Dr Ray Hearn b. 1943

Also known as Raymond
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
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Tags: Lecturer, School of Mines Ballarat, Ceramic Sculpture
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Above and beyond function: Ray Hearn explains the reasons behind his useless ceramics.
“The sculptural potential of clay is unlimited, and in theory functional clay wares’ aesthetic potential unlimited too, from a classic Song celadon to Arneson’s genital encrusted teapots …(c 1971). West Coast funk with its kitschy teapots and cups were vehicles for sculptural objects never meant to be drunk from, and a genre of useless functional wares emerged. Nothing could be more useless in a practical sense than a work of art, especially a painting—yet most craftwork has a passing reference at least to function.”
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Above+and+beyond+function%3A+Ray+Hearn+explains+the+reasons+behind+his…-a0172598257, accessed 07 February 2018:)

Thesis – Saving Private Nolan. MA thesis on Sidney Nolan and Ned Kelly.

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Date written:
2021
Last updated:
2023