Cards on Bowler © Richard Shaw
Richard Shaw: Four Decades of Ceramics
Jan 30, 2010 - May 23, 2010
Artist Richard Shaw is a master at tromp l'oeil ceramics, with an ability to transform porcelain into arrays of still life objects that fool the eye and even touch.
A long-time Marin County resident, Shaw is associated with Bay Area Funk, a movement characterized by its irreverent, sometimes surreal assemblage of everyday objects.
Since the late 1960s, Shaw has had a major impact on the creative culture of the San Francisco Bay Area. A long-time collaborator with Robert Hudson, he has also worked together with the major Bay Area ceramic artists including, Peter Voulkos, Robert Arneson and James Melchert.
The SCM exhibit will explore Shaw's career from his Art Institute days in the 1960s to the present. Approximately 40 works will be selected from private collections and museums in the Bay Area and from the artist. Shaw will participate in the selection process as will Michael Schwager, Professor at Sonoma State University and adjunct Curator for the di Rosa Preserve. This retrospective exhibition draws upon Shaw’s work from the 1960s through the present and is his first solo museum exhibition in over a decade.
