CONSTRUCTIONS - THINGS WITH RIGHT ANGLES THAT DON'T COME
FROM LAND OR SEA
BROOKLYN POTTERS GROUP
EMPTY BOWLS CAMPAIGN
Available 7:AM-10:PM daily in our display case at Ozzie's III, 249 Fifth Ave. (718)768-6868
You make a gift of at least $25. cash to C.H.I.P.S. and take home a meal sized bowl made by Brooklyn Potters.
2008 SHOW AT ATLATIC GALLERY: 40TH YEAR LOOKING AHEAD
Please see PHOTO ALBUM page for images of new work shown in this show.
Ragnar Naess presented sculpted clay forms and compositions which challenged and excited him as he looked ahead in his fortieth year making clay objects. Several narrative pieces from a series called “Bubble and the Box” explore ‘thinking outside the box’ or ‘not thinking outside the box’ and consequences. Other explorations in Naess sculpture are of the human condition in broader terms. Abstract small scale sculptures fit in the hand and rest on many sides, whether curvilinear or planar, play objects. Some sculptures function in practical ways. Naess says: “Unlike practical pots, sculptures think themselves into existence at the workbench.”
Naess is represented in collections of The Smithsonian, The Newark Museum and the Fine Arts Museum of Taipei, among others. Recent publication include Naess’s writing and work: From Mud to Music by Barry Hall ( A chapter about collaborating with Tan Dun building a clay orchestra); Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus, ed. by Geraldine and Dean Schwarz (Notes from study with MW). Naess works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.CONTACT:Atlantic Gallery 135 West 29th St. Suite 601 NY NY 10001
