%C2%A9 Richard Shaw
Gubbin's Return, 1981
Richard Shawexpand_more
Porcelain with decal overglazeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and Gift of funds from Mrs. W. John Driscoll and the National Endowment for the Artsexpand_more 81.32
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In the mid-1960s, Shaw, a student of painting and sculpture, moved away from abstraction in his ceramic work while at the University of California, Davis, and toward replication. Through grant funding, he developed decal that allowed him to create amazing tromp l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") pieces from porcelain, using it as a 3-D blank canvas. His sculptures grew from tabletop objects to walking figures such as Gubbin's Return. It demonstrate the artist's eye for detail as well as the disguising of porcelain as other everyday components, including a wine bottle, a cardboard box, and a spool of string.
Details
- Title
- Gubbin's Return
- Artist Life
- born 1941
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 81.32
- Curator Approved
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