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Roberto Lugo Sculptures

Roberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo utilizes classical pottery forms in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his North Philadelphia upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty, inequality, and racial injustice. Lugo’s works utilize traditional European and Asian ceramic techniques reimagined with a 21st-century street sensibility. Their hand-painted surfaces feature classic decorative patterns and motifs combined with elements of modern urban graffiti and portraits of individuals whose faces are historically absent on this type of luxury item - people like Sojourner Truth, Dr. Cornel West, and The Notorious BIG, as well as Lugo’s family members and, very often, himself.

Lugo holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Penn State. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, among others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2023 Heinz Award, a Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures award, a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Brooklyn Museum, the Walters Art Museum, and more.

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Artist: Roberto Lugo
RARE EARLY MUG SET by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP3734)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
RARE EARLY MUG SET (INV# NP3734) Roberto Lugo clay, underglaze and glaze approx: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3” each date unknown
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2010s Contemporary Roberto Lugo Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Ryton Ram Sculpture by Roberto Lugo
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo clay and glaze 9.5 x 5 x 8" Created in collaboration with Charlie Cunningham Roberto Lugo's artwork was recently featured at Design Miami and the artist had an exhibition at the MET in New York City. Lugo has a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Penn State. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, among others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The High Museum...
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2010s Contemporary Roberto Lugo Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

"Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar by Roberto Lugo (INV# NP5370)
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo "Swimming with the Fishes" Lidded Jar (INV# NP5370) Clay and Glaze 13 x 9.5 x 9.5" 2018 signed * small firing crack on bottom but exactly how artist originally made the ...
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2010s Contemporary Roberto Lugo Sculptures

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Clay, Glaze, Underglaze

RICHARD PRYOR TEAPOT (INV# NP3754) by Roberto Lugo
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
RICHARD PRYOR TEAPOT (INV# NP3754) Roberto Lugo Clay, glaze and gold luster
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2010s Contemporary Roberto Lugo Sculptures

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Ceramic, Glaze

Right On by Roberto Lugo
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo Right On 2018 signed
Category

2010s Contemporary Roberto Lugo Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Paint

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