Photo: John Polak
Date Range This Mark Used
1980
Photo: John Polak

Mask #67

USA, 1980
Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural:
Installation - small/intimate scale
Method:
Hand-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Robert Brady

Robert Brady?s early abstract coil and pinch built figurative sculptures reference iconic spiritual and mythological imagery. These early porcelain or stoneware figures established his reputation as one of the moving forces in California?s San Francisco Bay area figurative ceramic sculpture movement. The near life-size elongated forms recall the work of sculptor Alberto Giacometti. As a result of raku firing, the figures have a patina that suggests age.

In the late 1970s, Brady produced a series of distorted masks based on Mexican folk sculptures. In the 1980s his influence shifted to the Septic River figures from New Guinea and masks of the Northwest Coast.

In the 1970s Brady earned his MFA at UC Davis with Robert Arneson.

Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection

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