voyeuristic snapshots of the human condition. The exhibition is comprised of fifty ceramic objects and drawings.  Weiser is a Regents Professor of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

Exhibition catalogue available with essays by Ulysses Grant Dietz, Edward Lebow and Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics, ASU Art Museum.