Arnold Zimmerman
Arnold Zimmerman, also known as Arnie Zimmerman, is an American ceramic artist. He is an alumni of the Kansas City Art Institute and Alfred University. He has been called one of the most important ceramicists today.
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[edit] Life and career
Zimmerman was born December 13, 1954 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
He received a bachelor's degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and a master’s degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.[1] He rose to prominence with large-scale carved vessels that resemble totem poles. About 1996, he started focusing on salt-fired porcelain figurines which he modeled, rather than carved. The latter are primarily tableaus of many figures engaging in sex or violence. In 2005, he received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. He has been called "one of the most significant contemporary artists working in ceramics today".[1]
Zimmerman works in Brooklyn, New York,[2] where he also lives.
The Brooklyn Museum, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nacional Museu do Azulejo in Portugal,[1] and the Runnymede Sculpture Farm in Woodside, California are among the public collections holding work by Arnold Zimmerman.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The RISD Museum of Art Presents Inner City: An Installation by Ceramic Sculptor Arnie Zimmerman and Architect Tiago Montepegado" Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Press release (September 2009). Retrieved January 26, 2012
- ^ Edward Rubin, "Chace Center in Rhode Island Features the Clay Wizardry of Arnie Zimmerman" Artes Magazine (February 3, 2010)
[edit] Further reading
- Denker, Ellen Paul, Review: Arnold Zimmerman, American Craft, Feb./Mar., 2005
- Koplos, Janet, Arnold Zimmerman at John Elder, Art in America, Oct 1999.
- Perreault, John, Big Apple Clay, Arnold Zimmerman, American Ceramics, 14/2, 2004, 40.
[edit] External links
- Arnie Zimmerman official website. Retrieved December 11, 2010
