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| featured artist TOM LAUERMAN by June Mattingly // regularmain.com |
| My receiving an unexpected email announcement yesterday from PEEL gallery in Houston for a show by Tom Lauerman who’s pictured drop-dead stunning art keeps the blog business fascinating and never at a standstill. Born in Chicago in 1974, Lauerman grew up in New Jersey and in 1982 interned at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. His education by itself is impressive with a BFA from S.M.U.’s Meadows School of Art in 1996 and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy in 2002. Then back to Chicago to teach from 2006 to 2009 at the Art Institute and Columbia College. Lauerman returned to Dallas as a Visiting Lecturer in Ceramics and Sculpture at S.M.U. |
| "Nonet, "2009, porcelain |
| "Tangle," 2008, ceramic |
| Lauerman “explores the overlap of sculpture, ceramics, and design. His work grows out of “ceramic history, architectural modularity, and experimentation with materials.” He transforms ideas into a concrete, minute form, a simple, slim lined architecturally inspired ceramic sculpture that like minimalistic art objects don’t reveal their complicated underneath. For the course description of Ceramics for Designed Objects Lauerman states,” Students will acquire basic skills in mold making, slip casting, 3D digital modeling and digital output. Due to the high degree of technical learning required for the successful creation of prototypes, the studio projects will primarily be collaborative…Students enrolling for this course must have a laptop with 3D software…” |
| Excerpts from his teaching experience explain a lot. “However, the importance of technical instruction is questionable when viewed alongside artist’s overwhelming proclivity toward experimentation, invention and rebellion…One hopes to encounter the ideal student who brings intellectual curiosity and disciplined work habits to the studio. Better still if this student is relentlessly driven, self-critical, and generous in their dealings with others.” Peel Gallery Shop 4411 Montrose #400, Houston TX 77006 713.520.8122 www.peelgallery.org |
| “Hejduk homage”, 2008, Cork |
| “Green Roof,” 2008, ceramic |
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