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Untitled

Africa, Kenya, 1983
Furnishings; Cookware
Terracotta
Height: 13 in. (33.02 cm); Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits (M.87.1.119)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Kenyan-born contemporary artist Magdalene Odundo draws inspiration from the hand-coiled pots made by women in many parts of the world, including Nigeria, which she visited as a young artist....
Kenyan-born contemporary artist Magdalene Odundo draws inspiration from the hand-coiled pots made by women in many parts of the world, including Nigeria, which she visited as a young artist. The firing technologies she employs transform her creations beyond her own expectations, as "accidental" out comes occur in the kiln. Thus, her work pushes traditoinal boundaries of form and becomes the avant-garde.
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Bibliography

  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire -  Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art,  Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
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