Stool 1900 - 1950

This earthenware stool, made by Bozo, has geometric patterns. The work seems to have emerged out of slow, studied, and repeated movements. When I look at the white engraved lines, I imagine the hand of the artist and wonder what it must have been like to create this piece. There is something deeply human in the repetitive mark-making. The stool is pale and earthy in tone; it has been carefully constructed with a clear sense of form. The careful carving of geometric patterns brings a visual tactility. It reminds me of Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings, in that the systematic, repetitive process leads to an interesting visual outcome, or Agnes Martin’s grids, where small variations create a quiet sense of movement. I find myself in awe of the way that artists from different places and times engage in an ongoing conversation through their art. This piece shows how process and repetition can lead to something pretty great.