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Joe Bova
USA
For much of my career I have been making social and political commentary art, often also involving eroticism. In 2003 I began work that was responsive to the misguided policies of my government. As the Republican senator from Missouri, Charles Schurz said in 1861, “Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right.” I have been trying through my work to do my part. However in 2006-07, seeking a respite from the polemical, I returned to an earlier and
abiding interest in animal forms and imagery with a new interest in integrating the vessel, namely the teapot, with the figure. The pot incognito, you might say.
Among artists in my own time I have admired the work of Giacomo Manzú the most, particularly for his handling of clay as an expressive material. I have tried in my work to exploit the plastic quality of clay in such a way that if a word analogous to 'painterly' existed, then 'clayerly' would describe my work.
Among artists in my own time I have admired the work of Giacomo Manzú the most, particularly for his handling of clay as an expressive material. I have tried in my work to exploit the plastic quality of clay in such a way that if a word analogous to 'painterly' existed, then 'clayerly' would describe my work.
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