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Rare Stan Bitters Tall Abstract Environmental Ceramic Sculpture, 1970s
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1970s Stan Bitters RARE Abstract Environmental Ceramic Sculpture.
This RARE Monumental Mid century Modern Stan Bitters Ceramic Sculpture Is A
Gorgeous Vintage Piece Of The Masters Work. The Sculpture Stands Seventy-One
Inches Tall Or Six Feet And Twenty Inches Wide. Its Beauty And Weight Is Quite Substantial.
A Picture Or Pictures Are Worth A 1000 Words.
There Are No Chips, No Dings Or Cracks.
- Creator:Stan Bitters (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 71 in (180.34 cm)Diameter: 20 in (50.8 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. A Picture Or Pictures Are Worth A 1000 Words. There Are No Chips, No Dings Or Cracks.
- Seller Location:Monrovia, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7531234580282
Stan Bitters
An icon of modernist ceramics since the 1960s, Stan Bitters constructed rough assemblages of clay slabs and spoked wheels into massive murals and tall totems, upsizing his medium to an architectural scale.
Like Toshiko Takaezu, Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner and others, Bitters was part of a small group of American artists during the mid-20th-century who embraced imperfection in their pottery.
Working in ceramics, a material that during the last 100 years was relegated to the supposedly lesser artistic realm of craft, Bitters and these other artists made bold, chunky pieces that served as a counterpoint to the smooth lines and overall slickness of modern and postmodern movements like Bauhaus, constructivism, minimalism, Op art and Pop art.
Hailing from Fresno, California, the self-proclaimed “old hippie” Bitters earned his bachelor’s degree in painting from UCLA. He also studied at what became Otis College in Los Angeles under Voulkos — the bad boy of American ceramics.
Voulkos almost single-handedly spawned what came to be known as the California Clay Movement and flouted pottery’s approved techniques. He transformed clay into a vibrant, highly expressive artistic medium, and Bitters’ funky, fractured style certainly shows it.
Bitters later became associated with organic modernism and created ceramics for Hans Sumpf, a maker of adobe bricks and furniture in Madera.
“Known for his Abstract Expressionist style, Bitters is a steadfast champion of environmental ceramics — the melding of natural, organic clay forms, sculptures and architectural elements into urban spaces to complement, transform and elevate their surroundings,” says Greg Nielson, of Dwell Floor Five, in Studio City, California.
With their sputtery glazes and graffiti-esque glyphs, Bitters’s works exude raw, countercultural energy.
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