
Dark Light
The Ceramics of Christine Nofchissey McHorse
Fresco Fine Art Publications (Publisher)
Published on 15. April 2013
Book
Hardback
110 pages
978-1-934491-38-6 (ISBN)
Description
Dark Light is the first book on the ceramics of the great Navajo ceramist Christine Nofchissey McHorse and features her award-winning sculptural black series begun in 1998. Authors Clark and Del Vecchio, the two foremost experts on international contemporary ceramics, give respect to the artist’s Native roots while also exploring her art in a mainstream context, a breakthrough in evaluating Indian pottery today.
Dark Light refers to the mica-rich clay McHorse uses in her vessels. When fired, the mica glows and shimmers against the black of the reduction-fired surfaces, advancing and receding, giving McHorse’s elegant, matt-black biomorphic shapes a retinal vibrance and a sensual life.
Dark Light refers to the mica-rich clay McHorse uses in her vessels. When fired, the mica glows and shimmers against the black of the reduction-fired surfaces, advancing and receding, giving McHorse’s elegant, matt-black biomorphic shapes a retinal vibrance and a sensual life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
66 colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 310 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-934491-38-6 (9781934491386)
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Persons
Garth Clark, director of the Ceramic Arts Foundation and author of over sixty books, was founder with Mark Del Vecchio of the Garth Clark Gallery, and is now a partner in Cowans | Clark | Del Vecchio. Recipient of the 2005 Mather Award for Distinguished Achievement in Art Journalism, Clark was recently made a Fellow by the Royal College of Art, London.
Mark Del Vecchio, partner in Cowans | Clark | Del Vecchio and founding partner of the Garth Clark Gallery, authored Postmodern Ceramics and was codirector of Ceramic Millennium in Amsterdam in 1999.
Mark Del Vecchio, partner in Cowans | Clark | Del Vecchio and founding partner of the Garth Clark Gallery, authored Postmodern Ceramics and was codirector of Ceramic Millennium in Amsterdam in 1999.