Peter Voulkos is most known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures. He felt contracted by the traditional form of pottery. Due to this he crossed the traditional separation between ceramic crafts and fine arts. He changed the view most had of ceramics being only functional pieces. He expanded the view on what ceramics is. He launched and became the leader of the Los Angeles movement. I like how his pieces are very unique, usually when you think of ceramics you think of a smooth, clean and functional piece. This piece is unique because of it broken appearance yet you can still see that it is a vase and could be functional although it doesn't appear that way.
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