On Camp Ceramics and Other Diversions: Daniel Kruger. Ceramics 1984-2005

By Ernst Van Der Wal, Gert Staal, Berthold Rei

Daniel Kruger (b. 1951), widely known as a jewelly artist, presents an overview of his ceramic works, featuring 230 pieces created over twenty years. Classic examples - tulip and lidded vases, delftware and dinner services - are familiar references, which Kruger decorates with images of footballers, homoerotic nudes, or casts of twigs or bones. Worlds collide, revealing our preconceptions regarding conventions that provide a manipulated view of reality. There is less interest in the spectacular; Kruger's choice of images however, leads to unexpected, provocative combinations of form with decoration. In a continual process of artistic acquisition, new interpretation and appropriation, Kruger explores the interstice between historical archetypes and kitsch within European ceramic history. Text in English and German.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3897904829
• ISBN13: 9783897904828
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 10.8"