Vessel 1987

ceramic, sculpture

ceramic

vessel

sculpture

"Vessel" is a ceramic sculpture created in 1987 by American artist Renee Margolin. The piece is a rounded, orb-like form with a smooth, reddish-brown rim. It is covered in a soft, pale-beige glaze and features incised horizontal lines that circle the entire form. Margolin is renowned for her meticulous and minimalist approach to ceramics, often using simple forms to explore the beauty of texture and repetition. "Vessel" embodies this style, capturing the eye with its subtle yet impactful textural variations.

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

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California ceramic artist Renee Margolin is known for her incised stoneware vessels which resemble woven baskets with a Southwestern inspiration. This bulbous piece, with concentric circles regularly spaced from top to bottom to mimic a woven pattern, plays with the relationship between clay and fiber, both used for functional containers since ancient times.