Ron Nagle

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Untitled glazed and overglazed earthenware sculpture by Ron Nagle, 5.5 inches, c. 1970, Smithsonian American Art Museum

'Knob Job', overglazed and multi-fired earthenware sculpture by Ron Nagle, 3 inches, 1982, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ron Nagle (b. San Francisco, California, February 21, 1939) is an American ceramic sculptor, musician and songwriter.^[1]

Between 1961 and 1978, he taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of California at Berkeley, and the California College of Arts and Crafts before becoming a professor of art at Mills College. Nagle is considered part of the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics group that developed around Peter Voulkos. Ken Price and Michael Frimkess were major influences in his early career. Having seen an exhibition of paintings by Giorgio Morandi, Nagle decided to focus on making cups, and has worked almost exclusively on variations of cups, often pushing the form to the point of abstraction. Nagle lives and works in San Francisco, California.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ron Nagle, 'baron of sculptural intelligence,' works with the groove of small things". SFGate. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2012-10-20.

McTwigan, Michael, Ron Nagle, A Survey Exhibition 1958-1993, Oakland, CA, Mills College Art Gallery, 1993.

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Official website

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