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Somers, Lee Wayne Higby - EarthCloud ISBN 13: 9783897902763

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Wayne Higby installed EarthCloud in the richly endowed Miller Performing Arts Center at Alfred University in western New York state. It took four years to create EarthCloud, which is the largest installation in porcelain worldwide. The work embodies the idea of an ethereal fusion of earth, sky and architecture that is to be sensorily appreciated. The work stands 9 m high, is 17 m wide and incorporates over 6,000 individual elements, each measuring about 20 x 18 cm. Higby formed all those elements, using 18 tonnes of porcelain paste to do so and each is a one-off. All porcelain elements boast a celadon glaze and were muffle-fired at 1300 degree.CWayne Higby is one of the most important and influential contemporary artists working in ceramics. Especially acclaimed for his interpretations of landscape, he has been a professor at Alfred University since 1973. Higby has worked geography, geology and the atmospheric light qualities of his immediate environment into EarthCloud. "Earth, of course, is the drama of material, weight, gravity - the tactile, the sensual matrix of human life. We are of the earth and are bound by our bodies as products of nature revealed in the phenomena of the physical universe. Yet, we are also of the transcendent - the purely imagined possibility of mind, of spirit. We are EarthCloud." - Wayne Higby, 2007

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Such lavishly produced books, dedicated to one body of work in ceramic are, unfortunately, rare, which makes this comprehensive account more than welcome, illustrating as it does the versatile qualities of clay in the hands of a skilled artist. The lavish illustrations and thoughtful accounts more than justify the publisher'a care and attention. While, ideally, the scale and detail of EarthCloud can only be fully appreciated by seeing the work in situ, this visual account has the effect of almost convincing us we are there.
-- Ceramic Review, September/October 2008

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  • PublisherArnoldsche
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 3897902761
  • ISBN 13 9783897902763
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages176

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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Der Künstler Wayne Higby installierte im Sommer 2006 sein Werk EarthCloud im Miller Performing Arts Center an der Universität in Alfred, N.Y. EarthCloud entstand in einem Zeitraum von vier Jahren und ist die weltweit größte Installation in Porzellan. Dieses Werk verkörpert die Vorstellung von einer sinnlich-fühlbar-ätherischen Verschmelzung von Erde, Himmel und Architektur. Das Kunstwerk ist 9 m hoch und 17 m breit und besteht aus über 6.000 Einzelteilen, in einer Größe von etwa 20 x 18 cm. Higby formte aus etwa 18 Tonnen Porzellan alle Einzelteile; jedes ist ein Unikat. Alle Porzellanelemente sind mit einer Seladonglasur versehen und wurden bei 1.300 °C reduzierend gebrannt. Wayne Higby ist einer der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten zeitgenössischen Künstler, die mit dem Material Keramik arbeiten. Mit seinen Interpretationen von Landschaften erzielt er besondere Beachtung. Seit 1973 ist er Professor an der Universität Alfred. In seinem Werk EarthCloud verarbeitet Higby die Geografie, die Geologie und das atmosphärische Licht seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. 'Erde bedeutet Material, Gewicht und Schwerkraft, ist die fühlbare und sinnliche Matrix des menschlichen Lebens. Wir sind Teil dieser Erde und begrenzt durch unsere physischen Körper. Gleichzeitig sind wir auch Teil des Transzendenten - der nur unserer Vorstellung entspringenden Möglichkeit des Geistes. Wir sind EarthCloud.' (Wayne Higby, 2007). Seller Inventory # 9783897902763

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