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Untitled
1984
13 1/4 x 55 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (33.66 x 140.97 x 24.13 cm)
John Roloff (Oregon, 1947 - )
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Tales from the Kiln: Contemporary Ceramics, September 1, 2005 – July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Tales from the Kiln: Contemporary Ceramics (2005-2006)
John Roloff’s mysterious and enigmatic ceramic sculpture recalls the shape of a sailing vessel—a subject that has fascinated the artist throughout most of his life. First drawn to the sea as a young boy with ambitions to study marine biology, Roloff found himself in the midst of the figurative ceramics movement at U.C. Davis in the late 1960s. There, he also discovered 19th-century painters like Caspar David Friedrich and J.W. Turner. Their dramatic seascapes featuring ships cast adrift in icy, ocean storms, continue to inspire his own ceramic sculpture.
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Sculpture
198413 1/4 x 55 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (33.66 x 140.97 x 24.13 cm)
John Roloff (Oregon, 1947 - )
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Ceramic in Plexiglas case
Credit Line: Gift of Agnes Bourne and James Luebbers
Accession Number: 2003.41
Exhibition
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Tales from the Kiln: Contemporary Ceramics, September 1, 2005 – July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
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Tales from the Kiln: Contemporary Ceramics (2005-2006)
John Roloff’s mysterious and enigmatic ceramic sculpture recalls the shape of a sailing vessel—a subject that has fascinated the artist throughout most of his life. First drawn to the sea as a young boy with ambitions to study marine biology, Roloff found himself in the midst of the figurative ceramics movement at U.C. Davis in the late 1960s. There, he also discovered 19th-century painters like Caspar David Friedrich and J.W. Turner. Their dramatic seascapes featuring ships cast adrift in icy, ocean storms, continue to inspire his own ceramic sculpture.
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