Having just announced that I would like to explore the role of women in art and the idea of the vessel and its similarities with the female form, I was enthralled and a little bit disconcerted to find the following images on some of the bogs that I follow.
The one above 'Like Butter' (1997) is by Kate
Butterly an American
ceramacist who creates small sculptural vessels which are based around the human form. In my mind they
ooze feminine form, although not the typical airbrushed and
svelte forms we all see in the media. This
piece looks like the lower half of a
de-robed female cherub, all rosy and pink, there are even what appears to be little nipples on the cushion upon which the rather graceless little cherub sits. I think I love it.
'Above Normal' (2008) also by
Butterly smacks immediately of the
uterus, with what appear to be little baby feet where the eggs should be. These are quite
powerful and unsettling works that work on a part of my brain related to bodily functions and wet sticky things. The glossy pink of the body of the
sculpture make it seem as though this one has been whipped fresh out of
someones body
plopped on the side board.
'
Uterus Vase' by
Stéphanie Rollin makes no bones about the fact that the vessel relates to the female form. This one is a bit too slick for my liking but it is another example of a woman out there looking at femininity and gender through ceramics. Maybe someone should write a book on this
phenomenon!
The one above 'Like Butter' (1997) is by Kate Butterly an American ceramacist who creates small sculptural vessels which are based around the human form. In my mind they ooze feminine form, although not the typical airbrushed and svelte forms we all see in the media. This piece looks like the lower half of a de-robed female cherub, all rosy and pink, there are even what appears to be little nipples on the cushion upon which the rather graceless little cherub sits. I think I love it.
'Above Normal' (2008) also by Butterly smacks immediately of the uterus, with what appear to be little baby feet where the eggs should be. These are quite powerful and unsettling works that work on a part of my brain related to bodily functions and wet sticky things. The glossy pink of the body of the sculpture make it seem as though this one has been whipped fresh out of someones body plopped on the side board.
'Uterus Vase' by Stéphanie Rollin makes no bones about the fact that the vessel relates to the female form. This one is a bit too slick for my liking but it is another example of a woman out there looking at femininity and gender through ceramics. Maybe someone should write a book on this phenomenon!
