Ceramics in L.A.

FEATS OF CLAY
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

These are the last weeks of exhibitions sponsored by the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative. “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968,” on view at Scripps College in Claremont, Ca., through April 8, 2012, is something of a model for what PST has accomplished, putting into relief the important contributions made by California-based ceramicists during the ‘50s and ‘60s. The show is organized by curator Kirk Delman and art dealer Frank Lloyd with museum director Mary McNaughton.

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