Viola Frey

I have made a record of what has been and what is. I have attempted to make a permanent whole of the transitory fragments I have seen around me.

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Tomorrow (May 5), Smithsonian virtual fellow Sara Morris will present “Viola Frey: Taking Matter(s) into Her Own Hands” - register here for this free event: https://t.co/wwmZehZtYO

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Now is the perfect time to read a long interview with Viola Frey, or view videos and photographs from the archives. See what we have to share: https://t.co/AFil1Cp2PD

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In 1957, rather than completing her MFA,⁠ Viola Frey moved to Port Chester, New York, to work at the experimental Clay Art Center with founder Katherine Choy. ⁠⠀
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While in New York, Frey supplemented her income by working at the Museum of Moder… https://t.co/TXiwQFTqdf

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In 1955, Viola Frey went to graduate school to study Painting at Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana. While there, she studied with George Rickey, Katherine Choy, and visiting artist, Mark Rothko.⁠⠀
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Untitled (Cloud Over … https://t.co/GYWaPiWEJL

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In 1953, Viola Frey received a scholarship to study at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) in Oakland, California. While there, she studied painting with Richard Diebenkorn, and took classes in ceramics with Vernon 'Corky' Coykendall and Charles… https://t.co/EHkLt6yUd7

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In 1933, Viola Frey was born on August 15th in Lodi, California. She was raised on her family’s vineyard, and as a child, she would sculpt the wet sand in the property's irrigation ditches. ⁠⠀
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Untitled (Self-Portrait), detail, c.… https://t.co/9wZiylrMP4

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Read Charles Desmarais' excellent article on Bay Area ceramics in today's Chronicle: https://t.co/3w28Wsq8wk

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Read Dan Nadel's review of Viola Frey's exhibition at di Rosa: Viola Frey: Ceramic Sculptor of the Anthropocene https://t.co/6lAlwM5r35 via @nybooks

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Congratulations James Harris Gallery on 20 wonderful years! Thank you for including Viola Frey in your celebratory exhibition.

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On view now at @dirosaart. Thank you Amy Owen!
Male Destruction, then Redemption in "Viola Frey: Center Stage" at di Rosa https://t.co/DoUEwqWaLG via @NapaRegister

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...I was like eleven years old, and I entered a drawing show at the Sacramento Library and I copied a Matisse drawing, and it got in! [laughs] And then I realized, you know. . . . The point was not to draw like Matisse but to draw like yourself. ⁣ - … https://t.co/fq5z96keDQ

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Page from a sketchbook of ink drawings by Viola Frey, c. 1965. Private Collection.⁣⠀
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Art © Artists’ Legacy Foundation / Licensed by ARS, New York.⁣⠀
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#art #contemporaryart #americanartist #inkdrawingart #abstract #drawing #create #process #w… https://t.co/9wsxqBk50j

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Join us this Saturday for an insightful panel exploring the care, conservation and stewardship of Viola Frey’s larger-than-life work: https://t.co/aEDU4HzI86

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Viola Frey wears clay gloves that she assembled with wheel-thrown vessels during her artist-in-residence demonstration at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1978. Photograph by Marge Levy. ⁣⠀
⁣⠀ #art #contemporaryart #sculpture #ceramic #ame… https://t.co/smZZYqXAb5

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Check out Sam Whiting's article in the San Francisco Chronicle: Viola Frey’s ultra-honest self-portraits at MarinMOCA https://t.co/4u0NMzfvrt

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Viola Frey with Robert Arneson c. 1981. Viola Frey Archives, Artists' Legacy Foundation.⁣⁣⠀
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#art #contemporaryart #sculpture #ceramic #americanartist #figurative #funkart #clay #westcoastartist #oakland #california #cca #violafrey #robertarn… https://t.co/1UtAn8QIOb

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"And I think the reason I was drawn to ceramics, again, is because it had people of all ages in it. It seemed more like the real world. It was a community." - Viola Frey, oral history interview with Paul Kalstrom, 1995⠀
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Untitled (Nude F… https://t.co/1hRxWOntUb

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"Frey was one of a number of California artists working in clay in the 1950s and 60s who turned away from that medium's conventions to produce works with robust sculptural qualities associated with Abstract Expression painting. Pop art and what would com… https://t.co/545w3zxAMD

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Viola Frey sits in her soap box car, made with molds of ordinary objects, and raced in San Francisco Museum of Art's (now SFMOMA) "First Artists' Soap Box Derby" in 1975. Viola Frey Archives, Artists' Legacy Foundation.⠀
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#funk #art #contemporaryart… https://t.co/9mDxX8JikW

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Congratulations @KANEKO1111 on a fantastic and engaging show!
'Oh, the Humanity!' https://t.co/oqcahUvZPm