Paul Dresang
Paul Dresang has created two distinctly different bodies of work; functional wood fired stoneware andtrompe l'oeil sculptures.
Dresang's functional, stoneware pieces are wood fired and display an easy comfort with clay and the ...
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- Biography
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Paul Dresang has created two distinctly different bodies of work; functional wood fired stoneware andtrompe l'oeil sculptures.
Dresang's functional, stoneware pieces are wood fired and display an easy comfort with clay and the potter?s wheel. This work is produced and fired in his kiln in Minnesota.The other body of work is hand-built porcelain trompe l?oeil sculptures, typically leather bags, suitcases, boxes, etc.Many of these sculptures serve as containers holding various smaller ceramic objects, such as teapots or collections of classic toys. At times Dresang has cast the smaller objects and used ceramic decals.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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-1975
Instructor, Advanced Ceramics, Wisconsin State University at Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1975-1977Instructor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1977-—Professor, Department of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
-2008Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
Other
- Public Collections
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Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, Utah
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
Taipei County Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Bibliography
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Brown, Glen R., Major Article, Ceramics Art and Perception 47.
Burgard, Timothy, Karin Breuer and Jill D'Alessandro. The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection: A Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007.
Del Vecchio, Mark. Postmodern Ceramics. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire, Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 2000.
Osterman, Mathias. The Ceramic Narrative. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
Tourtillott, Suzanne. Masters: Porcelain: Major Works by Leading Ceramists. New York, New York: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, 2008.
Triplett, Kathy. 500 Teapots. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2002.
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- Website(s)
Citation: Paul Dresang, "The Marks Project."
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