Pottery, Politics, Art: George Ohr and the Brothers Kirkpatrick

by Richard D. Mohr

Book Overview

Understanding the passions fueling three of America's most provocative potters

Pottery, Politics, Art uses the medium of clay to explore the nature of spectacle, bodies, and boundaries. The book analyzes the sexual and social obsessions of three of America's most intense potters, artists who used the liminal potentials of clay to explore the horrors and delights of our animal selves.

The book revives from undeserved obscurity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074653
• ISBN13: 9780252074653
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.6"