Viola Frey / Untitled (Parrot Plate #1)  / 1974
Viola Frey / Untitled (Parrot Plate #1)  / 1974
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Viola Frey
Untitled (Parrot Plate #1)
1974
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Ceramic and glazes
10 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 in (26 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)

(1933–2004, lived and worked in San Francisco)

Viola Frey (1933–2004) belongs to the same generation of artists as Lynda Benglis and Betty Woodman. Trained as a painter but committed to clay, Frey spent her life pushing the rules of fine art to develop her artistic practice, which ultimately laid the groundwork for her iconic larger-than-life ceramic figures. In her early years, Frey explored clay’s sculptural nature by using unlikely tools such as air-brush painting and press molds to add color and dimension. Included in Winterfest is a series of these early “wares,” which are shaped as or depict animals, a teapot, goblet, and bookends.

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