Tymon, 1988
17 x 14 x 29 ft.
Adobe & pigments
Selected for the Buffalo Bayou, Houston, TX
Jeanne and Richard Levitt Lectureship: American Crafts in Context
Ron Fondaw on "Matter in Our Hands—From Formless to Meaningful"
March 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
W151 Pappajohn Business Building
Jefferson St. and Clinton St., Iowa City, IA
Cognition, action, and reaction—these are the processes by which art is made manifest, according to Ron Fondaw, professor of sculpture at Washington University in St. Louis. Fondaw, whose works include drawings, ceramics, adobe, and public arts, will speak on plasticity, which he cites as the “ability of materials to closely mimic the process within the central nervous system of the artist at work.”
Fondaw has worked and lectured in Japan and Denmark, as well as numerous sites around the United States. He has received a Guggenheim Award for sculpture, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, and a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant. His works can be seen in several major collections around the world, including The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Levitt Craft Lecture series is sponsored by Jeanne and Richard Levitt.
